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As isis loses ground in iraq and syria, it's beginning a foothold in southeast asia, as ivan watson shows us, the siege has come at a very high human cost. >> reporter: isis fighters battling street to street, not in the middle east but for the very first time in southeast asia. on may 23rd, these extremists launched a sudden lightning assault on the city of marawi in the philippine. they captured the city and government weapons. burned a church, and murdered prisoners. for a month, the philippines military has struggled and failed to recapture marawi, even though they boo um it daily from the...
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