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Stood for a year and a half now. there are fierce battles taking place in neighborhood in the city. and, popular mobilization units have been ordered by the prime minister to move into anbar and they have been mobilized. we re not disclosing exact locations or, or what is happening on the ground for security reasons. we are witnessing a humanitarian crisis, many people are fleeing the city towards baghdad and other safe areas in anbar itself. we are extremely concerned about massacres that, that we think will be committed by isis. on the first day that isis took over, they executed a 3-year-old girl whose father was fighting against isis. and he later died in battle. of course, i mean, it is just tore r ....
Upon the city. they did not get those. they were defen ependent on the government. they wanted sunni tribes to receive the arms. there was a plan to set up iraqi national guard. a plan that would take a long time. the tribes part of the anti-al qaeda uprising in the 2007, 209 period of. never got the armdz, ammunition, thought they were going to get. fran li frankly it was a miracle that ramadi held off as long as it did. fought off forces, seven, more times, as much as the defenders of the city. just in my last moment with you. i want to get a sense of where you think the everall fight against isis stands now. late last week you had that ground raid in syria which killed a key isis figure. according to the u.s. unclear how critical that was though. overall where do we put the status of the fight against isis. are gains being made or not so much? i think gains are being made. overall, isis on a trajectory ....
Horrendous and horrifying when you hear details like this. looking at the situation, we know the iraqi security forces and sunni tribes had been fighting hard. but we saw, we are looking at the pictures now of those iraqi forces fleeing the scene. so it, it begs the question how prepared are iraqi forces to go up against isis. and also, when you look at the sunni tribes there is anyone in the area able to do this. and we are hearing talk now of the militias being brought into the fold. what are the likely ramifications of that? you know, the forces that are coming in, the popular mobilization units are not militias any more, they re an official body established according to the laws now in iraq. and they report directly to the prime minister. the governor made the position very clear that any iraqi who wishes to defend iraq is welcome to do so provided they re ....
Iraqi government has called the shiite militias to help retake ramadi. this is very controversial. as they have a poor track record in retaking areas that are predominantly sunni, allegations of rights abuses have taken place. against these civilian areas. so it was controversial to send them into a sunni area. these are the only forces able to fight isis and push them back, rosemary. ian lee, many thanks to you. reporting there live from cairo. we are joined from d.c., a counter terrorism expert. and senior fellow. first, curious what do you make of iraqi forces reportedly running out of ammunition and fleeing ramadi despite the prime minister s call for them to stay and fight this out. we have to see about the reports of them running out of ammunition. ....
What happened and so forth. but as far as isis, no one here believes that isis can survive. and i believe that anbaris will fight isis. and as better coordination with the international coalition, better air strikes continue. you will see victories taking place and also with the involvement of the popular mobilization units. clearly the hope is that the world will see these victories. the concern is that that may not occur. but let s talk about that, that civilian population on the ground. because they were seen trying to flee on a just a single bridge. what is going to happen to those people who weren t able to get out? in time? ....