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They went after them with this kind of viciousness in every occasion. so there is mass graves like this all over that part of the world right now. the march is on to mosul. what happens at mosul? well, look, short form. if i m giving advice to the add baddie and the americans who are leading. al baddie meaning the head of as sis? baghdadi. baghdadi. if i were given advice in baghdad, i would say take a deep breath, guys because tikrit to this very second, there is gunfire in tikrit tonight because there are still killing squads and suicide squads and ied planters in tikrit. isis is not totally defeated. it s done. there is going to be killings that will take place. what you now have is shia. look, iraqi army is predominantly shiite. you can t send shiite army and certainly not shiite militias controlled by iran into the sunni hart land of anbar province. they have got to take some of anbar province back ....
For an agreement, what do you mean? in that he was willing to make concessions, which are obviously now a very flawed treaty or certainly very questionable. certainly there are two different versions of this quote, agreement, between the iranians and the u.s. and be interesting to see how we sort that out. but, in other words, no restraint on iranian behavior which, in four countries in the middle east, lebanon, syria, iraq, and yemen right now. iraqis are on the move. and they are calling the shots. and now we have are treated to the situation where solemani is leading the fight against isis in tikrit. the same guy who sent in the copper-tipped ieds in iraq during the surge and before and after that killed hundreds of american soldiers and marines. it s hard to make that kind ....
Houses that were set on fire and 50 businesses, shops their looted or damaged and set on fire in that situation. he described the situation as being out of control, but perhaps more worrying, also reports that are emerging about possible executions that may have taken there. our arwa damon is there in the city after the rekaucapture of tikrit did seem to witness one of those incidents. at this point, we are seeing what is damage control mode by the government here. also the leadership of these popular mobilization units trying to move and act fast to change the perception of what is going on in tikrit. the prime minister ordering the arrest of any individuals involved in violations. also the popular mobilization units when senior commander today telling us that, yes, they acknowledge that some of these violations may be taking place, ....
Pockets of resistance will be eradicated by the end of day today. at latest, early tomorrow. they do feel the bigger task ahead of them is clearing the entire city of all of these bombs. but this is as much a military effort as it is going to be moving forward a political one. they need to convince the sunni population to return that they re not going to be targeted in any sort of retaliatory strike attack by these predominantly shia forces that have moved through. it s a sensitive situation at this point. and tikrit is just beginning, and the dynamics in tikrit are very different than the bigger battle arguably that iraq is going to be facing in al anbar province to the west for example, not to mention trying to retake the country s second largest city of mosul. bobby, this description that arwa is giving us, of seeing some of these iraqi forces with a severed head there are concerns at this point because you have tikrit which is largely ....
Strategic win for iran? i wouldn t say that yet. certainly, the past several years have been good for iran in iraq. it has seen its influence only increase. that s a stark contrast to the days when they were at war with iraq under hussein. but in terms of the last few days and what s gone on in tikrit it has been a mixed picture for the iranian militia and tehran. they had to pull back from the fight. they were not suck needed in thele american air strikes were called in. the risk is that these militias abuse, murder decapitate people like we saw in the video you showed. and that just makes the sunnis cling more to isis in places like mosul. they could win the battle in tikrit and lose the war if the iranian backed militias overreach. i m sure they will. congressman, thanks for joining us. thanks. just ahead, more on the chilling new video from flight 9525 from the crash site. a new discovery by ....