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To 1,000, anderson. not just the tunnels isis is using to hide from the coalition. what they have been doing is moving civilians from those areas that border where the government is in control deeper into that territory where some of the government offensive to consolidate the hold in ramadi is coming through and the coalition air strikes, the u.s. air strikes are concentrating on and they are essentially using them as human shields and moving them around the houses where they still have a press senence. one woman said the only reason she escaped is her neighbors picked up her wheelchair and c...

Neighborhoods inside of ramadi. >> when you look at isis territory lost in iraq and syria over the past year, you're talking about 40% of their territory lost. is isis on its heels? is it caliphate shrinking? >> isil is in a defensive crouch now. their caliphate is shrinking. you've said it. they've lost 40% of the territory they once held here in iraq. that's significant. isil depends on holing territories. that's what's different about them. they're not just terrorists. they want to hold ground. that's also vulnerability and something we've been attacking. >> what about in syria? >> well, in...

Isis contingent from that city. but we still do know that there are continuing isis fighters and isis -- pockets of isis fighters inside ramadi. we're seeing that reflected in the continuing intensive coalition strike. seven this morning alone, claiming to have hit five tactical units. the iraqis contend although the purge is ongoing, that what they've done in ramadi is create a blueprint that they believe they can replicate in fallujah and in mosul. one of the more -- most strategic isis cities. we're also getting reports on the ground that civilians are able at the moment while isis is curre...

That's what we're here to hope them do. the army does get a vote. >> let's talk about the successes. what went right in ramadi? you had months of training of the iraqi military, coalition air strikes, training of sunni tribal fighters. is this a model for fallujah were for mosul, other cities? >> this really is a model. this is what we have been working for since the beginning, frankly. it takes time to train an army. the army we left behind before the mid-2000s was a counterinsurgency army. it had been trained to do things like checkpoints and road clearance. isil, this enemy is fighting as a...

Can't find you anywhere! don't settle for u-verse. x1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. 20 minutes past the hour. 28 minutes past the hour. defiant iraqi prime minister predicting isis will be dealt a fatal blow in 2016. he says the terror group will be pushed out of iraq next year on the heels of reclaiming ramadi. we go live to baghdad with the latest on strong words from the iraqi prime minister. >> reporter: there is absolutely no doubt that ramadi is incredibly strategic and a huge achievement post that humiliating defeat in may when iraqi forces fled an oncoming