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Wings. it's rules of engagement. the command is so nervous about collateral damage and oh by the way, little as you know, isis is so adapted and so shrewd they go underground, live amongst the people. they no longer drive big weapons around and that makes targeting extremely difficult, if you don't have someone on the ground who can see them and see that they're insurgents this will continue. it can't get any better. >> right now they've taken ramadi consolidating inside ramadi. week ago we heard there's a big counter offensive coming. they spent a lot of time milling on the ground waiting for...

Monitoring latest from baghdad. >> reporter: christine, it was not the most aweuspicious start. the good news is we will point out they managed to get to the southern outskirts and university of anbar on the edge of ramadi. all of this of course you have to pass and analyze because we are in a war here and every side will make grand statements about success. yes, it is clear at this stage. we are seeing no massive sweep into ramadi or territory changing hands. not expecting that would happen but we ourselves saw a stalemate. you are seeing pictures of it there have been in place for months. tr...

It and iraqi terminology is how slow that is. it is a refinery. isis dug in with 1/5 of this. we saw the iraqi special forces taking the fight they said to them opening fire on isis positions. they have to move slowly. they have to move in a considered fashion. they have the ammunition and people they need but they need to take it slow. that replicated around ramadi too. the u.s. is passing judgment day by day as far as the operation going. we are seeing slow progress at this stage and i think many seeing too, that isis will use that advantage to dig further in to the toughest fight in ramadi....

Obviously a mistake. thank you for that kathy. happening this morning, new information on the battle for ramadi in iraq. the iraqi government insists they launched a major offensive to retake ramadi from isis. in the u.s., pentagon officials see no signs of that in ramadi. isis holds the city laying bombs and booby traps and sending in new supplies. we have cnn's nick paton walsh live in baghdad this morning. trying to separate fantasy from reality. >> reporter: john that is a complex task given the level of access we get to the battle fields. it is clear there is a mixed picture. 30 iraqi s...

Having the symptoms. we know how dangerous anthrax is. that is why this training is being conducted by the u.s. military. it was supposed to be using inactive anthrax and it came from a base in utah and shipped to nine states and here to south korea through mail services that were supposed to be for inactive anthrax. the same security protocols were not in place. big concerns and questions, christine. >> big questions how this could happen and how they could be sure no one exposed. thanks kathy. happening now, the battle for ramadi. the iraqi government insists it has launched a major offens...