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>> it's important to keep in mind, george, that emwazi, born in kuwait and growing up in the uk is really -- even though he's played a very prominent media role with these gruesome beheadings of journalists and aid workers, he's not part of the leadership structure of isis, which is made up predominantly of iraqis, including iraqis with experience with saddam hussein's security hierk i can. -- hierarchy. so in the grand picture, not necessarily a huge role. there's not going to be huge impact from his killing. but you need to look beyond this particular incident to the broader picture. you see...

In terms of the people who make their real decisions in isis, he really didn't play a large role. in terms of isis, you have to look at beyond him at the larger military campaign that's being conducted against isis. we' seen that isis has not since may when they took the city of ramadi west of baghdad has not been able to gain major areas under its control and is slowly being pushed out. they've lost tikrit. they are now under pressure inform sinjar from kurdish fighters supported by u.s. air power in syria. they're also kurdish forces and arab syrians who are pushing them back. at this point,...

Nation, has only increased people feeling like they don't belong. >> of just moments ago, the kurdish region security council said its forces entered the northern city from all sides. our senior international correspondent nick paton walsh joins us now live by phone from inside sinjar. nick, where you are on the front lines with those fighter, tell us what you're seeing and what you're hearing. >> about two hours ago, george, we saw columns of peshmerga moving inside the city. i can't give away the exact locations, but there were large numbers of them, and they were heading in multiple differe...

Through this kind of danger if they thought they had any other choice. and the vast majority of these people are the refugees of the wars in syria and iraq and most of this boat load, afghanistan. these are people who cannot go home. earlier about an hour ago, we saw a boat load arriving, filled mostly with yazhidis from sinjar. that's the area the massive offensive is underly under way. one said if i thought i could go home, i would. but sinjar is close to mosul and i don't believe isis will be cleared out of there in the next decade. i need to raise my child as a human being, and that's what...

Teenager they knew as mohammed emwazi has emerged as the man behind the mask. cnn, london. kurdish forces say peshmerga forces are now in sinjar iraq. just moments ago, the kurdish region security council said its forces entered the northern city from all sides. the kurds, backed by u.s.-led coalition air strikes are on day two of operation free sinjar to reclaim the key city from isis militants. they estimate there are about 600 isis fighters inside sinjar. it's a big step towards disrupting the isis caliphate that it says it's trying to create. we'll have more reporting from the ground wit...