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This is their homeland. >> in the region. >> they can be protected. they also would have the effect of pushing isis back. because he would carve out a safe area, it would put 20,000, 30,000 troops, looks to me like the french will participate. the russians will participate. right now we are, as two newspapers described it as, once again leading from behind. president obama is kind of, you know, waving at the train as it's going by. >> he's in the philippines, there's a meeting next week. >> putin got together a better raid than we've seen in a long time in a day. >> rudy, i want to talk to you...

>> 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...

To iraq. we are doing the most to fight isis in the region, militarily, financially, any way you measure it? >> we have done a great deal to help iraq in the last year. but we've done it in a hesitant manner. we've done it in a low-risk manner. we've not provided the military muscle that is needed to very rapidly push isis back. eventually, perhaps we'll succeed. but time isn't on our side. that's what we see with russia's intervention a month ago in syria. now, potentially in iraq. if we don't move out quickly and start driving back isis from areas of western iraq, i feel that the iraqis will...

We want the americans to arm us directly, he says. if they give it to the government they will take what they want and give us the weapons, the good stuff to keep. outside the hospital, you can see the help they are getting. an ambulance from sunni saudi arabia. inside, three injured, from a mortar that hit offduty young fighters playing football the day before a nother died. this town endures, yet feels abandoned despite broad recognition it is vital they win. nick paton walsh, cnn. ian lee, tracking developments and joins us from cairo on the latest in iraq. ian, how did the three day oper...

A virginia man was arrested at the scene. pressure cookers have been used in several terrorist scenes. the incident taking place as people were gather for a memorial day concert. iraqi forces rising up against isis. taking the city ramadi showing life after the u.s. defense secretary questioned their will. all this as we get disturbing reports of mass slaughter in syria at the hands of isis fighters. i want to start with the situation unfolding in ramadi with senior international correspondent arwa damon live in baghdad. good morning, arwa. >> reporter: good morning, christine. that force is...