Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20151212:21:03:00
Out of the sunni triangle in the presurge 2006/2007. they had taken root in mosul. and we were trying to take that city back. >> it's the sixth straight day of around the clock operations. the men are exhausted. >> we'd been up for about 36 hours at this point, and we're making our way back to our combat outpost. >> the battle worn neighborhood is known as an insurgent hot spot. >> the terrain favored the enemy immeasurably. the bombed out buildings were difficult to see from the windows. narrow alleys leading up to those roads and those particular intersections. >> but on this day the major s...