Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20161223:07:45:00
Place. it's god's will. those who stayed home while the battle raged around them have no regrets. we hung on because we knew this place is uninhabitable. we accepted either we die in our homes or we make it out alive. there's an odd feel here. soldiers in humvees and the occasional crackle of gunfire, while seemingly carefree children wander the street. unlike previous battles in iraq, this time the iraqi government told local inhas been tanlts to stay in their home in they felt safe. but the city is still full of civilians. this general concedes the presence of civilians has slowed
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