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Special forces operators came in to help. that was the beginning of a partnership that changed the course of history here. coming back here now, we found children playing in the streets and a people rebuilding their lives. there are now about 2,000 american troops based here. their director of operations took me on a flight over the lands that once made up the so-called islamic state. the militants aren't finished and control an area half the size of road island but lost raqqah. >> this is known as the isis amp theater. these are mass graves. >> raqqah was the capital city.

Supporting. wen it came to the civilian population, especially in mosul and raqqah, it was catastrophic, devastating. we spent two days in the old city and you still see bodies littered down the alley ways and people digging through the rubble looking for loved ones. this is six months after the fighting ended. the head of the municipality said there might be thousands of bodies still buried underneath the rubble. people don't understand how it is that this, bombing the hell strategy, what it seems to them was the only way to eradicate isis. there's a lot of skepticism of what america's intent...

Arab countries in which they came or to western europe -- >> "house of spies" begins with fairly graphic, and i would say, prophetic attacks in london. you wrote them long before the terrible attacks on the two brij bridges and in manchester. >> i did. >> there's a large part of isis that's gone back to the united kingdom and europe. they're not going to stand down when iraqi falls. >> no. in rack -- when raqqah falls. >> no. in raqqah, we had a control room, almost a tv newsroom of operatives sitting at computers, laptops, phones, directing personnel, inspiring plots. that's not going to magi...

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