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Back now to our breaking news. it's a rare victory by iraq's u.s. backed military. for the first time it's taken back a major iraq city captured by isis. joining me now in "the situation room" to talk about this we have cnn contributor michael weiss, he's a senior editor at the daily beast. he's also the co-author of "isis: inside the army of terror." we have retired lieutenant general mark hertling and cnn analyst bob baer, former cia operative. to you first, general hertling. you have iraqi force who is no doubt have a success on their hands certainly for today. the question is, can this hol...

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They managed to take it? >> it seems they've behaved more as a professional military than they have been in the last several months of this war. by all accounts, the consortium militia groups have hung back from the main theater of operations. they're corralled in eastern ramadi. when it comes to this intense urban combat situation, they're not there. you have the golden division, some more credible brigades and iraqi divisions leading the fight. you have a few hundred sunni arabs men that were trained by the u.s. ramadi fell in may of this year, almost a year after operation inherent resolve ...

The back foot. so if he can get his followers to rally them, you've seen that some of these attacks in paris or san bernardino not necessarily carried out by isis but certainly inspired by and maybe with knowledge of isis are even more threatening to the international community than this attack. and it also fuels the narrative that isis is a growing global terror organization that's on the offensive, not some group that's losing on the battlefield. >> yeah. elise labott, great report. thank you so much. there are some mounting defeats that may be the reason for a new message from the leader ...

♪ watching in a winter watchlist land! ♪ xfinity's winter watchlist. watch now with xfinity on demand- your home for the best entertainment this holiday season. today's success is a proud moment for iraqi forces fighting against isis. that's the word from the pentagon spokesman who congratulated troops after take over ramadi. defense officials telling fox thus this night is not over yet. they say at least 100 isis fighters are still believed to be holed in ramadi. u.s. airstrikes have been supporting iraqi forces on the ground and -- they fight to take back the city from isis. militants ...