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Iraqi army will have no choice but to recapture tal afar as it did mosul after nine months of bitter and costly battles. >> let's talk about that, retaking mosul. we all know, you know, what it took to do that. we covered it. we saw the images. as the battle under under way there, what lessons do security forces take from the battle. >> we covered the battle for nine months. few people realize the severe costs that that the iraqi security forces incurred in mosul. they have lost between 8,000 and 500 men in the battles of mosul, including many thousands of special forces. tens of thousands of ...

Electricity and just white flags of protection. with is fighters hiding amongst the homes, they're traumatized by the advancing troops. >> at the moment, they're stuck here with is fighters in the next building, just monitoring any slight movement at all so they can attack and move forward into the old city proper. retaking mosul would be a whatsive blow against the islamic state. but if it comes at the expense of civilian lives, it could be an apparent victory. >> rescue crews set off the bomb sites with no expectations of survivors. you don't have to look far to find civilians in mosul. iraq...

20 isis militants armed with kalashnikovs or small grenades into several security areas in the city and took over some of the buildings and also holed up in a hotel just ithe middle of town. most of those have been killed or routed out and only a few of them still remain according to security officials there. this, tamron, is a classic isis diversion narr diversionary and diverted the elite countersecurity forces from mosul, the main fight and brought them at least, some of the units down an hour away to kerkuk and shows isis, even though they're under siege in the holdings, in mosul, still ab...

Hours ago. security officials tell nbc that isis was with bombers and stormed security buildings and a power plant under construction killing a dozen engineers and construction. foreign correspondent, matt bradley and just within a few miles of mosul, as i understand it from experts, getting close to the city, surprisingly fast but it's what happens once they get inside. >> reporter: well, that's a very big question, tamron. nobody knows exactly because the situation in mosul is going to be so difficult with 1.2 million civilians thought to still be in the city but i want to talk what happened...

You know who the big winner in mosul is going to be after we eventually get it and the only reason they did it is because she's running for the office of president, they want to look tough, they want to look good. but she wanted to look good for the election so they are going in. but who's going to get mosul? we'll take mosul eventually. by the way, if you look at what's happening, much tougher than they thought. much more tougher and more dangerous and more deaths than they thought. >> donald trump blaming hillary clinton for the timing of retaking mosul from isis. joining me from erbil, iraq...