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Withdraw against such a small enemy that attack them. and they left the people surrounded by isis. this is not the army that we are willing to see or we re expecting to see. so if it s not about what s in their hearts is this about what s in their heads and what the strategy is, philip what happened in ramadi and going forward? i think you re right. i think colonel reese is right as well. we talked about this is a battle for territory. it is a battle of wills. isis like a lot of groups motivated by religion will not go home again until they re defeated or they die. i think what will happen is government as you ve seen today will move in. they ll move in with shia militias. i don t think isis will be able to maintain ground. it s easy for them to take ground. much harder for an insurgent group to hold it. here s a long-term problem based on what the deputy prime minister and others are saying. in that short-term gain to make ....
Police and potentially also we re hearing now as well maybe hundreds of sunni tribesmen could also be involved in this fighting too. now, the exact makeup of these forces is so key because of the sectarian divide in iraq the sunni-shia tensions that have always been here. fortunately now i think many observers are seeing the name of the this operation that the shia militia announced is called answering the call of hussein. that s very many are wondering perhaps the initial signals of this aren t particularly about embracing iraqi nationalism. but we have to see if this violence actually translates announcement translates into progress on the ground. we are hearing from those shia militia at this stage they don t think they need coalition assistance. they might be able to do it on their own. a tough fight ahead though michaela. certainly there will be. all right, nick thank you. this operation launching just as the u.s. and iraq get into a war of words over isis following harsh co ....
Uncoordinated action which we ve seen them have difficulty with in the past but they re going to have a whole lot of mass. they will defeat isis. i will predict that today. given good odds for the iraqis to win back the city. general, you think they will get ramadi back? you take this seriously enough what s happening on the ground there that you believe that they will in short order get ramadi? i said that last week alisyn. they can t let ramadi say in the hands of isis. they have to get it back. but it s not going to be pretty. this is going to be an ugly fight. michael, do you see it this way? yeah i think they ll eventually get it back. but there s a lot of propaganda and public relations going into this campaign. much of it is i think is self-defeating. the operation called at your service hussein, which is a shia war cry or rallying cry. this would be like going into ramallah shouting next year in jerusalem and hope the majority supports you. ....
We heard on state television and statements according to state tv from the prime minister office and ministry of defense. they hope soon anbar would be liberated and may be victories in the supply route area which is a key oil refining area as well. a massive task ahead of iraq here but it seems shi a-backed militia with iran who may be the spearhead of this. they gave the name of the operation and that is extraordinarily similar to the shi a culture here on the divide which is so fractious here in iraq. so a lot here that could potentially alienate sunnis from getting involved. the record of the stage is a wide ranging operation with sunni tribes people and iraqi military and the front end is ....
The opportunity they have with the shia-led government if you think of that as a crescent is now cement a foothold in iraq which is a majority shia country, we ve seen them supporting houthis in yemen. iran is on a roll. and the iranian generals visiting baghdad is simple americans were here for ten years but they cut and run in afghanistan, they cut and run in iraq. if you want a long-term solution to your problem america is not your solution because they will abandon you just as secretary ash carter just did. if you want guys who won t abandon you, look across the border it s us. what do you do with that, colonel? especially when they can talk all you want. i m referencing here the head of the iranian force that says obama hasn t done a thing to confront daesh. what do they have to show for their effort sns. success in tikrit along the tigris. ....