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This being the backdrop. let's move to iraq now and the prime minister there saying there will be harsh consequences for anyone that deserted the mail tear in mosul. arwa damon live from erbil. you spoke exclusively to a colonel. what was his explanation. >> reporter: one of the first questions we posed to him. he did want his identity concealed, his voice altered. we started why him and his 600 men abandoned their post. >> translator: we got a dpraul our brigade commander saying, leave the base, move to headquarters. bring whatever you can with you's when we got there, the brigade headquarter...

Few days, perhaps advising, perhaps planning more. no one knows for sure. arwa damon is in the kurdish area of iraq. you're in one of the places where the iraqi military says things are okay, and that is because of the kurdish fighters, not the types who are down weapons and uniforms and flee. what is happening outside of the kurdish area, though? >> reporter: well, michael, the minute you leave the border of the autonomous region of iraqi kurdistan you effectively enter territory controlled by isis or its allies or where additional troops have been deployed to kirkuk to prevent isis and the o...

Floggings and executions and most recently joined other groups left well over 2,000 dead. even al qaeda leader demanded isis leave syria. missing in the interrogations is any mention whatsoever of the assad regime. the only concern is the challenge posed by other opposition factions and the local populace to isis. [ speaking in foreign language ] who is erasing the slogans and symbols of isis on the walls, demands the interrogator. i swear, i don't know, as god is my witness, responds this man. who identifies himself as mohammed. another interrogation. what were they saying about the islamic s...

The persian gulf with two other ship it's later this evening. vaek in a major crisis as militants are threatening to march on baghdad. the islamic state in iraq and syria also known at isis is also taken iraq's second largest city of mosul and they've left a trail of blood and violence behind them. today iraq's government is rushing to recruit volunteer fighters. shiite supporters are answering call in baghdad, boarding bus, ready to take um arms and fight. president obama said his national security team is keeping a close eye on the situation and coming up with a range of options. but the u.s...

He's right. to nation problem that will take years and require political, diplomatic and other actions. again, he has stressed that in his speech yesterday, but what he's facing right now is, as he syd, the momentum of an isis force with military moves can cut off baghdad, besiege the city, put the people there under pressure. we saw this against us in 2004 when when we had 100,000 american troops. all the bridges around baghdad were blown and we had difficulty getting supplies in. good as the american military was. that's a real threat. if that threat materializes he'll be under huge pressure...