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Exposed, trudging through land. turned arid. now isis trying to change the focus of the fight today by attacking the unconnected town of kirkuk, oil rich, held by the peshmerga, too. 30 militants attacking security buildings there. six of them, seven of them killed so far we understand. but a lot of heavy fighting in the sense of that town not part of the mosul offensive here. it really does seem as though these initial stages that were supposed to in the eyes of some tacticians to be a fight against isis to be very difficult indeed. the outlying settlements on the edge of isis territory still...

We reach one unit pinned down on a hill. they say a drone is observing them and dropping tiny bombs on them. like grenades, we are warned. rocket after rocket lands. over the hill, there is fiercer fighting. and, still, the rockets come in. exposed, trudging through land. turned arid. now we know some sad news from the pentagon that a u.s. soldier lost his life in the last 24 to 48 hours or so. minimal details as is customary when a u.s. death is announced. this soldier was hit by an ied, a mine in you or i language and that caused him to die from his