Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20190303:08:25:00
Streets and alleyways, taking cover behind their armored vehicles. >> this was the most intense warfare the marines had faced since the vietnam war, since the battle of wei. al qaeda in iraq was extremely well dug in. they booby-trapped a lot of buildings. they knew the city very well. >> see him? >> no. >> where is he? >> hey, he's in the garage. >> right here? >> yeah! we've got friendlies on the roof. >> as the marines moved closer to the center of the city they're meeting more and more resistance. it's very hard in these narrow alleyways to find out where exactly the firing's coming from. ...