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Tikrit but there are enormous challenges. as i said earlier, several different groups are working within iraq that are part of the offensive. you have the iraqi military which is backed by the united states, you have shiite militias who are loyal to shiite leaders and loyal to iran working side by side in this offensive, and you have a couple thousand sunni tribesmen who are allied with the other two groups simply because they want to see isis destroyed and kicked out of their area. will this be a success? what will happen to tikrit? will the shiite militias go on a rampage once they go inside...

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One on an isis controlled oil refinery are having a crippling impact on the militants. and on the key city of tikrit and inside of the ranks and a group struggling to maintain control. one analyst said the key challenge facing isis is more internal than external let's bring in jim miklaszewski at d.o.d. let's start with isis in iraq focusing on tikrit that is a key city. >> reporter: that is right. and tikrit has become critical in determining whether the ultimate u.s. strategy to defeat and degrade and push isis out of iraq with work and that is because the iraqi forces, without u.s. assistan...

About 27,000 iraqi troops taking part in this operation in tikrit and there are also several thousand iranian backed shia militia fighters as well so it's a force of 30,000 or so so it has a sizable force. the question is what type of capabilities do they have? one interesting thing we've heard out of iraqis is that there are iraqi fighter jets being part of this operation and that was a big question whether or not their air force was at all capable to be a part of any type of operation. we're hearing out of iraq that they are part of this offensive on tikrit. whether or not they're effective,...

Tikrit from above. iraqi military is trying to secure the highways into and out of baghdad. they are going to be aided by a fleet of russian fighter jets. these are bought second hard reportedly for $500 million. the first batch of those jets arrived in baghdad yesterday. we want to get the very latest from the ground from nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel who is on the ground in baghdad. richard? >> reporter: good morning. as you said, it seems like the government is finally launching something of an effective counter offensive. there had been several attempts in the last sev...