Summary

--SUPERS-- Monday Baghdad Col. Steve Warren Spokesman, Anti-ISIS Coalition in Iraq --LEAD IN-- IRAQI FORCES HAVE LAUNCHED THE NEXT PHASE OF A MILITARY OPERATION TO RE-TAKE THE IRAQI CITY OF FALLUJA FROM ISIS. MEANWHILE, COLONEL STEVE WARREN, SPOKESMAN FOR THE ANTI-ISIS COALITION IN IRAQ, SAID ISIS -- ALSO KNOWN AS ISIL -- HAS LOST A LOT OF GROUND IN THE PAST YEAR. --SOT-- (Col. Steve Warren/ Spokesman, Anti-ISIS Coalition in Iraq) "A year ago, here in Iraq, the barbarians were at the gate. Baghdad was actually threatened and in theory, was in direct danger of being invaded by these animals that we call ISIL. Now we"ve driven them back, they"ve lost almost 45 percent of the territory they once held here in Iraq, they"ve lost 20 percent of the territory that they once held in Syria, so we"re seeing the Iraqi Security Forces that in 2014 quite frankly collapsed under the pressure that ISIL put on them. We"re seeing them start to rebuild." --TAG-- WARREN ALSO SAID MORE THAN FIVE-THOUSAND AMERICANS ARE PROVIDING TRAINING, ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND EQUIPMENT TO IRAQI FORCES. -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT----- --KEYWORD TAGS-- ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA ISIL DAESH FALLUJA

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Title U-S COLONEL:IRAQI COALITION REBUILDING/DRIVEN ISIS BACK
Date 05-30-2016
Description --SUPERS-- Monday Baghdad Col. Steve Warren Spokesman, Anti-ISIS Coalition in Iraq --LEAD IN-- IRAQI FORCES HAVE LAUNCHED THE NEXT PHASE OF A MILITARY OPERATION TO RE-TAKE THE IRAQI CITY OF FALLUJA FROM ISIS. MEANWHILE, COLONEL STEVE WARREN, SPOKESMAN FOR THE ANTI-ISIS COALITION IN IRAQ, SAID ISIS -- ALSO KNOWN AS ISIL -- HAS LOST A LOT OF GROUND IN THE PAST YEAR. --SOT-- (Col. Steve Warren/ Spokesman, Anti-ISIS Coalition in Iraq) "A year ago, here in Iraq, the barbarians were at the gate. Baghdad was actually threatened and in theory, was in direct danger of being invaded by these animals that we call ISIL. Now we"ve driven them back, they"ve lost almost 45 percent of the territory they once held here in Iraq, they"ve lost 20 percent of the territory that they once held in Syria, so we"re seeing the Iraqi Security Forces that in 2014 quite frankly collapsed under the pressure that ISIL put on them. We"re seeing them start to rebuild." --TAG-- WARREN ALSO SAID MORE THAN FIVE-THOUSAND AMERICANS ARE PROVIDING TRAINING, ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND EQUIPMENT TO IRAQI FORCES. -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT----- --KEYWORD TAGS-- ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA ISIL DAESH FALLUJA
Class Editorial
Rights Rights Managed
Length 00:00:38
Frame Rate 29.97 fps
Format High Definition
Synopsis Spksmn. for anti-ISIS coalition in Iraq: ISIS has lost nearly 45 percent of territory it held in Iraq
CNN ID 39074837
Name 370KJF7_001

Keywords

Steve-Warren
Terrorism
Islamic-State-in-Iraq-and-Syria-Orgn
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