made so many gains during the last several weeks in the assault on mosul, the iraqi prime minister, haider al-abadi, has publicly asked the leader of the iraqi kurds, masoud barzani, not to take advantage of the chaotic situation in mosul to pursue kurdish territorial ambitions. al-abadi says the aim of the battle for mosul should only be freeing the citizens from isis. theunited states military agrees. colonel brett sylvia is commander of the second brigade of the u.s. army's 101st airborne division, from fort campbell, kentucky. he says it's a balancing act between former rivals, but it's working. >> you've got the peshmerga camp, you got the kurdish flag flying there. and when you look on the other side of that wall, you got the iraqi camp with the iraqis flying their flags. and so, really, it could kind of symbolic of what we're doing here. we're advising each one of these guys, and they are working together. we're working with them in order to bring this whole thing together. >> reporter: his troops are in northern iraq to provide advice and assistance to the kurdish peshmerga and ira

. >> the new man in charge wille haider al-abadi. the challenges he faces are huge. >> smith: it was then that president obama issued his pledge. >> president barack obama is gearing up to give a highly- anticipated primetime speech tonight. >> president obama will lay ot his plan to address the isis threat in a televised speech tonight. >> obama has been criticized for having a timid response thus far to dealing with isis. >> my fellow americans, tonight i want to speak to you about what the united states will do with our friends and allies to degrade and ultimately destroy the terrorist group known as isil. >> smith: "to degrade and ultimately destroy." the words have been repeated over and over again. >> "degrade and ultimately destroy." >> his policy is to destroy isis. >> no, no, no, it's to degrade and ultimately destroy! >> there was a big debate about those terms: defeat, destroy, degrade. professionals wanted to argue for containing it initially and then degrading its capability and ultimately defeating it. >> they understoo

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the crowds waved iraqi flags and chanted slogans, calling prime minister haider al-abadi a thief. his government has struggled to end corruption and stop terror attacks in the capital. mourners gathered in baton rouge, louisiana today for the funeral of alton sterling, who was killed by two white police officers last week. several thousand people attended the service, just days after sterling's death triggered protests, and some 200 arrests. and in plano, texas police turned out again for the funeral of michael krol. he was one of five officers killed by a sniper in dallas last week. and wall street's rally fizzled on this friday. the dow jones industrial average gained 10 points to close at 18,516. but the nasdaq fell four points, and the s&p 500 dropped two. >> sreenivasan: now, updating our lead story: the crisis in turkey. a struggle for power is underway tonight, with the military announcing it has carried out a coup and imposed martial law. it says it acted to restore it says a peace council will act to restore democracy in the n.a.t.o. member state. there are reports of tan

. >> warner: just the same, prime minister haider al-abadi visiting ramadi this week, vowed to set his sights on a far larger prize in the quest to drive isis, known as daesh in arabic, out of iraq. >> ( translated ): we will raise this flag and purge this land from the last member of the we tell the people of nineveh, the people of mosul, that we are coming to liberate you from daesh, and isis will be defeated and flee as they were defeated in ramadi. >> warner: mosul, 250 miles north of baghdad, had a population of two million before isis took it; five times the size of ramadi and the largest city in the militants' control. do you think the approach that you used combined your forces with a lot of american air power. is that enough of a model to then retake mosul, which the president has said is the goal? >> popular mobilization forces, we had local tribes participate in it. in ramadi, we focused on the local tribes, our counterterrorism forces and the strong cooperation of the allied forces, in relation to the supremacy of the air. we need to carry on with such a model in retaking m

back in baghdad, prime minister haider al abadi visited victims of yesterday's attacks. and two more bombings in the city killed five people today. >> sreenivasan: in syria, a cease-fire expired in aleppo, and fighting flared north of the city. government forces battled rebels for control of a district just north of the city. it sits on the supply route to rebel-held portions of aleppo. >> woodruff: the u.s. powered up an $800 million dollar missile shield in romania today, drawing the ire of russia. the site has been in the works for years to stave off potential ballistic missiles fired toward europe. u.s. and nato officials attended today's ceremony at the remote romanian site. deputy defense secretary robert work insisted the focus is on iran, and not moscow. >> it was never, ever about russia. we have offered to the russians to show them the technical specs, we have done everything we can to try to make sure that they understand the capability of the system and why it does not pose any type of a threat to their strategic deterrence. >> woodruff: even so, a senior rus

as dusk falls, prime minister haider al abadi arrives for a victory tour. >> reporter: fallujah looms large in the history of the iraq war. abadi notes the american military suffered many of its casualties here in 2004. he says reconciliation with the country's sunni population, and giving more power to the provinces, is the only way forward. asked about the militias, he tells us: >> reporter: nearby, a commander of the mostly shiite paramilitary forces is mobbed by supporters. abu mehdi al muhandis is on the u.s. list of wanted terrorists. here, he is a celebrity. he tells us his forces refuse to be kept out of the much bigger fight expected in mosul. >> ( translated ): we gave thousands of martyrs as casualties because of the bomb factories in fallujah and mosul. we will go to mosul and we will meet in mosul, god willing. >> reporter: it's an important victory for the iraqi government and an important step in pushing back isis. but it has come at a cost. everyone who lived under isis has come under suspicion. iraq security forces have detained 20,000 men and boys who fled the city f

he met with prime minister haider al-abadi, who's facing a political crisis over corruption, a struggling economy and poor security. >> it is important to have a unified and functioning government as rapidly as possible in order to move forward, so that all of these operations are not affected, and so that we give confidence to the coalition. >> woodruff: kerry said abadi did not ask for more u.s. troops. the obama administration today turned over thousands of documents on "operation fast and furious." the material involves a gun- running investigation that mayg have let mexican drug gangs get their hands on 2,000 weapons. house republicans demanded the documents four years ago, but the president initially claimedn executive privilege. in january, a federal judge rejected that claim. wall street finished the week with modest gains. the dow jones industrial average was up 35 points to close near 17,577. the nasdaq rose two points, and the s&p 500 added five. and, an inflatable room is headed toward the international space station. it was launched today on a space-x rocket, for a two-year t

in iraq, prime minister haider al-abadi fired baghdad's security chief and accepted the interior minister's resignation, after a wave of islamic state attacks. at least 186 people died sunday in a baghdad car bombing, and an attack last night in balad killed 37 more at a shi-ite shrine. a suicide bomber blew himself up at the shrine's entrance, allowing other attackers to push inside. iraq's top shi-ite cleric blamed poor security. >> ( translated ): at the beginning of this week, at the end of the holy month of ramadan, isis targeted innocent people and killed hundreds of them. last night, the terrorists targeted the holy shrine. so, if the authorities won't live up to their responsibilities and put an end to such security violations, the terrorists will continue committing crimes against iraqi people. >> woodruff: the attacks come as isis has been losing territory elsewhere in iraq. the number of asylum-seekers in germany dropped sharply in the first half of the year. berlin says 222,000 people have registered so far. the number for all of last year topped one million. since then, balkan

prime minister haider al-abadi tweeted the first stage was "swift and decisive." it began by capturing several villages near makhmur, about 40 miles south of mosul. the ultimate goal is to reclaim mosul itself. isis forces captured the city in june of 2014, routing government troops, who left behind troves of weapons and ammunition, even american-supplied vehicles and artillery pieces since then, iraq's army, supported on the ground by shiite militias and iranian advisors, has retaken tikrit, oil-rich beiji and most recently ramadi. but mosul, which once had a population of two million, is by far its biggest challenge. in washington today, state department spokesman mark toner said the u.s. is standing by its ally. >> we certainly support and share with the iraqi government its goal of liberating mosul as quickly as possible, but this has to be an iraqi led effort. >> reporter: already, there's been an american casualty linked to the battle for mosul. a u.s. marine was killed saturday by a rocket attack near there. his newly deployed unit is helping defend an iraq

iraqi prime minister haider al-abadi spoke in davos, switzerland today, where he's attending the world economic forum. >> i have to rely on the information. a, we don't know if they're still missing. we're still looking for them. i don't believe there is any political thing out of this because what gain would anybody get from that. >> sreenivasan: other iraqi >> sreenivasan: other iraqi officials-- and some western security sources-- have said two shi-ite militias are the top suspects in the abductions. north korea announced today it has detained an american college student. he is identified as 21-year-old otto frederick warmbier, from the university of virginia. he had been in the country on a five-day tour. north korean state tv made the announcement. it said warmbier is accused of committing unspecified "hostile acts" and allegedly plotting to "destroy the country's unity." the u.s. state department said it is looking into the report. in somalia, at least 20 people died overnight when islamist gunmen attacked a popular beachside restaurant. it happened in mogadishu, and the islamist