security services. criticism that was rejected by the british defense secretary saying these are measure that is this is a very real threat that needs to be addressed. max? >> erin, thank you very much, indeed. let's get the latest from iraq and erbil. some progress with the iraqi forces? >> reporter: that's right. you are talking the township of amerli. it's north of baghdad. the weekend u.s. air strikes really allowing for that ground offensive to breakthrough that was led by not just the iraqi military, but also the shiite militia. these are the people backed by iran who fought against the american soldiers. now we are here for a long occupation. you have enemies coming together to defeat isis. that gives you an idea how bad things are here in iraq. that township of amerli, 20,000 shiite turks, can'ted to be under the slaughter. they were the words from the u.s. representative here in iraq. he raised the red alert, the red flag more than a week ago saying this imminent massacre was...