attacks, and being a self starter or a lone actor terrorist, lone wolf terrorist. >> i have christopher dickeyrectly from paris. christopher, you blogged that these attacks are quote following the isis play book to the letter. what do you mean? >> i mean there was actually an address to the followers of isis that was made on september 21st where the guy who was a spokesman for isis said look, do anything you can any way you can to attack, where? in canada, france, united kingdom, united states, australia. if you can't get a gun, if you can't get a bomb, lure people aside, bash in their heads with a rock, run them over with a car, do whatever it takes. that's exactly what isis is asking its sympathizers to do. i think there's a mistake in a lot of analysis that's going on, not on your program, jose, but a lot of analysis wants to find some direct causative chain of command that links these people in canada to some master mind in raqqa or mosul. that's not the way it is going to go. isis is trying to inspire followers wherever they can find them. i think you lost me again. >> christopher dickey,

thanks very much to christopher dickey joining us tonight from paris. >>> airstrikes are slowing thef isis in syria, but it's a very different story in iraq. coming up, we're going to introduce you to the soldiers trying to keep isis from entering the capital baghdad. if you don't think when you think aarp, you don't know "aarp." aarp's staying sharp keeps your brain healthy with online exercises by the top minds in brain science. find more real possibilities at aarp.org/possibilities. add brand new belongings from nationwide insurance and we'll replace destroyed or stolen items with brand-new versions. we put members first. join the nation. ♪ nationwide is on your side >>> the u.s. may be having some successes pushing back the isis onslaught around kobani in syria with airstrikes. in iraq, however, the situation very different, particularly in anbar province just to the west of the capital. there the fights with militias against isis taking place on the streets. our own cnn's ben wedeman got a firsthand look. he went out with those militias defending the iraqi capital. >> reporter: