there has been intense fighting in a town just outside falluja. our correspondent join those teams bombed on the front line. she sent us this report. reporter: the district is predominantly sunni territory in the heart of -- province. the iraqi army is fighting to wrestle it back from the islamic state organization. >> we keep finding more. reporter: these are improvised explosive devices that pose a constant threat to iraqi forces on the ground. jihadists have planted thousands of them in the surrounding area. major hussan: this bomb was made locally. just press it, and it explodes. it was made around here. it is made of a can and a plate of metal. reporter: this am ammonium nitrate bomb has been found, but it also needs to be destroyed. these men have neutralized more than 130 bombs like this one in the last 48 hours. they now believes they have regained control of at least half of grandma -- of germa. >> this area was held by islamic fighters. it has now been free full stop isis is not here anymore. reporter: on this road, seven kilometers from

angry about the war and how it had been prosecuted and i had been in the tail end of the battle in falluja and i have seen marines from my own regimen that were explained to me what they saw was gross mismanagement, poor leadership and completely irrational policymaking. they lost men as a result of this and then a few weeks later no wmd and then i was in iraq returning in july of 2004 and just a few months later in november george w. bush was reelected so for me that was a very difficult process to understand that americans let in light of everything that happened all of the lies have been exposed so it was very difficult for me to accept that people voted in the face of knowledge of that information turn and reelect the person that had us there in the first place. and as i began researching -- and i began to develop symptoms of my own. there was a movie theater in 2009 fast forwarding briefly i was in a movie theater in an action film and there was an explosion that closely resembled one that i was in and it was shot from the point of view from where i would be in the humvee. so that's e

the iraqi army is preparing to launch an operation to retake falluja which has been under islamic state control since january. >> now to cricket where england have crashed out of the world cup after losing to bangladesh. >> hundreds of fans celebrated in the bangladesh capital after their side stunned england. it was their third victory in five matches and they will now play in the world cup quarterfinals for the first time. some happy people there. it was a scandal that rocked the cycling world. tour de france icon lance armstrong, admitted to widespread doping two years ago. >> and now an independent commission says two other former president of the international cycling unit tried to protect armstrong to save the reputation of the sport. >> it is a scandal that just will not go away. therefore we need people like our sports new route to come in. the story of lance armstrong the world has known about that for two years. how did the leadership of the uci cover up what he was doing? >> it is important to emphasize neither -- that both were cleared of outright corruption. they condemned

the army halts operations in tikrit, meanwhile closer to baghdad, fighting intensified around falluja. and cyclone-hit residents of vanuatu --destroyed communication lines. thank you for joining us. i am i'll all. today, israel goes to the

back in january of 2014 when they came into iraq and invaded it they took the time at falluja and other parts the iraqis asked us to help and be refused. we never gave them any help until august. they were all in from the beginning airplanes landing on the ground this was a full-court press for them, just as it was to sustain the regime in syria with bashir ahmad. they are using that same playbook and they know what they're doing, this is all about desiring to influence and control iraq as they do syria and lebanon and yemen itself very and. >> they are extending this influence through the middle east and it seems clear that all he would have to do is move another several divisions of their troops into iraq to forestall any possibility that u.s. forces do we have valid that there would be no boots on the ground but as they put more boots there there is limited opportunity for significant roles for the u.s. military is there not? >> yes certainly. one of the things that will be discussed in this is a major victory in the first significant piece of territory that has been reclaimed sense

i have seen the tail end of the battle of falluja and marines that were explaining to me what they saw was gross mismanagement, poor leadership and completely irrational policymaking that they had lost men as a result of this and then a few weeks later it happened in the country and no wmd and then i was in iraq returning in july 2004 and a just a few months later in november george w. bush was reelected and for me that was a difficult process to understand and in 2003 and 2004 it was difficult to accept that people would in the face of knowledge turn and re- elect the person that had been in the first place and as i began researching and i began to develop symptoms of my own there was a movie theater in 2009 fast forwarding briefly in an action film there was an explosion that resembled one and i was a shot from the point of view where i would be in the humvee that was overwhelming for me and i sort of backed out and when i regained full consciousness i was in the hallway of the cineplex. there was an explosion and i began to sense on a personal level dot all was right upstairs and i

of 2004 i was also angry about the war and how i have been at the tail end of the first battle of falluja and i have seen dreams from my regimen that were explained to me what they saw was a gross mismanagement, poor leadership and irrational policy process and then a few weeks later no wmd and then i was in iraq in 2004 and just a few months later in november george w. bush was reelected and so for me that was a very difficult process to understand that in light of everything that had happened all of the lives have been exposed in 2003 and 2004 it was difficult for me to accept that people live in the face of knowledge of that information turn and we liked the person that had put us in there in the first place. and as i began researching and i begin to develop symptoms of my own there is a movie theater in 2009 there was an ied explosion that closely resembled one that i was in and it was a shot from the point of view where i would be and the cinematic experience was overwhelming for me and i actually sort of blackout and when i regained full consciousness i was in the hallway of the cin

known and a deep line of warriors who have fought in lexington and concord, gettysburg and midway, falluja and helmand -- in the years ahead, your country will calling you to continue that tradition possibly sending you into harms way. my greatest obligation will be to help the commander-in-chief make those decisions with wisdom and care, to get you what you mean to fight and win -- what you need to fight and win and ensure the welfare and dignity of you and your families. thank you for all that you do. thank you for the trust you place in me. i will do my best to live up to it. may god bless you, all of you and the united states of america. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, secretary carter. ladies and gentlemen please remain standing for the medal of honor performed by the united states brass quintet. ♪ [indistinct lyrics]