army's third quad run third armored cavalry division are on patrol in mosul, iraq. captain conrad brown is on command. >> mosul was mostly al qaeda insurgents that had been pushed out of the sunni triang until the presurge 2006/2007. they had taken root in mosul. >> it's the sixth straight day of around the clock operations. the men are exhausted. >> we'd been up for about 36 hours at this point, and we're making our way back to our combat outpost. >> the battle worn neighborhood is known as an insurgent hot spot. >> the terrain favored the enemy immeasurably. the bombed out buildings were difficult to see from the windows. narrow alleys leading up to those roads and those intersections. >> but on this day the major supply route for both u.s. and iraqi forces looks clear and the squad run decides to take it. >> i got it before every attack, that pit in my stomach. that's why i decided to take out the camera and start filming, just based purely on hunch. >> staff sergeant jason catrel is acting as lead scout standing up through the hatch of his bradley fighting vehic

bahrain has the controversial formula one grand prix in mosul great talking a new wave of public protests against the regime clashes between demonstrators and security forces continued through the week with a virtual crime down by police they want to add space to. a thirty minute group of global attention today and i'll sound funny at his own interview show on r.t. this week giving voice to those calls traced by the mainstream media the show of part of the range of reaction from praise to history are. wrong the stories in fifteen minutes time and right now paul is here with a sports. hello welcome along to the world of sports he is what we call coming up european dreams the spots are in moscow go down three males as they suffer a huge dent in the hunt for champions league football next season. play call king rafael nadal secured his eighth straight month to call a masters title with a comprehensive straight sets win over an underpass novak djokovic. played much and freckles world champion sebastian vettel secured his first win of a new formula one season in bahrain and moves top of the dr

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for a court with a right wing salute insisting he's no criminal but was protecting the country from mosul. and bella roof is bellerose releases two high profile political prisoners as washington and the e.u. ground up the truck meant to ease up on the opposition. by former headquarters in central moscow you're watching archie with me and he said now it's good to have you with us four pm here in the russian capital three pm in damascus as the first u.n. observers touched down in syria the government's being urged to show restraint on the opposition to fully cooperate damascus says it can't guarantee the monitors safety unless every step is coordinated with authorities the opposition claims it's still under attack and the government val's to crack down on what it calls terrorists some avoid to is in the syrian capital. the whole waiting to be reborn for serious or for those christians the meaning of acer was all the more poignant this year as they contemplated the sec or forces of the last few months the death and suffering across the country many sought refuge in prayer hoping that peace w

weeks since the syrian foreign minister was in mosul to hold talks with syria lavrov the russian foreign minister now members of the syria domestic opposition the national coalition coming here and they've already said that the u.n. brokered cease fire plan proposed by coffee and on it is the last chance to bring his still ities in this country to an end now lavrov basically regenerated mosco stance that despite this plan seemingly working out so far certainly there are some forces which are willing to disrupt this rather fragile peace. there are countries interested in the failure of kofi not planned from the outset they predicted the failure of any political agreement in syria and only demanded regime change we have information that even today those who have such a stance are doing a lot to hamper the plan by providing arms to the oppositions instigating violence by militants i hope that all who have some influence will pursue the interests of the syrian people and security in the region and not their geo political ambitions . the members of the national coordinator committee from syri

. >> "we are working in mosul." >> now she gets a dozen emails a month from the war zone, most of whichhere's so many. >> how do these letters end? >> "please help." >> it was an email like that that started wa'ad on his journey with elissa montanti. and seven weeks after he arrived, wa'ad was scheduled for his first surgery to repair his face. he walked into the hospital thanks to his new prosthetic leg. when you first met miss elissa, do you remember what she told you, that she would do for you? >> [speaks foreign language] >> he said they will help me to make surgery and fix my arm, leg." >> and make you whole again? >> [speaks foreign language] >> mm. [speaks foreign language ] >> hey. >> doctor alizadeh's goal is to minimize the scar that runs from wa'ad's scalp down to his chin. the surgery was done at north shore university hospital, which donated its facilities. >> i love you, wa'ad. >> my plan today is to go ahead and expand the skin surrounding the scar, putting a sophisticated tissue balloon underneath the skin where the skin slowly stretches over time. >> that sophisticated

the 144th military police company, a michigan army national guard unit, are traveling from tikrit to mosulhey often do throughout their deployment, they videotape the journey. specialist ron dickinson is driving the armored humvee. it's a trip he'll never forget. >> nobody would believe us if we didn't have it on tape. >> three other members of his unit are inside the vehicle, including sergeant jason daw. >> if you slack off and don't pay attention, that's when they get you. >> they've been in the country for several months and seen their fair share of improvised explosive devices, or ieds. >> ieds are the number one threat as far as i'm concerned because you don't know where they're going to be, what they look like or when they're going to go off. >> they're traveling a long, dusty road through the desert, eager to get back to their base. everything is going fine. then, without warning -- >> whoa! >> -- the road in front of them erupts like a volcano. >> whoa! >> when it first went off, it was like -- it was that split second we think this is probably the worst one i've been through so f

of shepherdsville, kentucky, was killed on april 10, 2009, in mosul, iraq. in a terrorist suicide bombing astack tack. he was 24 years old. for his service to america, staff sergeant woods received several medals, award, and decorations. including the bronze star medal, the purple heart, two army commendation medals, three army achievement medals, two army good conduct medals, the national defense service medal, three iraq campaign medals with bronze service stars, the global war on terrorism expedition nature medal, the global war on terrorism service medal, two noncommissioned officers professional development rib borntion the army service ribbon, and three overseas service ribbons. staff sergeant woods, who went by lee, was born on june 24, 1984, on a sunday. he had very light-brawn hair and beautiful blue eyes, remembers his mother becky johnson. "he was my first-born child and my only son." lee grew up in shepherdsville, where he attended roby elementary school, bullet middle school and bullet high school from which he graduated in 2002. he participated