well let's discuss this issue further with nicholas davis got on our hands the american invasion and destruction of iraq thank you very much indeed for joining us this evening well the speculation over isolator abu bakar al baghdadi is replacement as we just heard if his death from a russian as strike is confirmed was related contenders off or operatives of saddam hussein i mean what do you think about that. while i think in the big picture it's not really going to make much difference who replaces baghdadi . essentially where we're going to still be dealing with. what with an endless proliferation of these jihadi groups. you know whatever form it takes it's assuming that. the us led. forces are able to recapture mosul and graca albeit at the expense of tens of thousands of civilian casualties. i as we've seen. the people that the us is fighting are quite capable of striking back in other places even as all this has been going on in this last month we've seen them strike inside the green zone in kabul we've seen them strike in manchester england we've seen them strike. in london agai

the country‘s second largest city. 0ur correspondent 0rla guerin, along with her team nicholas hameon and firle daviessing. a journey to the front line. 0ur windscreen, a reminder of the dangers ahead. 0ur escort, from iraq‘s elite counter—terrorism force. snaking forward towards an enemy that is still inflicting casualties. like this wounded soldier, being rushed away as we arrived. and families fleeing too. 0n foot. escaping hunger and fear, and a beloved city robbed of life. no food. no water. mosul dead. this is the old city area, it is really the heart of the battle, and when you look around here you get a real sense of how fierce the fighting has been, the damage is immense in every direction. the narrow streets are a tight squeeze as troops close in on the last pockets of is resistance. we were told the militants were just 300 metres away. some on the receiving end of an iraqi missile strike. the extremists are now facing defeat here, but it has taken three years to get this far. we have been fighting house—to—house against foreign fighters. nearby, troops will axe near the bodies of militants.

she's with cameraman nicholas hameon and producer firle davies.er report contains distressing images. a journey to the front line. 0ur windscreen, a reminder of the dangers ahead. 0ur escort, from iraq's elite counter—terrorism force. snaking forward towards an enemy that is still inflicting casualties. like this wounded soldier, being rushed away as we arrived. and families fleeing too. 0n foot. escaping hunger and fear, and a beloved city robbed of life. no food. no water. mosul dead. this is the old city area, it is really the heart of the battle, and when you look around here you get a real sense of how fierce the fighting has been, the damage is immense in every direction. the narrow streets are a tight squeeze as troops close in on the last pockets of is resistance. we were told the militants were just 300 metres away. some on the receiving end of an iraqi missile strike. the extremists are now facing defeat here, but it has taken three years to get this far. and immense damage has been done to the fabric of mosul, and the unity of iraq. wel

she's with cameraman nicholas hameon and producer firle davies. a warning — their report contains some distressing images. a journey to the front line. 0ur windscreen, a reminder of the dangers ahead. 0ur escort from iraq's elite counterterrorism force. snaking forwards towards an enemy that's still inflicting casualties. like this wounded soldier, being rushed away as we arrived. and families fleeing too on foot. escaping hunger and fear, and a beloved city robbed of life. no food, no water. mosul is dead. this is the old city area. it's really the heart of the battle. and when you look around here you get a real sense of how fierce the fighting has been. the damage is immense in every direction. the narrow streets, a tight squeeze as troops close in on the last pockets of is resistance. we were told the militants were just 300 metres away. some on the receiving end of an iraqi missile strike. our history is here, says major riyadh rahma, and we have to get it back. we have been fighting house—to—house and room to room against snipers and foreign