now peshmergra has gone in and taken the village. they've got the road blocked. we've had to leave our car we're walking up here to see what's happening. in fact, this village has been so recently taken they haven't even taken the islamic state flags yet. you can see the black flag right on top of a silo beside the road here. is that an ied? i was a bit startled because of the fire but it's actually one of the peshmerga guys firing into something trying to see if it's an ied or not. >> they say the road is booby trapped so they're going to take us around to a different way to get into the village. this is a booby trap from the islamic state. don't walk over there. we just crossed about three quarters of mile of open territory to get here with the pesh soldiers, to find out that they're behind this wall because there's actually a sniper around the corner here and they sent a unit out this way to clear out the sniper. >> in suleiman bek we didn't see any iraqi troops. but we did come across a commander from the government's ministry of interior who told us he was h