face of isil's advance in ramadi the regular forces are weak that's why they are relying on the shia ma militias strategy is to bring in the student is in to the regular army. there has been very slow progress. right now a purely shia force is going to wage battle in a sunni territory. there are real fierce that wilin flame tensions. >> all right zeina leave it there for the moment. thank you very much. zeina khord. >>> 11 afghan police officers have been sentence today a year approximate prison for failing to help a woman who was attacked, killed by a mob. the 27-year-old 27-year-old was accused of burning the koran the mob burned her body. let's go straight to jennifer glasse who is live for us in kabul. what more can you tell us about the sentencing, jennifer? >> reporter: well, nick, in addition to the 11 policemen sentenced for failing to do their doubt any this case, eight more were set free. this is the latest round the verdicts in the case, two weeks ago the judge sentenced four men to death, eight to 16 years for taking part in that murder. 27-year-old woman was falsely accused of burni

. >> reporter: the forces here are mainly shia ma militia. since prime minute is bad i brought them under the command of the iraqi government they are flying a new flag, each militia has its own identity but fight under their own banner including this sunni fighter group. fortifying baghdad comes with the unique challenges. this is the bridge the last safe place to cross from or ban province in to baghdad. with the operation now under way, it's likely that we'll see more scenes like this. fears of what comes next are common here. >> translator: as long as we sunnis marginalized the fight will take a long time. there are sunni forces willing to fight and i would join that fight, if the government accepts us. >> reporter: iraqi security fors have opened and close third degree bridge at random, concerned that isil fighters will enter baghdad disguised as displaced people only increasing the tension in the capital and elsewhere, no doubt iraq has a huge challenge on its hands in secure anbar province and defeating isil, it's not just within anbar

those forces that retreated from ma raddy are forming the core of the units going back in along with the shia militias and the sunni tribal fighters. there is a force there to go back. >> those shia militias have taken a name the pentagon is upset with. many allegations that they're under the control of iran and one of the top military leaders is quoted as saying president obama hasn't done a damn thing to confront isil. that's a quote. is the u.s. doing enough? >> i think perversely his quote was in response to secretary carter's no will to fight. i think he essentially threw that back at the united states. look i think the basic strategy of the united states is right. this is the iraqis' fight to fight. they have to beat isil in their own country. we can help them with training weapons, intelligence and air strikes. this may give us an occasion to look and see if they need more in one of those categories. do they need more air strikes? which would involve a less restrifkt of rules of engagement and accepting the possibility of broader civilian casualties. do they need more equipment? do they need to

shia militia. >> a consortium of all militias. >> he's saying this is a continuation of the tikrit operation. it is to cut the supply route from baiji oil refinery in the north tora maf the minister we answered the call. our forces are prepared and are surrounding ramadi in three directions. >> there's a civil war taking place within -- kind of a soft civil war taking place within the iraqi government. you have the sovereign actors the isf, the iraqi security forces. prime minister al abadi is considered to be more of a nationalist than sectarian. the difficulty is the pms do not see eye-to-eye with him. they accused him of letting fall because he didn't let them go in sooner. the u.s. government has made it priority to enforce command and control. there's a lot of skepticism in the pentagon and in the white house that that is actually taking place. they fear that iran is really behind the pmus. >> general, what i'm trying to figure out is this a reaction to all of the washington talk and what secretary carter said? is this a p.r. move? or is this truly an impressive military move we should be watching today? >> well it's neither, alisyn. it's not an impressive mili