Nearly 16 years since the United States went into Iraq to eliminate Saddam Hussein's alleged weapons of mass destruction, DavidMuir got exclusive access with American troops now fighting an enemy intent on resurging: ISIS.
Nearly 16 years since the United States went into Iraq to eliminate Saddam Hussein's alleged weapons of mass destruction,"World News Tonight" anchor David Muir got exclusive access with American troops now fighting an enemy intent on resurging: ISIS.
"They're trying to garner resources, extort the population, do low level attacks. There's certainly an insurgency going on, on the ground right now," said Grynkewich, the deputy commander of Operation Inherent Resolve, the joint coalition fighting ISIS on the ground. For months, there have been warnings of a resurgence -- at least two Pentagon reports this year, including one from August, cautioned ISIS was far from eradicated. A report from the lead inspector general for Operation Inherent Resolve, which fights ISIS, warned that from April to June, ISIS"solidified insurgent capabilities in Iraq" and established"resurgent cells" in Syria to"expand its command and control nodes in Iraq.
Brig. Gen. William Seely, the American commander of Task Force-Iraq in Baghdad, told Muir ISIS had already started planning its way back to Iraq even before its territorial defeat. In a recent week this summer, American and Iraqi forces took out tunnels and supply depots ISIS used to hide near Mosul, and north of Baghdad.Earlier this summer, ISIS released a propaganda video showing heavily armed fighters there vowing to revive their caliphate.
Eight adults and 13 children have been repatriated to the United States from ISIS. Six of those adults are facing several charges, according to ABC News' analysis of indictments and reports of individuals brought back to the U.S.
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