Outside Ramadi News Today

>> police are abandoning positions one area after another. >> reporter: in the end there was no help from the central government in baghdad. >> the iraqi army didnt have a good sense of what was happening in the city. clearly the islamic state had been making inroads over the preceding weeks and months. and ramadi was a foundation rotting from within. >> reporter: shia militiamen are gathering outside ramadi for a possible counterattack. sunni tribes are asking for arms. despite ramadi, the whit...

This. begged for reinforeman forcements and air strikes, but to no evade. and its not just ramadi where people are pleading for help. between the bridge in ramadi is falluja. the police chief points out the isis positions. >> so isis is back in that tree line about a kilometer. we need coalition support, he states. hes been sending isis coordinates to the command center, but there have been no significant strikes or reinforcements. why? he doesnt know. isis attacks regularly. the hospital exteri...

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A u.s. military official says isis controls parts of the city, but the fall of ramadi, in his words, is not imminent. tens of thousands of refugees may disagree with that. theyre trying to get out of the city in case isis takes over completely. anwar has this exclusive report. >> isis had just assaulted in the morning from the east. as a security measure, cars are not allowed to cross this bridge, but this is the only way to reach baghdad. those flees the violence piled this belongings. children...