CNN CNN Newsroom With Brooke Baldwin April 16, 2015 19:21:00
Exporting produce and goods between the two countries. the lack of iraqi government control around ramadi has created a lot of other difficulties and challenges when it comes to moving towards other areas of al anbar province. the entire terrain around ramadi is a patchwork of different front lines and battle zones. historically speaking ramadi was the old capital of what was then al qaeda's empire the predecessor to the islamic state. so to go back to jim's point, it may not seem to be strategic, but it is significant. and it is important. losing ramadi is going to be if it does happen a big ...