CNN The Situation Room April 17, 2015 21:03:00
New propaganda storming a check checkpoint connecting two key cities and waging a fierce battle in ramadi 70 miles from baghdad. fighters surrounding villages and destroyed bridges to choke off the city. even as more than half of ramadi's 300,000 residents fled the fighting america's top military officer minimized the city's importance. the city itself is, it's not symbolic in any way. no declared part of the cal caliphate or central to the u.s. or iraq. >> reporter: and the fight over the strategic town of baiji, home to an oil refinery. a day earlier release of clashes in baiji. the iraq gov...