Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20151226:13:12:00
If the islamic states controlling ramadi, and they have since may, they control the border here and they control the border here, now that's important, it's important because they can get fighters from raqqa. they can also toll and tax any industry, any goods that are coming across the border. so this is why ramadi is so strategically important. it's also got a number of sunni tribes, over 40, part of the anbar awakening counsel. they're absolutely key. and to influence those and to give those sunni tribes the stability will enable to the iraqi security forces to be able to drive the islamic s...
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