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Ramadi. it is around those two key population centers that the shi'a fighting groups are maneuvering at this stage. also the iraqi security forces claiming yesterday they got to the outskirts of ramadi. not something the u.s. can verify. they say that iraq security forces are near the university of anbar which is southwest of that main population center. it is an extraordinarily mixed picture and slow going. we have seen how sand storms have slowed down. yesterday, to the north of the anbar province by the oil refinery to see how iraqi special forces are facing off with isis. one group describ...

>> wolf today the white house cautiously endorsed the secretary's assessment. i have to tell you, we have now learned that carter got a number of intelligence briefs during the week bringing him up to date with great specifics about what was going on the ground in ramadi as the city fell to isis. so now looking ahead, iraqi forces on the move but a lot of caution what they may be able to do. as sandstorms rolled in iraq said it's launched a major military operation to take back ramadi. >> we were pleased to see today that the iraqi government announced the beginning of the mission to retake ra...

U.s. coalition air strikes around the city. let's get some analysis from retired major general james spider marks our cnn military analyst, former officer for the coalition land forces in iraq what do you make of that i guess pretty smart move if there was a heavy sandstorm, air cover, air power was really not that usable, it seems to have been a pretty capable strategy the isis forces have. >> strategy and a combination of taking advantage of the conditions on the ground absolutely in fact when we -- when the united states and the coalition forces invaded iraq back in march of '03, we had a s...

But, really, talking about these sandstorms, you said you've been in one. what do you do? how do you take cover? >> you wake up and you look out the window and it's like being on mars. it's always this red -- essentially, you just stay inside and turn on the air filters on if you're lucky enough to have them. most people don't. >> do the masks help? >> no. it's awful. nothing helps. in 2013, there was a similar sandstorm to this one and the sand ended up in california. there you go. derrick, thank you. >> thank you, john. well, the desert was the massive -- for a car company's out of this wo...

People -- well, i'll let you hear. people on the ground, you can hear the wind whipping around in the background. there it is. not a nice scene. people on the ground comparing this to the end of the world. that's what they were saying in beijing. now, they saw this coming several kilometers upstream. it's amazing how far these sand storms can actually travel. we have to look upstream to see why we experience this sand and dust in the atmosphere across beijing and points westward of china's capital. gobi literally means in mongolian, waterless place. this place is under 1.5 million square miles...