providing enough resources to help them with this thing. and not all of the iraqi army has a serious problem. the battle for ramadi was going on for 14 months, and they the iraqis put in their best forces special operation forces and their paramilitary police the so-called eru emergency response units, very effective. but they stayed there for months, and then we ve got to give isis some credit. while the iraqis certainly outnumbered them, isis outmatched them tactically and operationally. thirty car bombs going off inside the city almost near smuggles, destroying almost simultaneous, that was staggering and a bit of a surprise to achieve that level of mass. and the fighters followed that. and, yes we did see iraqi units flee, and they should be held accountable for it. but you have to give isis some credit here, and we really should be relooking, jon our plans and are they adequate. they appear to anyone looking at
navigating the battlefield is going to be incredibly difficult. the battle for ramadi is going to be nothing like the battle for tikrit. this is something that has the to materialize very quickly. because isis has proven that it is capable of adapting to the dynamics on the ground. the concern is that, by trying to push towards bag chdad it wi bog down the fighting force along various front lines and potentially leave it vulnerable elsewhere. arwa damon, cnn, baghdad. the u.s. will deliver a new shipment of anti-tank weapons to iraq next month. a state department official tells reuters the shoulder fired missiles are meant to prevent bombings like isis used to capture ramadi. the unnamed source says the terror group carried out at least 30 car and truck bombings, some as big as the truck bomb that killed 168 people in oklahoma city back in 1995.
ago to persia, india, china. here in iraq you have the battle for ramadi in allan bar province with the iraqi government scrambling troops to various front lines and also forcing the u.s.-led coalition to perhaps reassess strategy in both battle fields. the reassessment very much independent way as we speak. arwa damon in baghdad, thank you so much. the u.s. reassessing its strategy. u.s. rushing to deliver 1,000 rockets to the troops to help combat the massive suicide bombings, suicide car bombings isis used to seize ramadi. we re talking bulldozers, humvees, packed with explosives that sent government troops running and devastated the evert to try to stop them from taking the city. let s discuss more on both friends with global affairs
fallujah. they have been receiving in reinforcements. but the battle for ramadi is not going to be anything like the battle for tikrit. the lay of the land is very different. the dynamics in al anbar province are more complex. moving reinforcements out to those various different front lines is much more difficult as well because of the territory that isis controls in al anbar province. how long the units that are fighting along the front lines around ramadi are going to be able to hold out without additional reinforcements, that also remains to be seen. we re seeing the iraqi government calling for more volunteer units to move towards al anbar. the u.s. saying it s speeding up its shipment of weapons but it may at the end of the day be too little too late. isis is proving to be a much more formidable foe than many had anticipated. ar washes thank you very much. she spent a lot of time on the ground in recent weeks. covering isis. as she said, a more formidable foe than many gave it c
campaigning for. so far she s trying to do this chapter by chapter. she didn t come here expecting to take questions but one adviser said he thought they made a mistake by not talking to a local reporter over the last couple weeks. it had build up in a head of steam. that s why she did what she did today. reaction from bernie sanders from vermont who is also running for the democratic nomination. we will get his reaction later this hour. up next the battle for ramadi and the surprising strategy isis used to beat iraqi forces. why law enforcement now in waco, texas is addressing serious concerns that bikers bikers there may retaliate against police. i want to first go to robert kraft owner of the new england patriots. he s speaking about what s called deflategate, the nfl s