territory. but this win in ramadi, they re going to continue to fight this. remember, up to about a month ago, we said the same thing, ramadi is falling. they have certainly gained some ground in ramadi. they have pushed suicide vehicles in by my account. talking to people on the ground. they pushed over six suicide vehicles into that city to try and blow a hole toward the government center. but iraqi forces and the anbar tribe, they re still fighting against them. you also have to consider this, it s 100 degrees in ramadi today. they have had high winds and there s shamals. so it s very difficult to get air support against the movement of isis forces. once that balances out a little bit, i think you ll see continued fighting by additional forces by prime minister abadi. we have been told there have been eight air strikes as part
state department says the attackers got right up to the main gate and were firing weapons before those suicide vehicles blew up. there were two car bombs involved. two afghan policemen were killed. a spokesman said, quote, we are grateful for the quick response of the afghans and the international security forces who secured the facility. it s in western afghanistan, close to iran. it s pretty well developed and has been relatively calm until now. increasingly, it s the entire country, which has become victim to these sorts of attacks ahead of the withdrawal of u.s. source. gretchen, next year. this attack happened when the embassy wasn t open yet. between 5:30 and 6:00 o clock in the morning on a day when the consulate is not even open for business. i asked the news director and he said they re not interested in necessarily killing americans. they re interested, the taliban,