generally scary they appear. >> general hertling, stand by. >> we want to move over to iraq now, we have new details coming in an attack near the u.s. consulate in the kurdish iraqi city of erbil. isis now claiming responsibility for the suicide car bomb blast. officials say at least four people were killed, 18 injured but all u.s. consulate personnel are safe and accounted for. let's bring in cnn international correspondent ivan watson. ivan, what else do we know about this blast? >> good morning, joe. well, a suicide car bomb, it doesn't succeed in damaging the u.s. consulate. and, again, as you mentioned all the diplomats there. none of them were harmed. but it has put the kurdish safe haven on edge. and shattered the calm that people have enjoyed there. certainly ripped through a number of restaurants and cafes frequented by foreigners in a