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Operations. if we can take out the physical caliphate and also take out their leadership, the last little bits of leadership, that is a huge victory for the united states and our allies. jedediah: it will be painted in the media and also by democrats by the likes of joe biden and others who are going to be forced to talk about foreign policy in these upcoming debates debates. will they give the president due to credit for this foreign policy accomplishment? this is obviously something regardless...

President trump so badly theyre not looking out for the interest of the country. thank god hes focused on keeping his promises and defending us and he did through this operation. >> youre saying that al-baghdadi could have potentially let his guard down in response to the president calling for the troop withdrawal in syria. do you think that was strategic on the part of the administration, to announce that in order to achieve that effect? >> i think a lot of people underestimate the presidents t...

About strategy because al-baghdadis death occurred in serious point, why was he in western syria, reconstitute isis and build coalition with other terrorist groups in the region in the hopes of restarting his campaign when the perception was that the americans were pulling out. this clearly halts that for the short-term but now we have a problem, now that weve created an increasingly large black hole in the region for intelligence, are we going to be able to exploit this inflection point or will...

This sunday, on sunday october 27, i am jon scott, thank you for joining us, well see you again next weekend. sunday" is . >> last night the united states brought the worlds >> last night united states brought the worldsde number one leader to justice. abu bakr al-baghdadi is dead. s leader, al-baghdadi, has been killed in a raid by the u.s. military in syria. the president spoke earlier today from the white house. im chris wallace, and hello again from fox news in washington. baghdadi is perhap...

By isis back when they had their caliphate, but there are still some american hostages being held by isis, is that correct? >> yeah, theres still up to a dozen american hostages being held by isis in syria in the region. question may or may not -- intelligence doesnt exactly know what he is today, but big fears about when development means for those american prisoners. we cant speculate about what it will mean, but intelligence sources are very worried about that. one quick last note, for folks ...

Resources that made isis so strong for so long. the caliphate was funded basically by many sources of revenue but one of the chief sources of revenue was syrian oil, so if you take that off the table, the terrorists in the region are in a world of hurt and iran containment makes sense iran would love to get this oil. the russians have shown some desire to go down here and i cant say this now but i was in the situation room and ill talk to you later on, the president made some pretty firm stateme...

Caliphate in syria is absolutely a big operation and something that needed to be done while it does not destroy the organization, it destroys this iconic spirituel and operational leader that meant so much to him , so this is very well done, mission accomplished. maria: so a word on that. in terms of whats left of isis right now as a result of their leader being taken out, you were concerned in the last couple of weeks about the pullout of syria you were concerned about the oil fields and perhap...

By isis back when they had their caliphate, but there are still some american hostages being held by isis, is that correct? >> yeah, theres still up to a dozen american hostages being held by isis in syria in the region. question may or may not -- intelligence doesnt exactly know what he is today, but big fears about when development means for those american prisoners. we cant speculate about what it will mean, but intelligence sources are very worried about that. one quick last note, for folks ...

Democratic forces. its the local syrian fighters who have ic tariff en it to isis they are 60,000 strong, ehave assisted them in that fight and provided air power for them, and thats going to continue, and well continue to counter isis to make certain that they dont reemerge. theyre trying. theres still thousands of fighters in iraq and syria, and thats why this is important, the partnership of our allies with the syrian democratic forces is absolutely critical and you can see the intelligence t...

Reradicalized. when he was released then america pulled back. after the surge was successful, he took advantage of that then you saw the rise of isis and he moved into syria. you heard kevin refer to him as accidental. not particularly smart, not particularly a good public speaker. when we saw that video in the mosque with the fan behind him thats where the caliphate emerged and he said we are making a country based on an islamic state and the brutality we saw in the weeks and months and years a...