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Terrorism, no doubt about it. and the fact that we ran him to ground is inevitable but its still very, very important. this organization, secondly, is on its back feet on this. so its good. i mean, its a victory. >> its a victory. and its the how they did it. im looking down at my notes, jennifer. it had been in the works for months, ever since a baghdadi companion and isis member was captured by the iraqis. the curriers wife provided the along that ultimately led them to baghdadi. >> i think it...

Moves made by trump first to radically draw down our own presence then to give into president erdogan of turkey. >> josh, do you think it goes too far to say that without -- that this move that the president has now ordered, u.s. troops out of syria, without the kurds, the relationship with the kurds on the ground, without active human intelligence on the ground, that this could not have been possible? theres no other way. if trumps view on whats needed in syria was in place, lets say years earl...

Forces, the u.s. ally of kurdish forces, say they did play a role. >> the sdf have been good partners for the last few years. they were instrumental to us helping to defeat and destroy the physical caliphate of isis and we remain in contact with them on the ground and theyve been helpful in a variety of ways. >> it seemed to me, congressman, like jake had to draw that out of the defense secretary and we heard the president yesterday say, quote, russia treated us great. i just wonder if you think...

Intelligence agencies and, yes, he commended them yesterday but you cant get away with cherry picking which intelligence you want to believe and what intelligence you dont believe. and what were hearing from the reporters about this raid was that it relied on human intelligence. as anybody in the intelligence community will tell you, that it is sources. it is connections. it is trust that they develop over years with our partners and allies on the ground that seems to be eroding over the past co...

They say they did it for breast business as usual could resume as soon as possible but that just shows the american people cancer, they have been banned and the world that this fight is for life. far from over and while our this wraps up this first hour of "fox & friends first", thank you quiet warriors that do so much so much for joining us, "fox & friends first" continues now, are there we must be ready to bye, bye. fight. >> critics say this is a reason, this is a big win, this is a reason wh...

He was sent back to iraq. the iraqis managed to turn him dispatched back to syria. located going into this compound that baghdadi had been domiciled in. another aspect i believe of september of this year, five addition additional isis assets were recruited. four of them were native rockir and one of them were a syrian. a smuggler whos responsible for transporting baghdadis relatives. this whole thing has been a human intelligence led endeavor led by the americans. but, yes, the important thing t...

Turning to another important story. isis leading abu albaghdadi was killed this weekend by u.s. troops. we want to share exclusive reporting on this raid. richard engle uncovering some of the extraordinary backstory. >> they had someone inside baghdadis inner circle. once he was in the compound, in baghdadis different safe houses, he was able to describe them, understand the layout, understand distinguishing features. the c iia was able to use those descriptions provided by this well placed huma...

Information to the cia and the cia was able to use those descriptions provided by this very well placed human intelligence source and pinpoint the isis leaders hide out, matching his physical descriptions to satellite imagery. he also said quite extraordinarily that the kurds start talking about this for months and months and start talking to the cia and they say weve got this source. weve got this incredibly well-placed source and the cia says, well, how do we know that this source really has t...

Times" story on the raid and how it was sped up because of the presidents decision to pull us troops out. this redeployment and then this new mission will have an impact on future missions like that. it is a riskier mission for u.s. troops if they have a smaller or no footprint in syria, mainly because they dont have the troops on the ground. they may not control air space, and they may not have the kind of human intelligence sources that they would have if they were actually present in the coun...

Welcome back. joining us from washington, with a look at axios a.m., national political reporter for axios, jonathan swan, jonathan, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> talk to us about axios, one big thing today. >> so to kill the leader of isis, arguably the most important national security accomplishment of trumps presidency, he relied on many of the tools and assets and decisions that he has spurned in the past, so trump has continually said that the decision to enter the middle east wa...