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He said we will remain relentless in our campaign to degrade isis safe haven within syria as part of our broader campaign to destroy isol. this is the same sort of operation that took down osama bin laden and we know from that operation president obama then watched in realtime from the situation room watched every step as it happened in realtime. the big question was, was president obama in the situation as this mission happened overnight and waiting for confirmation from the white house on that...

Particular case. send in special forces or solve this problem with a drone strike. >> id likely suggest, michael, you had drones over the target gathering intelligence before the strike itself. but using a missile from an unmanned system to destroy a target is used in some cases, but in this case, its boy, you do that and all the intelligence that is on the scene. we are talking about an operation in a major headquarters. i mean this is their financial headquarters if you will. and, so you dont ...

One if not hundreds or thousands physical slave by isis has been rescued in this operation. >> nick paton walsh please stay with us. when we come back in a moment i want tapursue nicks idea the idea that a drone wasnt used here but special forces were sent in. when we come back well have the very latest developments in this situation. with every hole-in-one at a pga tour event you could be mortgage free for an entire year. how great would that be? just ask the growing list of winners who have al...

He? it seems that isis or isol doesnt have the command struck thar that one would find say in the u.s. military? >> a battlefield commander someone who has been in the fight and someone who understands the dynamics of moving men and material across spaces and then engaging in some very specific operations those individuals can be replaced. but this is the cfo. this is the one who has been running all behind the scenes, has been running all the activities that fund what we see as a matter of rout...

Control portfolio, as well. so this was a significant hit this morning. >> the white house, of course has said that we would not put boots on the ground in syria, it seems like we just did that. have we established a new precedent? >> oh, no. these boots were look lets not call them boots. these are special operators that went after a very high-value target eliminated the target and were able to come back safely with abu sayyafs wife um sayyaf who is the deputy to her former husband. this was a ...

That will contribute to a strike like this. then the time was right. and they took a great deal of rick but they mitigated those risks, but the rewards, as my friend spider just said are going to be significant. from this strike. >> senior international correspondent nick paton walsh is joining us from beirut now whats been the reaction from overseas? >> limited. and frankly those isis followers on twitter who weve been seeing not really making much out of the loss of abu sayaff saying thats the...

>> well we have been talking, michael, to a number of sources that will say to you are directly familiar with the operation on the ground in syria overnight. now, while this man, abu sayyaf was in charge of oil and gas operations there may be other reasons they went after him. we need to remember that the u.s. assessment was he was increasingly involved in isis day-to-day operations, command and control. this is the key thing that the u.s. wanted to get some insight into. two sources telling me ...

Cetera. we will go through, we, the intelligence community will go through that very very quickly to see if there is targetable intelligence proof of life of some other captors and what well be able to do is build a very strong very clear picture of what these revenue sources are that have continued to fund isis activities. >> its just interesting that given the isis that in this particular case when it comes to terror activities women are afforded an equal playing field. they are put in positio...