chinook to care rye the hostages out. kurdish special forces were in the lead. about two dozen elite u.s. commanders were on the ground. one american and army special operator was killed. shot in a gunfight. flown to erbil where he died of his wounds. the pentagon press secretary refused to call it combat and denied the operation violated the president's order mandating no u.s. boots on the ground. >> this was authorized by the secretary of defense. specifically under our operation inherent resolve mission. specifically the campaign to defeat isil to support to iraqi security forces, which includes the kurdish peshmerga forces. so it was within this operation they were acting. >> the american forces that have been deployed to iraq do not and will not have a combat mission. i will not commit you and the rest of our armed forces to fighting another ground war in iraq. >> it's notable brett that the
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