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Cnn pentagon correspondent oren liebermann joins us now to tell us. so, what do we know about the target of the strike, and what why centcom sent out this tweet? so, the strike was carried out on may 3rd in northwest syria, targeting a senior al-qaeda leader. centcom promised there would be more information when details of the operation itself were sort of confirmed, then became available. but within hours of the strike happening, multiple defense officials told cnn that general eric corolla, the head of central s command, ordered the tweet to be put out, saying that is senior al-qaeda leader have been targeted. that is despite high confidence when the strike itself was taken, that they knew who and where they were targeting. officials knew it would still take a few days to be able to confirm who was killed in the strike, and that s at least partially because there are no u. s. troops in northwest syria, it specially after the devastating earthquake in that part of the country. and y ....

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