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Civilians and interestingly isis fighters accused by their own group of spying. missing, however, were the kurdish captives they were originally sent in to rescue. >> joining me now is republican congressman adam kinsinger served in iraq and afghanistan as a pilot. congressman, thanks very much for being here. >> yeah, thanks. >> so you have an elite delta force special operator unfortunately killed in this raid. they went into a fire fight inside a walled compound, granted their beginning role was advise and assist but when kurdish partners came under attack they went right into fire fight. h...

The ground to enter that compound. and the bigger issue here is this, the u.s. forces do not have a combat role in iraq, and the fact is that they have many missions there that are very quite close to combat, and some of them in training missions outside of nabil and anbar province, and you don't get any closer here to rescue hostages in a fortified position, and highly defended, and firefight, and that is not close to combat, but it is combat. and this is the results is of combat. we saw a delta force member killed in combat and the first time in four years. >> thank you, jim sciutto for the ...

There will be more raids like this in the future. so could you please explain how more raids fits with no combat troops? >> well, i say we will do more raids -- remember, if you remember the raid, we have this capability. it is a great american strength. it doesn't represent us assuming a combat role. it represents a continuation of our assist mission. i said from the beginning, and we mean this, when we find opportunities to do things that are effectively prosecute the campaign, we're going to do that. and this is an example of a case where we could do something we alone had the cape can blt ...

This in the future. so could you please explain how more raids fits with no combat troops? >> well, i say we'll do more raids. remember, we did if you remember the raid that took down abu sayaf. we have this capability. it is a great american strength. it doesn't represent us assuming a combat role. it represents a continuation of our advice and assist mission and i said right from the beginning, david, and we mean this. when we find opportunities to do things that will effectively prosecute the campaign, we're going to do that. and this is an example of a case where we could do something. we ...

Releasing new details about what was a very, very complicated operation. >> no question. and defense secretary ashton carter saying that he was proud of master sergeant joshua wheeler. he was the delta force commando killed in that raid. he said in secretary carter's words that he ran to the sound of the guns. he ran into this fire fight. he lost his life for it. but secretary carter also making clear there will be other in the future other deadly risky or potentially deadly risky raids like this by u.s. forces on the ground in iraq. he said they will continue to be in harm's way. [ gunfire ] ...