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they defeated the caliphate. they locked up tens of thousands of isis supporters and made this bond with the kurdish people. it was the best ally they had in the entire middle east. russia hated this. russia did not like that the united states had such a powerful presence here, was never a large presence. these were special, elite u.s. troops in very small numbers who were working with the curds against isis. russia hated it. turkey hated it. the syrian government hated it. with the u.s. presence the kurds were able to carve out their own autonomous zone. today turkey and russia, vladimir putin carved that autonomous zone directly in half with turkish and russian troops soon to start patrolling and syrian troops. they cut it in half and divided it between them. they redrew the map with no concern for what the u.s. was doing because president trump made his word irrelevant.
because of information that the prisoners isis was holding at this facility, they thought were all going to be executed in one big mass execution at dawn today. "the new york times" reporting tonight that a trench was already dug on site to apparently serve as the mass grave for these hostages once they were all going to be killed today at dawn. but in what the "washington post" describes as a delta force raid, hours before dawn this morning apparently dozens of elite u.s. special operations troops flew in by helicopter and raided that isis prison. we're told they were expecting to find about 20 hostages being held there by isis but what they found instead was more like 70 hostages being held. in the ensuing firefight one american soldier was killed. we do not know the identity of that soldier. but it was apparently a hell of a fight they had on the ground. at least some of the isis fighters who were not killed in that fight were taken into custody, which is an intriguing prospect.
raid on a makeshift prison in which isis was holding dozens of prisoners. the pentagon said today they got a request from the iraqi government in that part of iraq because of information that the prisoners isis was holding at this facility, they thought were all going to be executed in one big mass execution at dawn today. "the new york times" reporting tonight that a trench was already dug on site to apparently serve as the mass grave for these hostages once they were all going to be killed today at dawn. but in what the "washington post" describes as a delta force raid, hours before dawn this morning apparently dozens of elite u.s. special operations troops flew in by helicopter and raided that isis prison. we're told they were expecting to find about 20 hostages being held there by isis but what they found instead was more like 70 hostages being held. in the ensuing firefight one american soldier was killed. we do not know the identity of that soldier.
post" describes as a delta force raid, hours before dawn this morning apparently dozens of elite u.s. special operations troops flew in by helicopter and raided that isis prison. we're told they were expecting to find about 20 hostages being held there by isis but what they found instead was more like 70 hostages being held. in the ensuing firefight one american soldier was killed. we do not know the identity of that soldier. but it was apparently a hell of a fight they had on the ground. at least some of the isis fighters who were not killed in that fight were taken into custody, which is an intriguing prospect. joining us now to fill in more of what we know about this raid and this u.s. service member being killed is courtney kuby, nbc news pentagon producer. courtney, thank you for your time on this. appreciate you being here so late. >> sure. thanks for having me. >> do we know that this was a delta force raid? does that mean the soldier who was killed was probably a delta force operator? >> well, we don't know for certain that the individual who was killed was delta but we do know that all of the u.s.
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nairobi, kenya, left dozens dead, a luxury mall destroyed and a country terrorized. it is attacks like this, bold, sophisticated and beyond somalia's borders that helped lead the u.s. to target al shabaab on its home territory. it was a daring operation, late friday night, s.e.a.l. team six, the same team that killed osama bin laden, launched from a commercial ship towards shore, aiming to capture the al shabaab leader known as ikrima. met by a hail of gunfire in a shoreside vil wila, the s.e.a.l team withdrew without their man. hours later and 3,000 miles away in libya, another daring operation. this one in broad daylight in downtown tripoli. the target, abu anas al libi, picked up by members of the elite u.s. delta force. his family said they surrounded his car, many in masks, and rushed al libi away as his wife watched in terror from a window. she spoke exclusively with cnn.
gather evidence in the hopes of any retaliatory attacks that would put it in motion. officials are not aware of any specific attacks at this time. bin laden's death was announced less than 24 hours ago and no one thinks that the coast is clear. >> they have to be prudent given the history. >> absolutely. >> cnn is just now getting new amateur video of bin laden's compound in pakistan after the raid we'll show it to you. stand by for that. also, an elite u.s. assault team fighting its way through bin laden's compound. up next, inside the dramatic raid that took his life. [ male announcer ] to the seekers of things which are one of a kind. the authentic, the rare, the hard to define.
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