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What is the impact of this death, if confirmed, and anything we may know about how this mission was conducted. reporter: yeah. at this point we re still awaiting official details from the white house. of course donald trump will speak hours ahead. it was not far from the border with turkey and syria. a part of syria which is not controlled by isis or not seen american presence at all or has had an american presence. this is kind of al qaeda central. remember them. it appears al baghdadi was probably hiding out somewhere there. we don t know the precise circumstances of that. but that town is not far from the border, a matter of kilometers, miles really. the explosions consistent, sustained in one particular area. we understand that a body is having biometric testing done on it. special force commandos were ....
isis has done a lot of damage all over iraq and syria. they have destroyed many large archeological sites. questions have been raised as to whether or not they are in some cases trying to make it look like they are destroying more than they are. while actually some of what they re doing is looting antiquities and succeeding as far as they have. they have a huge economy. they ve taken great pains to make sure they have money taking it from banks and operating in all sorts of different major economies. that s why it was seen as a valuable target wendell that force commandos went into syria and killed one isis leader this past weekend. he was not the top leader the self practice claimed caliphate or perceived to be an important leader. he was basically their money guy, their treasury secretary, their cfo. he was the guy organizing a lot of their income particularly from the oil sector. less than a week after isis seized control of ramadi in iraq s anbar province, isis has taken palmyra ....
They ve taken great pains to make sure they have money taking it from banks and operating in all sorts of different major economies. that s why it was seen as a valuable target wendell that force commandos went into syria and killed one isis leader this past weekend. he was not the top leader the self practice claimed caliphate or perceived to be an important leader. he was basically their money guy, their treasury secretary, their cfo. he was the guy organizing a lot of their income particularly from the oil sector. less than a week after isis seized control of ramadi in iraq s anbar province isis has taken palmyra to help us understand the importance of this richard engel, it s nice to see you. thanks, for being here. it s nice to be here. palmyra. well, look at it this way. you mentioned queen zinobia. women in the ancient world tend ....
By mid-morning friday the president authorizes the rescue, giving no hint of the drama about to play out. just a few hours later according to u.s. officials, two b-22 ospreys under cover of darkness touched down where the hostages are held. about 40 special force commandos, mostly navy seals, move undetected over the rough terrain, but suddenly everything goes wrong when just 300 feet away they are exposed. maybe by a barking dog. a firefight breaks out, and as a u.s. drone watches overhead, one terrorist runs back inside and shoots both hostages. u.s. forces kill five aqap terrorists. the rest flee, and in one of the most dangerous parts of the mission, a combat medical team meets for a half hour on the ground trying to identify the two gravely wound the men. finally, they are flown back to the u.s.s. macon island off ....
Miles from the compound where the hostages are held. about 40 special force commandos, mostly navy s.e.a.l.s, move undetected over the rough terrain. but suddenly, everything goes wrong, when just 300 feet away, they are exposed, maybe by a barking dog. a firefight breaks out. and as a u.s. drone watches overhead, one terrorist runs back inside and shoots both hostages. u.s. forces kill five aqap terrorists. the rest flee. and in one of the most dangerous parts of the mission, a combat medical team needs to spend a tense half hour on the ground, trying to stabilize the two gravely wounded men. finally, they are flown back to the uss makin island off yemen s coast, but one dies on the way and another dies on the ship. you have to really look at this from a surgical point, just like a heart surgeon or a brain surgeon. some will live, some will die. reporter: as word of the failed rescue mission leaks out, ....