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Communications security meaning that they don't e-mail, they don't use cell phones, they are not on facebook and this distinguishes them from other militants and it makes it much harder for the united states and its allies to target them. but occasionally, people slip up. we don't know exactly how they got to emwazi but we do know that there was a car that was targeted in raqqa, syria, and that there were two people in the car, both of whom were believed to have been killed. now the pentagon is saying they are reasonably certain this was emwazi himself. >> and they say they are not going to ge...

Middle of heavily populated syria, before finally launching a hell fire missile off a drone to kill him as he stood in the street monday, cnn has learned. the mission to kill hussein, the most sensitive for the u.s. in months. several officials tells cnn. the u.s. had to be sure it was him, and to fire at him when civilians were not nearby. >> this is a huge gap for the united states, hussein was the most prolific english language prop gandist for isis. >> he's accused of being involved in the hacking of the u.s. central command website. and posting a so-called kill-list. including personal in...

Khorasan was known to be dangerous. one of the reasons we went into syria in the first place and a message to every other terrorist group out. there we'll find you. we'll know where you are and you're at serious risk and you'll learn what a hellfire missile is all about. >> that's the missile that killed this guy and presumably others who were with him. but khorasan's main objective was this offshoot of al qaeda, to go after u.s. targets outside the region. presumably right here in the united states. >> precisely. that's what made him so very dangerous. we can final him and we will. wherever t...

That means the u.s. had enough surveillance enough intelligence about what was happening in northern syria at that very moment to strike him. wolf? >> so it was a drone with a hellfire missile. not a f-16. >> we were told it was a drone. and it would be very typical. drones are typically used when they are chasing down moving convoys of vehicles or a single vehicle. they can stay up. they have a good deal of fidelity about what's happening on the ground. they can stay up for a period of time and follow that vehicle until it gets to an area where they feel they can strike it without the risk of...

Filmed from the gun sight of a u.s. apache helicopter, the video first shows an attack on a group of men in baghdad. and then on a van trying to aid the wounded. the video continues with another engagement, about 20 minutes later. >> to me, the most shocking part of the video comes at the end. >> i'm going to come around, get some more distance. >> roger that. you're clear. >> there's some confusion, maybe some shots from nearby. all of a sudden, they zero in on a group of guys entering a building. >> there's at least six individuals in that building with weapons. >> we can put a missile in it...