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So suggesting perhaps the president not be tone deaf, listen to what all the constituents are saying in congress because this actually had a good measure of support versus some other divisive issues. these subject. the u.s. special forces community is mourning, they lost one of their own in the first combat death in iraq since 2011. 39-year-old sergeant joshua wheeler, a veteran of 14 deployments, was killed while supporting kurdish fighters during a nighttime raid on an isis prison. how could an american die in combat when our commander-in-chief tells us we are not at war? defense secretary a...

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 thi...

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 ...

Soldier to die in iraq since u.s. troops withdrew in 2011. master sergeant joshua wheeler of roland, oklahoma, 39 years old, a decorated elite commando assigned to u.s. special operations forces at at fort bragg, north carolina. he leaves a wife and four sons. he was a legend among the delta force, he had 11 bronze stars for valor. >> he stood up and all the indications are, it was his actions and that of one of his teammates that protected those who were involved in breaching the compound and made the mission a success. >> he was killed while helping kurdish forces rescue 73 hostages at an is...

Ancient syrian city. the site is more than 3,000 years old and about 20 miles from mosul. the u.n. has called this type of attack on ancient relics quote, a war crime. isis has vowed to destroy these artifacts and idols that were worshipped instead of god. but the same group has also been looting archaeological sites to support its thriving illegal trade in antiques. a family that's experienced isis' brutality first hand and lived to tell about it is now speaking out to us here at cnn. they were taken from their home and forced to work in a massive isis prison. cnn's senior international corre...