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Accelerated effort on the ground in syria again the group. >> there's an imperative to get isolation in place around raqqa rnl becau because our intelligence feeds tell that is there's significant external operation attacks planning. >> reporter: al qaeda affiliates in yemen aqap for years has been actively trying to target commercial airliners destined for the u.s. looking for ways that contain bombs that contain little or no metal content to evade airplane security measures including hiding explosives in the bat rivers electronic devices like laptops, and in february 2016 a wake-up call when...

To undertake their attacks. >> reporter: officials have told cnn there was credible and specific intelligence that isis would try to attack aviation assets and a hint from a top u.s. commander about why the accelerated effort on the ground in syria against the group. >> there's an imperative to get isolation in place around raqqah. because our intelligence feeds tell us that there is a significant external operation attacks planning. >> reporter: al qaeda's affiliate yemen has for years been active trying to target commercial airliners destined to the u.s., looking for ways for bombs that cont...

Airports. depending, instead, they be stored in checked luggage. >> elevated intelligence that we're aware terrorist groups target commercial aviation and pursuing methods to undertake their attacks to smuggle explosive device and various consumer objects. >> reporter: officials have told cnn that there was credible and specific intelligence that isis would try to attack aviation assets and a hint from a top u.s. commander on why the accelerated effort on the ground in syria against the group. >> there's an imperative to get isolation in place around roaqq because significant external operatio...