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News to many people. i've had at least one iraqi specialist on isis confirm that he wasn't -- the intended target. allegedly the intended target was abu muhammed al adnani. he's the spokesman and is suggested to be one of the top contenders for caliph in the event that abu sayaff is killed. you know settled on the guy who was. now to play this up as a major victory. the timing of the operation is interesting. isn't it because isis is just all but taken ramadi. a city that months ago didn't look like it was on the verge of falling to them. they're strongly contesting -- sacked a major oil refin...

That this is where he is. that's a series of intelligence collection operations that have taken place, from all contributors. national security agency from the defense intelligence agency from human intelligence on the ground. there were folks that probably confirmed that this is where he was located. all of that has to come together. then the decision is made are we willing to run the risk to go after this individual at this location. or are we going to take some other option that's available? it's not just a drone there are other capabilities that we could use to go after him. clearly this w...

Administration official who adds that it was likely that abu sayaff would have had interactions with al-baghdadi they say in some capacity. al-baghdadi a key isis leader that the u.s. has been chasing for a while. so starting to push back and provide a little bit more information on why president obama made this decision. now we know that this decision was made with unanimous recommendation from his national security council. and they say they had sufficient intelligence to make the call with confidence that this mission could be carried out successfully. we know that president obama according...

Continuing to pursue any intelligence they may have got from executing this raid. >> nick paton walsh joining us there from beirut we have barbara starr as well. we'll get to sunlen serfaty and our generals retired general are with us in a moment. i know there are people waking up and seeing the breaking news and even those who closely follow the reporting on isis and know the leaders, they hear the name abu sayaff and are not familiar with that name. but the fact that the u.s. had him under close watch indicates that he was a valuable target. >> so let's bring in cnn military analyst and reti...

Life. promising a home promising wives, to the foreign jihadists that are coming there. running communities, paying for people to haul in trash. the budget aspect of isis is crucial. if you get the guy who is running that. the equivalent of our u.s. department of treasury or and commerce combined and say we've now taken that guy and killed him and we now have access to his books you have a a treasure trove of information of how the organization works not only from a financial standpoint but perhaps recruiting information and even operational and the question that abu sayaff meet baghdadi? of c...