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General, i guess if we kwd takecould take a bigger picture look at this. assess for us what the strength and position of isis was before this happened right now. so much talk last year about how isis was on the march. its influence and presence was spreading throughout the middle east. in the year sense then, what has happened? what s the state of isis as we digest this story? under secretary carter s leadership, the u.s. special forces in particular and also u.s. naval and air force power have significantly danlmaged this organization. the significance to this raid is number one, that is terrific intelligence to take he wasn t the salient figure but they had him under surveillance long enough to plan and carry out a flawless operation. so it s a signal again to isis, they re not safe anywhere. not only from a smart bomb off a naval fighter jet but also from ....
In this exercise. the reason that you want to they wanted to get him, in particular is because of his position in generating revenue for isis. very, very important for two reasons. first of all to get him and interrogate him and his wife. second, and perhaps in many respects even more important to get the records, get the computers, get all the records and that generates an enormous amount of intelligence. the same sort of thing same sort of treasure-trove that we saw in getting bin laden. important to get the guy, much more important to get the records, very very useful down the road. all right. colonel jack jacobs, msnbc analyst. appreciate the time. some more details here that we re getting. this is from nbc s richard engel. saying no u.s. soldiers or civilians were hurt or injured. ....
Elicit oil smuggling. in the sale of antiquities while we see them threatening to destroy cities and ancient artifacts and they ve been trafficking in these artifacts. shutting down the money operation has been an extremely high priority of the obama administration and treasury and state and cia and going after the individuals. in this case, he would have had the blueprint of much of that operation. my sense is that while he was resisted and was killed, it s not only people we re talking about, it s records computers assets, it s all of that data that will give us a map of how isis operates. i m expecting that that will impact part of what we will going after of. appreciate you taking a few minutes this morning. we ll reserve the right, if you will, to call on you again later ....
Maybe have to rethink the idea of debates. it s a system of the fact they don t have a front runner. a lot of credible people can step forward and say why not me the democrats have the opposite problem. how do they fill the stage. hillary and just the except hillary wouldn t answer any of his or her questions. thanks for your insight. we appreciate that. obviously, much more news this morning on that raid we ve been following all morning special forces in eastern syria killing a key member of isis, capturing his wife. more details ahead on that right after this. .and takes the wheel right from your very hands. .this isn t that car. the first and only car with direct adaptive steering. the 328 horsepower q50 ....
This is coming from nbc s richard engel, his sources telling him that 20 isis members, all of them men in addition to abu sayyaf were killed in the course of this raid. they re saying there were no women or children who were killed during this quote, soldiers were terribly precise. they fought into the objective. only targeting isisal and safekeeping the woman and children. we re joined by the formernato commander. general, when you hear we ve killed now somebody who was this intimately involved in the financial side of isis, that s the reporting we have suggests, what does that mean to you? who the leadership in isil is. and where they re located and what their patterns of activities are. so we ve obviously, put a lot ....