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Being told was a snatch and grab mission. they wanted to take this guy alive. they wanted to take a senior isis leader alive. how difficult is it to actually pull something like that off? he ended up dead here because he fought back. how difficult is it to take someone alive? it s difficult because these guys are all protected. they re in locations where they move from all the time. and so it s tough to pin them down. which indicates that he s been on under observation for a long long time. and if you are going to have a force going in and actually get somebody, it means it has to be a fairly substantial force, not two or three guys going into an area. you have to have a security team you have to have security and an objective rallying point. you have to have security in the area you re going. you have to have backup. we re talking about a relatively large number of people involved ....
Have been the enslavement of a young yazidi woman who was captured. no u.s. forces were killed or injured. it represents a significant blow to isil and a reminder that the united states will never waiver in denying safe haven. breaking news we re learning more about this. but just a reminder, too of, you know this week there s been so much attention on the bin laden raid and some questions raised about that. a lot of attention at least paid to that this week. now we have overnight news of a raid inside of syria. yeah. i m not comfortable analyzing the raid because we re just hearing about it. i would put some context on it. i was with president obama in camp david when he with was talking with the gulf leaders to fight things like isis and other ....
Economic structure of isis. in a statement defense secretary ashe carter says it represents another significant blow to isis and a reminder that the united states will never waiver in denying safe haven to terrorists who threaten our citizens and those of our friends and allies. president obama also expressing his gratitude to the u.s. personnel who carried out the mission. important to point out that iraqi authorities also supported this. this is being seen as a victory. of course, the broader fight against isis tynecontinues. all right. live at the white house, thank you for that update. we ll look for more as it comes in. please keep us posts. i want to say thank you to retired general wesley clark. sorry to cut him off abruptly. a lot coming in right now. a lot we re trying to sort through to make sure we bring you all the latest as we learn it. still ahead richard engel we re going to go right to him on the other side of this break. introducing nutrient-dense purina one true ins ....
Moment. there s a dichotomy going on, steve, at the moment with the forces in syria which are isis, the nuzra front, associated with al qaeda the syrian regime and hezbollah outside of the syrian regime. there s sort of a dichotomy at the moment between all the groups in syria who s contesting what areas? we know that raqqa is the self-proclaimed capital of syria which isis declared but then nuzra. and then in the northeast of syria and then damascus held by syrian regime and then hezbollah to help protect. there s a lot of protagonist in syria going on at the moment. what s going on or what the west had just done is eliminated the senior component of isis which ....
Talking about how key it is to undermine the financing how isis gets its money, how it finances its rapgzoperations. that s a crucial component in reducing the power and capability of isis. how significant in the light of that is this killing? is this killing and capture and the information it s gained from this? i think the u.s. has already been targeting and other coalition partners have been targeting the isis oil infrastructure. they ve been bombing it. that probably has a more direct impact in slowing down their ability to make money off of it than the killing of one leader even if he is the emir of the oil and gas sector according to the u.s. military. i think the more important factor is the psychological one. it s sending a message even if you are in eastern syria, where there are no u.s. troops ....