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Last night it was carried out in eastern syria aimed at capturing a isis leader and his wife. it was supposed to be a snatch and grab. but during the raid he was killed. 12 other enemy fighters were also killed in this mission. no u.s. personnel were killed however. umm sayyaf was captured. u.s. forces freed a young yazidi woman who was being held as a slave. i was told by one official that umm sayyaf may have been involved in a human trafficking leader. he was involved in the military, but also had a senior role in overseaing isis' oil and gas operations. this is significant. i know you were ...

Capture, not kill him. so they wanted to just kill him, they would have sent an f-16 to the compound he was and put a bomb on him but they were willing to send multiple american special operations forces to capture him. didn't work out that way, unfortunately, but the fact this individual would have information intelligence he could actually use to break let's say the financial backbone of this organization would be important. so, for example, killing one fighter or one spiritual mirror in the organization would put the organization back a little bit. but capturing their head accountant. that ...

Breaking news this hour that u.s. special forces have carried out a raid inside of syria. flying into eastern syria by helicopter to kill a top isis commander. the department of defense says he was involved in isis military matters. its finances and he helped direct the oil and gas operations. special forces xancapturing his wife. we have a report from the pentagon saying he was killed when he engaged u.s. forces as they tried to capture him in eastern syria last night and that u.s. forces managed to capture his wife. they say that she was -- suspect she's a member of isis and that she quote m...

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 t...

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