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Define it as combat units we don't need to do that. special forces units, yes. we could arm the kurds. we haven't been doing that. we could arm sunni militia. we haven't been doing that because the baghdad government doesn't want us to. we could provide air support for the iranian-backed shia militia. >> brian, do these options make sense to you? >> only some of them but those are largely focused on weapons and kinetics. what i think we also need to talk about is how do we actually cut off the financing of these groups, and i think we've taken some measures if you saw the special operations ra...

The fall of hoe sul wasmosul was the best example. and now ramadi. i don't know how much equipment, capabilities army tanks, humvees. so we'll have to start all over i think on training the iraqi military and have a kind of a change this change in attitude on the pat of iraqis that makes them understand the importance of good leadership and good training. >> and investment back in iraq. so putting that on one track in terms of the fight against isis and trying to figure out how iraq can take care of itself at some point, and this major blow with the fall of ramadi, now let's move to the specia...

All indications showed they didn't kill all of the fighters that were surrounding this building. >> well they know for the most part they know what's there when they are going in. i had the opportunity when i was commanding forces in northern iraq to go along with a special operations raid. we used to have anywhere from 5 to 15 of them every night in our area. we worked very closely with some of the teams they had. it's fascinating to watch the things that they do. it's such a well-trained team. there will be some that are targeted on the individuals. they know what they have to do to engage t...

Laden. had assessment people with him fit the profile of his family. that was arrived at by u.s. intelligence, cia. that led the president to make the decision even though we didn't have certainty osama bin laden was there to conduct the special operations raid. >> ben, thank you very much. thanks for all your help today. >> thanks. now to nepal where a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck this morning killing dozen, renewing panic in the region still shell shock from the devastating quake that killed 8,000 a few weeks ago. it lasted more than a minute rattling already damaged buildings. it was c...

Catch up here, and what strike would be considered. >> reporter: if they can find the right target it could be a drone strike or it could be a special operations raid, but the obama administration is said to be concerned about a number of complications including that the u.s. wants to maintain good relations with the fledgling government of libya which has said it would not want a strike. secretary clinton was asked about militias on the ground in libya and she said this about that country. >> we face a very challenging environment in libya, as does the new libyan government, who we are certai...