Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20171025:20:38:00
Villagers betrayed the american forces that were there to help them? >> reporter: jake, a defense official tells us in his words it's very probable that someone or some group of people in that village tipped off isis to the presence of the u.s. forces there. in fact, from the very early after action reports from survivors of the ambush, they expressed suspicion that they had been delayed in that village to -- and then tipped off to allow for the ambush to take place. another indicator is this, when they did go into that ambush, it was a pretty elaborate setup. machine guns, rpgs, mortars. that...