hands, that s the kind of fight that was going on inside that building. when they got to the room where abu sayyaf was located, he had a gun or went for a gun, and the commandos were forced to shoot him, regrettably according to the officials. they still have his wife in custody, but she will be turned over for iraqis at some point. now, again where they think they failed in this manages is they didn t grab their target alive but nevertheless all escaped none of the americans wounded or killed. even on the way out their helicopters took some heavy fire, but to no avail as far as isis was concerned. jim miklaszewski, thanks for that. here with us lieutenants colonel anthony shaffer. he is now a senior fellow at the
located, tried to mobilize to take ramadi, but i don t think they ll be able to at least in the short term. obviously we weren t able to capture abu sigh jeff. we did capture his wife u some. m sayyaf. i suspect she s being held nearby and they re using tried-and-true interrogation techniques, and i believe there would be a great of information to exploit. i think president obama, finally to use a golf metaphor, he picked a 3 woods to get more intelligence out of her, out of material we it will tie it into a ground force that could stop isis and go about
pesh, use them as an internal force and we have to figure out a way to go forward. there was a lot that happened over the weekend, one of them was the killings of one of the key isis leaders sayyaf. psychologically this is a win for the u.s. it feels good, makes is feel more at ease we were able to locate and kill one of their leaders. the question is is this key enough that isis has been weakened? new york times has a piece about this saying he was actually a mid level leader. one terrorism analyst compared him to an al capone accountant. s. instead i believe isis victory in iraq is 100 if not 1,000 times bigger than the victory we achieved in syria, taking out this leader. isis is achieves victory on multiple front, and we have
claiming victory. isis has reclaimed ramadi, the first major victory since coalition strikes began last fall. some appear this is a repeace of last summer when iraqi forces put down their arms. the obama administration is confident that the eye will not last. and their movements by and large most certainly where there are air patrols and other capacities have been reduced but that s not everywhere. and so it is possible to have the kind of attack we have seen in ramadi but i am absolutely confident in the days ahead, that would be reversed. despite those gains the task force running operation
inherent resolve says it s on the offensive, but it s not a sign of organizational weakness but that isis intends to preserve its holdings while still expanding elsewhere. elite american delta force teams carried out of the first successful raid inside syria capture a top and recovered a treasure trove of cell phones laptons and isis documents. it devolved into hand-to-hand combat, but not a single soldier was injured. diane fine tine so-called it picture perfect for its efficiency abu sayyaf was a top money man who oversaw oil and gas operations. we have bill neely in london. bill, what have you got? good afternoon, guy also. a decade ago hundreds of american troops gave their lives