officials tell cnn the u.s. military destroyed a building in mosul, iraq, that housed millions in isis cash. but what makes this mission so peculiar is the location of the building and what could have happened had the military missed its target. let s go to cnn s barbara starr, she s at the pentagon. barbara, you say that this building was surrounded by civilians. this is in mosul, iraq, second largest city, jake. this is an area of mosul where civilians regularly are indeed. so when the u.s. got intelligence and they re not telling us what the intelligence is, and they were certain there was millions in isis controlled cash in that building, they started to watch it from overhead trying to determine the time of day excuse me, when there would be the fewest civilians in the area. they knew that isis personnel were in the building at night managing the cash. they used the cash to pay the troops to finance operations and that they were civilians in the
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got intelligence that made you - 100% sure that were true, how would you respond? we ve got to hit isis hard. regardless we ve got to hit isis hard. i mean really hard. i like the fact that russia is hitting isis and they have started this, and it was their plane, so that s going to give them even more incentive to hit isis. and they re hitting it. and we don t have to be alone in that quest. so i would hit isis very, very hard. i d hit them at their source of wealth, which is the oil. and i would hit them right now. when you say hitting isis hard, what do you mean specifically? well, i hate to say specifically, because if you know, i m leading in the polls. and if i win, i hate to give all of my information right up front, to be honest with you. i would hit them at their source of wealth, which is the oil. i would take the oil away. i would hit them so hard, their wealth would go away and it would dissipate. and unless you re going to take away their wealth, you re not going t