the army delta force commandos descended on this isis compound in eastern syria in blockack hawk helicopters. they met heavy resistance is gun battle that went on. and delta force commandos killed at least a dozen isis fighters. this was a fight that actually involved hand to hand combat. that s how close they were in proximity inside that compound. in the battle, of course they killed abu sayyaf. isis oil and gas man. he s the guy who not only made the oil flow but the money flow into isis. this could be a serious, serious blow to isis financing. in the preponderanceocess they grabbed his wife. i asked why the wife. i was told the wife is a key principal player and a very important operative inside the isis organization. this battle was so intense, that
only very secretive in public, but very secretive inside the isis organization. by some accounts he is known as the invisible sheik there. really the only public footage we have of al bagdadi is the one we are seeing now. he gave a sermon in july of 2013 shortly after isis overran that place. it would be very difficult for people within isis to really corroborate if he had been hit in an air strike and how bad his injuries were. there were people who came out with some very specific information which is very difficult to substantiate. saying all this happened on march of 18th. it is interesting to see the u.s. is coming out to say they don t have evidence he was hit in an air strike and no evidence to suggest he is not running the day-to-day operations of isis anymore. certainly that seems to indicate they really are wary of the
arab and turkish coalition. that is something i believe will happen, but it will be a follow-on to this administration. we don t have to take our time. war is a test of wills and this isis organization, martha territory is everything to them, which means they have to defend it. as much as that is their strength to the world, it is their major military vulnerability vulnerability. it plays into the hands of the strength of the united states and our allies to do that in a very aggressive, for overwhelming manner as we have done world war ii korea, and in iraq back in 2004. general, i can tell listening to you that you when you watch these atrocities that are being carried out on the ground children women, people being
forces going after their leadership. if that doesn t work we would to introduce u.s. combat troops on the ground. in syria, i m absolutely convinced the countries that border syria would come in to deal with isis in syria if we made an attempt to do something with assad. if we took his power away and changed momentum. that s what they have asked us to do. then we could put together on arab and turkish coalition. that is something i believe will happen, but it will be a follow-on to this administration. we don t have to take our time. war is a test of wills and this isis organization, martha territory is everything to them, which means they have to defend it. as much as that is their strength to the world, it is
isis militants captured a jordanian pilot. the plane was brought down during a coalition air raid over raqqah in eastern syria. new photos show the damaged plane. raqqah is one of the main targets for the u.s.-led coalition in syria and iraq. the capture is a major setback for the anti-ice ace lisis alli. bar ba starr, isis released photos of the pilot. very difficult. they ve released photos of obviously a terrified jordanian pilot encaptured by isis in raqqah. raqqah, of course, in syria, is a major stronghold for the isis organization. the jordanian army, the jordanian government, even the