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that the u.s. military has killed the head of isis. the former head of isis, al-baghdadi, was killed in a military raid in 2019. you might remember from that that al-baghdadi detonated explosives in that raid as u. s. forces closed in on him and that s how he died. the biden administration says the same thing basically happened today. the guy who has been running isis worldwide is when they went after today. u.s. military intelligence determined apparently in december that he was living on the top floor of this multi family residents in syria. they apparently started planning a mission to get him at the park. biden gave a final approval to the mission on tuesday this week and they went in. they went in loud announcing their presence, telling people to get out of the house and to get away from the house. when the isis leader detonated
make successful attacks against the united states. aqap also out with a video today, it urges more of these charlie hebdo style attacks the shootings in chattanooga. you see aqap because of that, competing with possible recruits. we heard bob say it was strange to hear that. they re absolutely competing with isis. they re trying to inspire attacks as well, in the chattanooga shooting, he was somebody who was watching aqap terrorists. they re trying to claim responsibility. they re not saying they re directly responsible. they re very relevant still, and all this, of course, when they re competing with isis worldwide. fascinating report, fran, in the new york times today, it talks about this division that you re seeing in the obama administration over whether it s
a solid one? we ve been doing this for some time. very much under the radar, only when we have solid intelligence on the target and go after that specifically. over the last few months we see this ramp up a little bit. i suspect what the president is talking to the kenyans and ugandans about increased american alsup port for their operations against al shabab. with the kenyans on the ground. very effective force. and american drone support, air power, if you will, they could be much more effective. i think we ll see more of this, and as we see al shabab get more in line with isis, this is part of our larger war on isis worldwide. so, i think this is a really good step. all right. good to know. lieutenant colonel rick francona, we appreciate your insight. thank you, sir. good to be with you. hillary clinton once again on the offensive. inspector general said some e-mails sent as secretary of state from the private server