Boy fell into a well. The United States says it did everything it could to minimise civilian casualties during a raid in syria in which the leader of the Islamic State group was killed. The president said that Abu Ibrahim Al qurayshi, also known as Hajji Abdullah, blew himself up, along with four members of his family, as us specialforces approached the building. 13 people, including children, were killed, but no us casualties were reported. The bbc S State Department correspondent Barbara Plett usher reports. In a corner of Northwest Syria where a forgotten conflict simmers, america reminded the Islamic State group that its leaders were still a target. The raid took place in the dead of night and lasted two hours. Us Special Forces landed in helicopters near the home of the is leader, Hajji Abdullah. Those close by described a night of terror. Translation when we got out of the house, we saw aircraft flying over our heads. And after ten minutes, we heard them shouting, give yourself u
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as a counter terrorism analyst at the soufan group. thank you so much forjoining us. i would be very curious for your thoughts on how you see this particular targeted strike against be leader of is? thanks for having against be leader of is? thanks for having me. against be leader of is? thanks for having me. an against be leader of is? thanks for having me. an important. for having me. an important strike on the part of the united states. hajji abdullah was one of the top, most wanted terrorist in the world. but i would also caution against what the impact is going to be. i have been speaking about the sorbet, one of my messages is, it is a tactical win but it is not a strategic story, so we have to take it for what it is worth. it is important, but we have to keep in perspective. this is a long fight against a really capable, both operationally and organisationally, terrorist group. organisationally, terrorist urou -. ., organisationally, terrorist ”rou, ., organisationally,
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