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Group is interrogating his wife umm sayyaf. to find out more about isis hostage taking operations. the operation was led by the army s delta force. it had been planning this since march. we have been pulling together our sources and learning exactly how this went down. watch. reporter: the ground operation was led by the army s delta force who entered the target area on blackhawk helicopters and an osprey. after landing, two dozen commandoed scrambled off the aircraft and took off and hovered overhead. they destroyed the building from inside and outside positions. but special forces were able to get close to the building and blow a hole in its side. they went in and encountered isis fighters and there were more gunshots and reports of hand-to-hand combat. the is circumstances combatants tried to use human shields, but the u.s. troops managed to kill ....
Its main money making tool. pentagon correspondent barra starr has more. president obama personally authorized the mission, sending army delta force commandos deep into eastern syria. their target? to capture a man the u.s. believes is a top operative in isis. involved for a long time in their oil and gas operations, but more recently involved in isis command and control, isis planning, potentially even being in communication with the top isis leader. now, abu saief was killed in the raid when he engaged with those u.s. military commandos. his wife wasp captured, undergoing interrogation now in iraq. she is said to have been involved in isis hostage taking operations. now, the u.s. looking at all of this, interrogating her and going through all the captured ....
Lawmakers noted when isis is making some advances in ramadi, and while iraqi forces are desperately trying to hold on to that city, and that s something speaker of the house, john boehner, noted, and he said this mission was a good one, and he said, quote, i remain gravely concerned on the assault of ramadi that threatens the saufen tea of iraq, which is vital to america s interests. thank you. and there are so many questions about sayyaf, and he goes by other names. he is a tunisian cityson overseeing the gas and oil operations, and he is also involved in the hostage taking operations. let s talk about him and the operation at large and bring in lieutenant, a former delta force ....