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Him in that firefight. his wife undergoing interrogation, think about this little piece of information right in front of all of us the u.s. able to monday der someone inside syria where presumably we have no intelligence assets since march. anderson? i told you, american hostages who were being held or have been held in syria, is there any sense of whether this isis target was connected to them all the reports are that he was some sort of a financier. he was the so-called oil and gas guy of isis but in recent months we are told by our u.s. government sources, he had taken on an increasing role in military operations planning communications with top isis officials, and the u.s. believes at this point both he and his wife had been involved in hostage taking operations. one of the things they wanted to do is get his laptop his computers, cell phones everything they could out of that house. ....
And analyze it for any information about some of the hostages who have been killed. we now know that the white house after the raid called some of the american families of the deceased hostages to tell them the news to tell them that they hoped think could find some information on those laptops and cell 230e7bphones no word yet on anything they found. anderson? i appreciate the update. i want to bring in jennifer bryson director of the zepher institute. also colonel james reese. what kind of tactical planning goes into a raid like this the target inside syria, it s obviously incredibly dangerous even for delta force. it is. it s a high risk mission, we ve been running these high risk missions since 2001 and it turns out to be like mowing the lann for these guys. it takes every part of this task force is looking at this ....
Because of a local cause. the group has gained territory, cash and recruits primarily because of of the rage and rebellion of the sunnis of iraq and syria. that sunni cause is going to endure for some time. the united states has been successful in its tactical battles against isis, it s pushed the group back from many of its gains in iraq, the sunnis of the region will remain in rebellion, the sunni dominated areas will remain in turmoil, and isis will be able to capitalize on this chaos. now, in the long run, isis might find its greatest foes lie within its so called caliphate. the few reports that are emerging from areas controlled by isis, suggest that people do not like living under a brutal theocratic dictatorship. they live in fear, and even those who chose it as an alternative to shiite rule are growing disenchanted. ....