May 16, 2015
Fox News
U.S. personnel (click here) overnight killed a key Islamic State leader in a raid in eastern Syria, the White House said Saturday morning.
The U.S. team, based in Iraq, killed leader Abu Sayyaf and captured his wife, Umm Sayyaf, said National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan.
Abu Sayyaf was a senior ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) leader whose roles included overseeing illicit oil and gas operations -- key sources of revenue for the terror group, according to the White House. He also was allegedly involved with the group's military operations.
No U.S. personnel was killed or injured during the operation, a departure from the U.S-led air strike on ISIL militants in the region.
Sayyaf purportedly died in a firefight....
Is that suppose to mean something beyond the reality there were no deaths added to the national total this week?
I don't feel comfortable with this incident at all. I suppose it speaks to the expertise of the USA military, but, the implications bother me. I'll discuss more in the next couple of entries.
Fox News
U.S. personnel (click here) overnight killed a key Islamic State leader in a raid in eastern Syria, the White House said Saturday morning.
The U.S. team, based in Iraq, killed leader Abu Sayyaf and captured his wife, Umm Sayyaf, said National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan.
Abu Sayyaf was a senior ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) leader whose roles included overseeing illicit oil and gas operations -- key sources of revenue for the terror group, according to the White House. He also was allegedly involved with the group's military operations.
No U.S. personnel was killed or injured during the operation, a departure from the U.S-led air strike on ISIL militants in the region.
Sayyaf purportedly died in a firefight....
Is that suppose to mean something beyond the reality there were no deaths added to the national total this week?
I don't feel comfortable with this incident at all. I suppose it speaks to the expertise of the USA military, but, the implications bother me. I'll discuss more in the next couple of entries.
