Special Ops seems to do just fine when it comes to killing, but, can't seem to carry out any hostage rescue. It would think it would be the other way around. At least when hostages are reached they can be an ally on the inside rather than resistance to death. Go figure.
I don't think there is a UN resolution that justifies USA troops on the ground. This also doesn't fit into the request by President Obama.
The talking head generals are out in force in the media.
May 16, 2015
American special operations (click here) forces killed a senior Islamic State leader who helped direct the group's oil, gas and financial operations during a raid in eastern Syria, U.S. officials said on Saturday.
The White House said President Barack Obama ordered the overnight raid that killed the man identified as Abu Sayyaf. U.S. officials said his wife, Umm Sayyaf, was captured in the raid and was being held in Iraq.
This was the first known U.S. special forces operation inside Syria apart from a failed secret effort to rescue a number of U.S. and other foreign hostages held by Islamic State in northeastern Syria last year.
White House National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said in a statement that U.S. personnel based out of Iraq conducted the operation in al-Amr in eastern Syria....
I don't think there is a UN resolution that justifies USA troops on the ground. This also doesn't fit into the request by President Obama.
The talking head generals are out in force in the media.
May 16, 2015
American special operations (click here) forces killed a senior Islamic State leader who helped direct the group's oil, gas and financial operations during a raid in eastern Syria, U.S. officials said on Saturday.
The White House said President Barack Obama ordered the overnight raid that killed the man identified as Abu Sayyaf. U.S. officials said his wife, Umm Sayyaf, was captured in the raid and was being held in Iraq.
This was the first known U.S. special forces operation inside Syria apart from a failed secret effort to rescue a number of U.S. and other foreign hostages held by Islamic State in northeastern Syria last year.
White House National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said in a statement that U.S. personnel based out of Iraq conducted the operation in al-Amr in eastern Syria....
