Abu Sayyaf, key ISIS figure in Syria, killed in U.S. raid

Military | 207000 hits | May 17 5:25 am | Posted by: Freakinoldguy

U.S. Special Operations forces conducted a raid deep into Syria overnight to capture Abu Sayyaf, a key ISIS commander, the U.S. government said.

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by Freakinoldguy
Sun May 17, 2015 12:28 pm

Score one for the good guys. Hopefully his wife, the vowel less one, turns out to be a fountain of useful information. But, since they can't extract that information in the old ways maybe they should just let the bitches former Yazidi slave do the interrogating.
by andyt
Sun May 17, 2015 2:27 pm
I doubt she will know much, they don't' usually let women get involved.

Also, I thought this was a top level guy, but the NY Times says:
Even so, Abu Sayyaf is a midlevel leader in the organization — one terrorism analyst compared him to Al Capone’s accountant — and likely is replaceable in fairly short order.

But this:
A Defense Department official said Islamic State fighters who defended their building and Abu Sayyaf tried to use women and children as shields, but that the Delta Force commandos “used very precise fire” and “separated the women and children.”

And this:
Yet the Pentagon’s description of a nighttime raid that found its intended target deep inside Syria without any American troops being wounded or killed illustrates not only the effectiveness of the Delta Force, but of improving American intelligence on shadowy Islamic State leaders.
by Freakinoldguy
Mon May 18, 2015 12:24 am
I'm guessing security for the ISIS leadership will increase exponentially after this happy incident.

But the good thing is that now when all those sadistic murdering assholes go to bed at night they'll have to sleep with one eye open. Which means that even if they can justify the barbarous acts in their own minds, they'll still be prevented from sleeping the sleep of the just because the bogey man just became real and is coming for them.

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