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Anatomy of a commando raid: The takedown of another ISIS leader

By Jamie McIntyre
Published February 4, 2022 12:23pm ET
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Anatomy of a commando raid: The takedown of another ISIS leader
MONTHS IN THE PLANNING: The daring nighttime raid was months in the planning and aided by intelligence from America’s allies in northern Syria. Preparation for the raid included building a scale model of the three-story building in which the target, the latest head of the terrorist group ISIS, was living on the third floor with […]

MONTHS IN THE PLANNING: The daring nighttime raid was months in the planning and aided by intelligence from America’s allies in northern Syria. Preparation for the raid included building a scale model of the three-story building in which the target, the latest head of the terrorist group ISIS, was living on the third floor with his family.

In December, commanders showed the model of the site to President Joe Biden in the Situation Room to drive home the complexity of this operation.

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