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Feb 2 15 tweets 3 min read
Some sort of massive US-coalition air-raid/ground operation happening in NW Syria right now:
Something like this does not happen often. There are only a few possibilities... Targeting of a senior ISIS or Al Qaeda official or hostage rescue.
Massive firefight and unconfirmed reports of coalition casualties.
Not sure what's going on here but they have been on the ground for approaching 2 hours and there is a heavy firefight.
Multiple reports that the aircraft have left now, more than 2 hours after the raid behind. Highly unusual and I suspect we'll be seeing news about this in the coming hours.
Brutal. Something went horribly wrong.
How are we classifying this as successful when children died?
Wow NYT saying the raid may have been for Al Qaeda leader Zawahiri himself. NatSec contacts definitely have the feeling that this was an extraordinary raid only approved under a very select set of circumstances. nyti.ms/3oh4Gn6
“The White House was abuzz on Wednesday night about something secretive afoot, and Pentagon officials were unusually tight-lipped about the mission’s details.”
Zawahiri being in Syria doesn’t really make much sense, but stranger things have happened. It’s clear that this raid wasn’t for some local ISIS commander.
One early thought was that perhaps this was a high stakes hostage rescue (Austin Tice?) but as the hours tick by, that seems more unlikely. Tice has been held for over 10 years, if he remains alive.
BREAKING: Biden to speak about the raid Thursday morning wsj.com/articles/u-s-s…
The current leader of ISIS is Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi. Great profile here newlinesmag.com/reportage/a-ca…
From the updated NYT article. Doesn’t sound like the “or capture” option worked out… Image

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forensicnews.net/russian-cybers…
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Trump's appraisal of his Scotland property to his tax accountant was based on a quote from Trump's own compliance officer to Forbes lol
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My report from December:
forensicnews.net/retired-top-fb…
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I've updated the article to include this new information that makes this filing even weirder. I would love to hear from the #FARA expert community @annalecta @CBHolman @JoshRudes
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