Scores dead after a mass prison break in a jail holding suspected isis fighters in syria. Rihters clashing with security personnel, allowing hundreds of prisoners to rise up seize weapons from their jailers and flee. We've been told by several different organizations, as well as reporters who've looked at this, that he had been involved in the slave trade,. But the quest of, you know, are we safer? What we've seen is that when you target a high level leader, they are fairly quickly replaced.
President Biden gave strict orders to avoid collateral damage during a raid on an ISIS leader. Civilians still died, but it might be a sign of a shift at the Pentagon.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Paul Mounsey, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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