[FourPeas]

It appears though the Kurds they were trying to rescue weren't there, there is an upside (if the unnamed "authorities" can be believed)

Authorities said the raiders killed and captured a number of militants and recovered what the Pentagon called a trove of valuable intelligence about the terrorist organization.

From here.

[silverleaf]

I wonder if any of the “valuable intelligence “ had to do with CIA Saudi Turkish and other incriminating U.S./ western ties to ISIS?

Destroying the evidence before the Iraqis turn us out of Iraq and invite the Russians to help them clean house ....

If so a dam poor way to lose a soldier...