Lawmakers praise risky US raid that killed ISIS leader Abu Sayyaf

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    Washington lawmakers from both parties on Sunday praised the U.S. raid that killed Abu Sayyaf, a key Islamic State leader in charge of the group’s oil and gas operations in eastern Syria.

    “It’s good news,” Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said on “Fox News Sunday.” “Obviously, any time you can degrade or take away top leadership of an organization. It’s a positive step forward.”

    Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., also commended the operation, saying U.S. “intelligence was good” but that the operation was risky.

    “If one of our people were captured, if we lost some of our Special Forces, there would be tough questions to answer about whether it was worth it, and notwithstanding the success of the operation, we will still have to ask the questions,” the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

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