US forces will conduct more raids like Thursday's operation that rescued 70 prisoners of ISIS in the future, according to the Department of Defense.
Defense Chief Ashton Carter says the raids do not constitute a change to US policy not to participate in combat operations in the fight against ISIS, but is merely an adaptation of existing US strategy.
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Mr Carter says the joint US-Kurdish operation saved 70 prisoners who were facing mass execution, their graves already dug and the deaths scheduled to take place after morning prayers.
He also said the US uncovered a significant cache of information on ISIS during the raid, including documentation and electronic equipment.
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39 year old Delta Force commando Master Sergeant Joshua Wheeler died during the operation.
He's the first known American casualty in the war against ISIS.
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The Defense chief also said the US is ramping up an assault on ISIS' oil enterprise, which Mr Carter called a crucial piece of the group's financial infrastructure.
He said US forces this week took out an ISIS oil pump and site for crude oil production in Eastern Syria.
Mr. Carter named the Assad regime as one of the purchasers of this oil.
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