US Special Ops is conducting "capture" raids in Syria???

via Washington Post.

U.S. Special Operations troops carried out a ground operation in eastern Syria aimed at capturing an Islamic State militant, U.S. officials said Monday.
The raid took place Sunday near a small town along the Euphrates River valley, in the vicinity of the city of Deir al-Zour and deep in the heart of Islamic State territory, according to the officials and Syrian activist groups.
The troops, who landed on helicopters, spent about 90 minutes in the area, then left carrying Islamic State captives and bodies, according to witnesses quoted by the website Deir al-Zour 24, which monitors Islamic State activity in that province.
According to U.S. defense officials in Washington, the U.S. forces intercepted a vehicle carrying an Islamic State militant whom the U.S. military hoped to capture and interrogate. One official, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an operation whose details have not been publicly announced, said that a firefight broke out and the suspect, along with another person in the car, was killed. No Americans were injured.
Col. John Dorrian, spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition, confirmed that the raid had taken place but declined to provide details.
“The Coalition can confirm a U.S. operation in the vicinity of Deir al-Zour on Jan. 8. The U.S. and the entire counter-ISIL Coalition will continue to pursue ISIL leaders wherever they are to ensure the security and stability of the region and our homelands,” he said in an email. ISIL is another name for the Islamic State.
Officials said the operation was conducted by a “small number” of personnel from the Expeditionary Task Force, a team of elite troops based in Iraq that is charged with hunting down Islamic State leaders.
“We’ve done them before and we’ll do them again,” Capt. Jeff Davis, a U.S. miliary spokesman, said of the task force operation, speaking to reporters at the Pentagon.

Wow.  I'm all in favor of the public being informed but geez close the freaking playbook!

SOCOM is gonna get ate up one day broadcasting this stuff.  That old warhorse was right.  One day the terrorists are gonna be waiting and that's gonna be a bad day for our Special Ops Community.

What kills me is the bravado by the military spokesman.  “We’ve done them before and we’ll do them again.”  That's the type of thinking that will get you fucked up against the right person...organization...or terrorist group.  I hope this thinking hasn't infected the trigger pullers.

Sidenote.  All that work.  All that risk..... and the guy they were after ended up killed in the firefight.  Maybe they should have just droned him and not risked the lives of so many people.