Jihadi John US Drone Strike

The ISIS terrorist dubbed "Jihadi John", who oversaw the brutal executions of American and Western hostages, was hit by a U.S. air strike Thursday night and is believed to have been killed, U.S. officials told ABC News.

One official said the jihadist, Mohammed Emwazi, was thought to be hit as he left a building in Raqqa, Syria, and entered a vehicle. The official called it a "flawless" and “clean hit” with no collateral damage and that Emwazi basically "evaporated."

"U.S. forces conducted an airstrike in Raqqa, Syria, on Nov. 12, 2015 targeting Mohamed Emwazi, also known as 'Jihadi John,'" Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said.

"Emwazi, a British citizen, participated in the videos showing the murders of U.S. journalists Steven Sotloff and James Foley, U.S. aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig, British aid workers David Haines and Alan Henning, Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, and a number of other hostages," Cook said. "We are assessing the results of tonight's operation and will provide additional information as and where appropriate."

Diane Foley, the mother of Emwazi's first victim James Foley, told ABC News Emwazi's potential death would be "really a small solace to us."

"This huge effort to go after the this deranged man filled with hate when they can't make half that effort to save the hostages while these young Americans were still alive," said Foley, who was been critical of the U.S. government's hostage policy.

From Jihadi John to Jihadi Gone

So anyway... we should all be hanging our heads in shame for our part in radicalising such a "beautiful young man".








... positive eulogies only please...

I must say it's a bit funny this "just blow them off the face of the earth because we know they're guilty ... and we're sure we got the right person"

Did the intelligence services (you know, the US and UK guys who knew Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction) identify him? 

If it was him then good riddance, but I must admit it makes me a bit uncomfortable that the State is targetting people to execute ... but I really don't know what the answer is.

Yeah, cos IS are probably struggling to find a replacement...

The US make the decisions, this is the American empire. Be thankful.

didnt know that uk condones the death sentence......


does that mean we can put down lee rigby's killer?