Friday, November 13, 2015
We blew up somebody
We thought it was Jihadi John, can't be sure but there were bodies. So once again the mighty US military brags about their "smart sledgehammers" as they swat at flies.
The U.S. is "reasonably certain" that an ISIL fighter known as "Jihadi John" was killed in an American airstrike in Syria, the Pentagon said Friday, although his death has yet to be confirmed.Such are our current military goals. Probably would have got him for sure if that F-35 would just do what it is supposed to do.
Pentagon spokesman Col. Steve Warren told reporters that it would take time to determine if the operation to kill British citizen Mohammed Emwazi had been successful. Emwazi, dubbed as "Jihadi John" in media, became infamous for appearing in ISIL propaganda videos that showed the murder of journalists and aid workers.
Warren said the strike was important because Emwazi was an "ISIL celebrity," and as such his death would be a "significant blow to their prestige."
His comments came after British Prime Minister David Cameron said it was not yet clear whether the ISIL fighter had been killed, but added that the decision to target the U.K citizen was “the right thing to do.”
"We cannot yet be certain if the strike was successful," Cameron said in a statement delivered outside his Downing Street office. "This was an act of self-defense,” he added.
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