11-13-2015, 10:07 PM
Jihadi John Reportedly Killed by Drone
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People around the world knew about him - and his chilling videos of the beheadings of Western hostages.
A naturalized British citizen, Mohammed Emwazi, 27, grew up in West London. He studied computer programming at the University of Westminster and went to Syria to join Islamic State militants several years ago.
His victims in Syria reportedly included Japanese citizen Haruna Yukawa and journalist Kenji Goto; US journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff; Abdul-Rahman Kassig, who was also known as Peter, a British citizen; and British aid workers David Haines and Alan Henning.
U.S. and British intelligence have been gunning for him for a year and worked together to pinpoint and target him. Jihadi John was an IS "celebrity of sorts," Col Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, told reporters. But, he explained, Emwazi "wasn't a major tactical figure."
Still Col Warren sounded pleased. "This guy was a human animal," he said, "Killing him is probably making the world a better place."
ISIS claims he's not dead, but in a hospital.
Ref: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34816099
People around the world knew about him - and his chilling videos of the beheadings of Western hostages.
A naturalized British citizen, Mohammed Emwazi, 27, grew up in West London. He studied computer programming at the University of Westminster and went to Syria to join Islamic State militants several years ago.
His victims in Syria reportedly included Japanese citizen Haruna Yukawa and journalist Kenji Goto; US journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff; Abdul-Rahman Kassig, who was also known as Peter, a British citizen; and British aid workers David Haines and Alan Henning.
U.S. and British intelligence have been gunning for him for a year and worked together to pinpoint and target him. Jihadi John was an IS "celebrity of sorts," Col Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, told reporters. But, he explained, Emwazi "wasn't a major tactical figure."
Still Col Warren sounded pleased. "This guy was a human animal," he said, "Killing him is probably making the world a better place."
ISIS claims he's not dead, but in a hospital.
Ref: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34816099