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"Jihadi John" Hit By US Drone Strike; "We're 99% Sure We Got Him," Pentagon Says

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Ever since Russia began flying combat missions from Latakia there’s been enormous pressure on Washington to prove that the US is serious about fighting terror and more specifically, about fighting ISIS. 

The optics around Moscow’s strikes have been a veritable nightmare for the US. The steady barrage of videos released by the Russian Defense Ministry seem to depict a successful air campaign (although it’s impossible to assess exactly what the clips show) and one that’s done far more damage in the space of 45 days than the US campaign has done in the space of 13 months. One problem of course is that Russia has a ground force in the Iranians and Hezbollah and the cooperation between air and ground seems to be far more robust than what Washington has been able to accomplish with Kurds. 

So, in a last ditch effort to avoid complete humiliation, The Pentagon first prepared the US public for the deployment of spec ops (by releasing helmet cam footage of an ISIS prison raid) and then tried to float the idea of sending Apache gunships to Baghdad. When Baghdad rejected that strategy, The White House said it would send 50 spec ops to Syria and now, in conjunction with the Kurds, the US is attempting to take back the Northern Iraqi town of Sinjar which ISIS captured more than a year ago before terrorizing the local Yazidi population. This operation has received an enormous amount of Western media coverage over the past several days. 

Well now, in the latest effort by Washington to prove to an increasingly skeptical world that the US can (or is willing) to bring something to the fight, the US says it has probably killed “Jihadi John,” the ISIS member and Kuwaiti-born Brit who became famous after appearing a number of videos depicting the beheading of Westerners.

Here’s BBC:

US forces have carried out an air strike targeting the Islamic State group militant "Jihadi John", with a "high degree of certainty" he was hit.

 

PM David Cameron said targeting Mohammed Emwazi was "the right thing to do".

 


 

It is believed there was one other person in the vehicle targeted in the attack near Raqqa, in Syria.

 

Speaking outside Downing Street, Mr Cameron said it had not yet been confirmed whether the strike had been successful.

 

But if it had been, "it will be a strike at the heart of Isil [Islamic State] and it will demonstrate to those that would do

 

Britain, our people and allies harm we have a long reach, we have unwavering determination and we never forget about our citizens".

 

He described Emwazi as an "ongoing and serious threat" to civilians around the world, particularly in Syria and the UK.

 

"He was Isil's lead executioner and let us not forget he killed many, many Muslims too, and he was intent on murdering many more people.

 

"So this was an act of self-defence."

 

The prime minister added that his thoughts were with the families of those "who were so brutally murdered".

 

A senior US military source says the strike involved two MQ9 Reaper drones and took place at 20:50 GMT on Thursday.

 

Another US senior military source said there was a "high degree of certainty" Emwazi had been killed.

And here’s Fox:

The Pentagon said late Thursday it had launched an airstrike in Syria targeting "Jihadi John", a British national seen in videos depicting the beheading of hostages held by ISIS.

 

Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook confirmed that the airstrike in Raqqa was directed at the notorious militant, also known as Mohamed Emwazi. It was not immediately clear whether Emwazi died in the airstrike, but a senior U.S. military official told Fox News, "we are 99 percent sure we got him." The Pentagon was monitoring the aftermath of the strike before making a definitive announcement.

 

A senior U.S. defense official told Fox News that a drone was used in the airstrike. According to a senior military source, the drone had been tracking Emwazi for most of the day Thursday while he met with other people. The source said the strike took place shortly after Emwazi came out of a building in Raqqa, when he was "ID'd and engaged."

 

Sky News, citing sources inside Raqqa, reported that Emwazi was badly hurt in the air strike but still alive when he was brought to the hospital there. Later, however, the same sources said the hospital was sealed off to the public. Locals say the hospital is usually closed when an ISIS figure is killed, which allows the group to go on social media and claim he is still alive.

We suppose Emwazi didn't end up leaving the group due to concerns that "jealous" militants would kill him (see here) after all. 

So we'll await confirmation here and indeed if Emwazi did make it to the hospital we may never get it.

At this point, with everything we know about the support Washington's regional allies have provided to Sunni militants like Emwazi, it's difficult to determine how to assess these types of stories. That is, when you foment discord on the way to creating civil war (and again, you don't have to believe the US created ISIS to believe that the US did indeed participate in stirring up the sectarian hornet's nest and that Washington's "friends" in Riyadh and Doha not to mention Ankara probably did assist Islamic State in one form or another), groups like ISIS invariably emerge, so when you go back and you kill them, you're just putting down the Frankenstein you helped to create. Does Wasington deserve a pat on the back for that? We don't know.

But what we do know is that targeting a single high profile ISIS member to grab a headline or two isn't going to cut it. Not while Russia and Iran are staging assaults on major Syrian cities. 

Finally, it's worth noting that based on The Intercept's "drone papers", which reveal that nearly 90% of people killed in strikes are not the intended target, the above, if verified, would represent a small miracle for the US drone program - we wonder how much "collateral damage" there might have been.

 

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Fri, 11/13/2015 - 08:47 | 6785834 SickDollar
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what this means is that MI5 and CIA have removed/terminated their agent

 

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 08:48 | 6785837 Looney
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We have been lied to about ISIS’ power for a long time and the Kurds’ taking back Sinjar is just another evidence of the scam – they just walked into the empty town!

Killing “Jihadi John” in Raqqa is another one. Someone (an American soldier with American equipment) should’ve been there “painting the target” in the middle of ISIS’ capital!

Here’s another lie – the bombing of the Russian plane in Egypt…

There’s only one “guilty party” to the A321 tragedy and it ain’t no ISIS.

Those morons’ Modus Operandi never strays away from strap-on dildo-bombs or mobility scooters full of explosives, with allah-yodeling before every Big Bada-Boom.

The plane was blown up by Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Period!

I don’t think Putin forgave and forgot Bandar Bush’s threats about the Sochi Olympic Games.

These camel-fuckers are gonna get bombed back into the 7-th Century. A few dozen of precision bombs or missiles will wipe out the oil and gas infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and Qatar respectively, and without those the Kingdoms’ days are over.

Casus belli, bitchez!

Tragicomically, neither we, the US, nor Europe will do anything about the strike. Well, maybe a few condemning tweets by Lithuania, Ukraine, or a penguin colony in Antarctica?  ;-)

Looney

P.S. Skim through the report below, it shows how tightly packed and indefensible the Saudi oil facilities are.

http://www.gulfinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Threats_to_the_Saudi_Oil_Infrastructure.pdf

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 08:48 | 6785844 CheapBastard
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Those Johnny Jihad action figure dolls are going to soar in value now. Probably higher then the Al Sharpton protest dolls.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 08:57 | 6785875 Crocodile
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Put him in the Star Wars toy section and make him one of the bad guys and he will sell.  Hasbro/Disney are going to make the only fortune this Christmas.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 08:59 | 6785877 fudge
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he'll be buried at sea in 7 years

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:06 | 6785905 Latina Lover
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Or he will be re generated in Rita Katz's studio,  as version 2.0, bigger, badder and head choppier.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:17 | 6785940 fudge
Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:20 | 6785953 SoilMyselfRotten
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They better employ the Cheney Doctrine. If there's a 1% chance he's alive.....

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:41 | 6786035 HowdyDoody
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First the 'cameraman' and then maybe the 'actor'. It's bad time for ISIS 'execution film crews'. The Syrians reported the death of the supposed execution film cameraman during the liberation of Kuyweires airfield.

"In Syria, with the release of Kuyweires airfield, government forces destroyed Hamdouch Mohammad, who became famous by filming their executions"

"According to data made available by ISIS, Hamdouch Mohammed was originally from Morocco. In 2014 he went to Syria to help not just 'the Caliphate' and the Sheikh Ibrahim Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (leader of ISIS)"

https://z5h64q92x9.net/proxy_u/ru-en.en/tvzvezda.ru/news/vstrane_i_mire/...

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:42 | 6786298 flapdoodle
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Since ISIS (also known as Al Qaeda Version 2.0 since it the brand no longer scares anyone) is entirely about scaring stupid American Zombie Sheep into acquiesing to the US Deep Police State, and since the main component for instilling the "ISIS fear" into the Sheep is via Rita Katz videos, it make sense that in order for the US Deep State to seem to be doing something is to attack those same media videos. By "eliminating" Jihadi John, the US acts against those bad ole ISIS videos. Its like the whole scene is playing out in a virtual reality game which takes place in Rita Katz' studio.

Its all show business scripted in Hollywood... and TelAviv.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 11:51 | 6786557 BigJim
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 "We're 99% Sure We Got Him," Pentagon Says

Yes, along with the kids playing next door, an old man walking by the building, a family driving past in their car...

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:49 | 6786328 pods
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Amazing this happens on a Friday. The "press" will be talking about this all weekend.

pods

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 11:50 | 6786555 BigJim
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"Amazing" ;-)

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 13:50 | 6787024 wisefool
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This actually feels alot like the Rumsfeld doctrine. "We have known knowns, known unknowns, unknown knowns, and unknown unknowns"

One thing we do know is that on 9/11, the largest loss of life on american soil since pearl harbor, when the pentagon itself was attacked, the 69 year old SECDEF was out on the lawn pushing streachers around. High quality photos are in MSM magazines and history books.

Meanwhile, the top brass and aides were doing a benny hill montage in the halls of US military might processing the "known unknown" that SECDEF was not in any command center to issue orders on behalf of a nation at war.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:28 | 6785987 omrizario
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They made him dissapear.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:08 | 6786154 McCormick No. 9
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Terorists are like rock stars- are they ever really dead? Osama, Elvis, Jim Morrison, Jihadi John... who really knows?

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:23 | 6786224 Government need...
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Translation: we knocked off a group of ragheads, mostly women and children, and back at the press office we ennobled our action by declaring that we also murdered 'a really bad man'.

 

Its like this is the field:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S06nIz4scvI

And on the way back from the strike mission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmILOL55xP0

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:26 | 6786236 HowdyDoody
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They are like buses. For a long time there are none to be seen, then all of a sudden, a mass of them arrive all at once.

 

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 11:04 | 6786390 Lumberjack
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According to Reuters SITE rita katz broke the story....fail

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0T20RT20151113

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:08 | 6785912 negative rates
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We want details, the US wants details, give us details.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:32 | 6786002 NoVa
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he was wearing a Pittsburgh Pirates hat - enuf said.  He deserves to be droned.

 

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:36 | 6786269 NoDecaf
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He got a new assignment and a raise.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:09 | 6785914 fleur de lis
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Dead men tell no tales.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:21 | 6785958 A Nanny Moose
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Obviously, that particular boogeyman was no longer of use and needed to be "eliminated"...at least as far as words and deeds go.

They have a high degree of certainty that they hit something. Bad day for weddings.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:01 | 6785885 TeamDepends
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So they got the guy who plays the ISIS boogie man on teevee. On teevee. Gonna sleep like a baby tonight!

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 08:59 | 6785876 Son of Loki
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I read some gossip the Mattel may start selling MizzU Action figure protest student dolland the Raging Professor Doll. Should be very populr.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:23 | 6785968 A Nanny Moose
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Recycled Carrot Top dolls.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 11:51 | 6786559 Dick Gazinia
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Dipped in shit to give it the right color and smell.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 08:56 | 6785871 Crocodile
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Back as early as 2013; Obama was talking about Al-Ciada as the enemy and now they are moderate "terrorists"; whatever Obummer.  Keep lying, I guess they have the teleprompter to keep up with the lies and damn lies.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:05 | 6786145 HowdyDoody
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Now Russia is number 1, presumably because it is effectively destroying the US proxy army known as ISIS/ISIL/Daesh/whatever.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:11 | 6785926 XAU XAG
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"We're 99% Sure We Got Him," 

 

Cause NSA lost the signal at the time of attack...............so it must be so

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:21 | 6785960 piliage
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He now runs a kebab shop outside Hamburg as a Syrian 'migrant'.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:30 | 6785990 Relentless
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No, the CIA/MI6 sacrified their tool to generate "good" headlines and eliminate someone who could have talked about who was really running the show.

2 birds, 1 drone.

 

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:11 | 6786162 Lorca's Novena
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Maybe, but im sure I saw him at a 7-11 in the valley, near the hotel Tim Osman used o frequent...

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:22 | 6786220 . . . _ _ _ . . .
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"Blew his brains out with a pistol up his arse."

heheheh

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:48 | 6786057 Niall Of The Ni...
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The EU will be forced to start paying Russia a fair price for her oil. And that will be the end of the EU as we know it, because they won't be able to do that and keep Frankfurt bankers in usury and Muslims in benefits.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 08:56 | 6785867 chubbar
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I wouldn't believe anyone in the pentagon or this administration if they said water was wet. The lies we are being told on a daily basis are astounding. I hope the veil is lifted for the general public before all is lost.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:18 | 6785945 All_Your_Base
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josh jäSH/ informal verb    
  1. 1. tease (someone) in a playful way.
ear·nest1 ??rn?st/ adjective
  1. resulting from or showing sincere and intense conviction.
Fri, 11/13/2015 - 14:17 | 6787134 yellensNIRPles
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BINGO. None of us have any clue what is really going on. It's simply impossible to know from behind the keyboard and computer screen.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:05 | 6785899 hwy
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That is the mission of the 50 troops.

Shut their agent up before they reveal the master behind.

They made a mistake with Snowden. Can't afford further mistake.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:09 | 6785920 Ides of November
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It's hard to tell from here whether this is a case of "Dead men don't talk" or "Mission accomplished/aborted - time to go back to your comfy job in the city John"

I wonder which is it?

I lean towards the former if only because it makes sense to really wrap up any loose ends rather than leave them there to embarrass you later!

But who would really know.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 15:33 | 6787510 daveO
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The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming. Kill him, shut him up.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:58 | 6786117 Big_Hitman
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I'm making over $7k a month working part time. I kept hearing other people tell me how much money they can make online so I decided to look into it. Well, it was all true and has totally changed my life. This is what I do... www.wallstreet34.com

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 15:37 | 6787546 FixItAgainTony
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Well B_H, I'm reasonably sure murder for hire is illegal, unless, of course, a govt. bureaucrat is your boss.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:05 | 6786144 abyssinian
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Are they 99% sure they bomb the Afghan hospital yet? or are they still investigating? 

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:22 | 6786219 Panafrican Funk...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4cR5mvnFPs

How they likely imagined it going down in Fairfax, VA.  They were probably super bummed when some fuddy duddy made the decision to use a drone.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:42 | 6786297 justdues
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Yeah, stabbed in the back by his own employers , let this be a lesson to anyone who signs up for psy-ops or controlled opposition or whatever for CIA, MI5/6, Mossad,NSA,FBI etc etc

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 12:28 | 6786724 Kirk2NCC1701
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Jihadi John out.  Next up:  Jihadi Jane.

Recruited from Mizzou's Communications Dept.

"Hey, we need some muscle over here"

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 08:47 | 6785836 MANvsMACHINE
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The other Pirates fans are gonna be pissed.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 08:51 | 6785852 BandGap
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AND he was employed.

Watch the skies, people, watch the skies.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 08:56 | 6785865 Son of Loki
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The good news is at least the cia didn't put a confederate flag on his cap. The Pirates one is ridiculous enough. I bet he's wearing Nikes also.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:39 | 6786024 Cheyenne
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Looks like they might've photoshopped a Rennie Stennett baseball card.

http://www.vintagecardprices.com/pics/1881/140844.jpg

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:19 | 6786199 MANvsMACHINE
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The resemblance is uncanny. Like brothers from another mother.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:34 | 6786007 NoVa
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all of Pittsburgh is gonna be pissed -

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 08:49 | 6785846 Pumpkin
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The just didn't want Putin killing another agent.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 11:42 | 6786524 L Bean
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Capturing..

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 08:50 | 6785849 Jacksons Ghost
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Hopefully he was in an office at Langley when they hit him.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 11:15 | 6786449 Kirk2NCC1701
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Yes.  HR came in and told him that he can make an early, tax-free withdrawal from his 401k, move to Simi Valley, and enjoy the good life.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 08:51 | 6785855 . . . _ _ _ . . .
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They 'know' they got him because his passport survived the fireball and was found at the scene.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 08:54 | 6785862 Crocodile
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Someone needs to tell John McCain that the studio is closed today.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 08:54 | 6785863 Philo Beddoe
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To be buried at sea. 

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 08:57 | 6785864 JustObserving
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US apparently carried out 6700 airstrikes against ISIS in the last year or so with no effect while Russia degraded ISIS in just 500 airstrikes. So the US needed some publicity to show it is attacking ISIS

ISIS was founded and funded by the US and its allies like Saudi Arabia

ISIS: The jihadist movement stamped “Made in America”

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/07/30/isis-j30.html

USA, Turkey and Israel Act As Air Force for ISIS

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/08/usa-turkey-and-israel-act-as-air-...

The US arming of ISIS

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/06/03/pers-j03.html

ISIS sells crude oil to Turkey and Israel to raise money. Of course, the US is aware of that and can easily stop these sales if it wanted to.

The so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria(ISIS) began selling Iraqi crude oil extracted from oil fields which its seized in recent months and exporting it through the Kurdish region to Turkish refineries and from Turkey's Mediterranean port of Ceyhan ultimately to Israel.

http://whatsupic.com/economy-world/1407936162.html

Poll shows 81 percent of Syrians believe US created ISIS

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/09/18/isis-s18.html

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:04 | 6785896 SpanishGoop
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So they missed 6699 times and NOW they have got him ?

 

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:59 | 6786372 xavi1951
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JustObserving - WSWS.org and GW blog?  Really? One in every crowd....

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 08:55 | 6785866 Gilnut
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Wow talk about inflation.

 

Vietnam war costs 175 billion, total number of NVA/VC killed 250 million.  Cost per kill ~$700.

Costs to operate an armed Global Hawk $30k per hour.  Lets assume it took 'em a couple hours to get Jihad John.  Cost per kill ~$120k.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:04 | 6785893 NoPension
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Good money in war.
Here is what I don't get. First, I'm an old (53) guy. Why spend $100's of billions on new fighter planes, that require a pilot, who cannot physically endure what the hardware is capable of?
With all the kids growing up playing games, and remote control and camera tech so good, why even the need for an on board pilot?
I'm not making an argument for more weapons of war. Or drones, that will one day be turned inward. Or, maybe I am. WTF.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:23 | 6785928 . . . _ _ _ . . .
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If it is programmable, it is hackable. Drones can be turned against those who (mis) use them. This is what makes the NSA so dangerous; it's not that they have your info, it's who else has your info now, too.

There is no such thing as secure data. When robots man the armed forces, who will resist when they are turned? Or is that the point?

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:18 | 6785946 Doubleguns
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Something wrong with this story. They followed him all day. Why? Identify target pull trigger so what took all day. We are to assume we just always knew where he was since we were more than happy to follow him around all day with the chance we could have lost him, by waiting ALL DAY long. Something just doesn'tt smell right with this story. 

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 11:04 | 6786400 xavi1951
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Why follow ALL DAY?  Are you really that dumb that you have to ask?

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:27 | 6785982 A Nanny Moose
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The base assumption here is mission success. What's the cost per wedding party?

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 08:56 | 6785869 All Out Of Bubblegum
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Little known fact: William Kristol has a sideline coming up with these stupid nicknames. Does anyone remember Chemical Ali? That was Bill's favorite.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 15:52 | 6787629 FixItAgainTony
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Heck yes, and Dr. Germ.  Sometimes I miss those halcyon days, before the neocons wore out their own narrative of the Straussian noble lie.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 08:56 | 6785870 thunderchief
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This is insignificant in the big picture.  Of course the opposite of Russia, but what the west is great at today, propaganda and drama. 

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:19 | 6786203 rwe2late
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THUNDERCHIEF

how true.

So long as the US continues to destroy secular governments/nations (Ghadaffi, Saddam, Assad, Yanukovich) in alliance with wahabbist despots and other bigoted extremists,

all in the design to either gain control over resources or deny use to others ...

 

and so long as jingoist US politicians, death merchants, and corrupt financial tycoons

hold sway over government,

there is no end in sight to the imperialistic and deceitful so-called "war on terror".

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 08:57 | 6785873 NoPension
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With this particular dirtbag, I would have enjoyed his head on a pike.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:16 | 6785884 Dr. Engali
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Yeah right whatever, and how many times was Bin Ladin killed again? The propaganda must flow.

 

Edit: I just remembered that Putin was specifically looking to get Jihad John. How convinient it is that the CIA "got him" before Putin had the chance:

Russia has made capturing Jihadi John a priority because the high profile ISIS executioner would be a huge propaganda coup, say US officials

 

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3278907/Russia-capturing-Jihadi-...

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:16 | 6786186 HowdyDoody
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Some time ago, the Brits sent in 6 SAS men disguised as ISIS, supposedly to attack ISIS. Phooey. That size of team may make for a good spotting team for airstrikes, but US airstrikes seem to have mainly targetted Syrian government fores of civilian infrastructure. The other use for such a team is to extract MI6 agents, as was done in Libya and Iraq. So get the man out, then kill last known associates leaving no trail? Two Reapers seems overkill for just one man.

 

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:03 | 6785889 SpanishGoop
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But, but, but, that pesky one precent.

Always leave a way out.

 

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:03 | 6785890 Mae Kadoodie
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I guess the Pirates will have to sign a new pitcher.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:42 | 6786037 FreeNewEnergy
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I think he's an outfielder. Specializes in hitting choppers. But, since he's a devout Muzzie, he never steals a base, fearing that his hands will be removed from his arms.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:03 | 6785891 847328_3527
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gee, that's too bad. Yale was about to offer him a  full six year liberal arts scholarship in 'communication and journalism' dept ... I heard rumors.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:06 | 6785904 CarpetShag
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actually .... a major in migration studies

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:07 | 6785911 SpanishGoop
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I heard a proferssorship "Jihadism/beheading 101" but i could be wrong.

 

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:16 | 6785937 Ides of November
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Beheading? What? JJ didn't do any beheading, have you watched the Katz videos?

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:04 | 6785894 orangegeek
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Another successful test for US weaponry on live targets!!!

 

Would like to see some live US drone testing on China.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:04 | 6785895 CarpetShag
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This is probably as genuine as the arterial bloodless UTube beheadings. For once Jim Willie is probably right.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:05 | 6785900 Big_Sister_Is_W...
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Don't hold your breath for proof, they are going to dump what is left of his body in the Ocean.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:09 | 6785921 redd_green
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And all that's left after the clouds of smoke clear ... are government cog claims of self greatness.     We should all kneel down now and kiss the ground that we have such great war mogers who creat enemies and then o destroy them for us.   

 

I feel safe. You feel safe?

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:18 | 6786197 Baby Bladeface
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Your avatar image, it a photoshop of Lindsey Graham with cheeks of John McCain?

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:08 | 6785915 smacker
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"[...] the US says it has probably killed “Jihadi John,” the ISIS member and Kuwaiti-born Brit who became famous after appearing a number of videos depicting the beheading of Westerners."

 

Translation: Jihadi John can now quietly return to Britain with a new name/new ID issued by the British.gov to save himself from assassination by jealous ISIS comrades in the knowledge he is officially "dead" under the name Mohamed Emwazi.

He has served his purpose. It's good to know that MI-6 look after their own ...

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:47 | 6785936 . . . _ _ _ . . .
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"...videos depicting the beheading of Westerners."

That kinda' says it all right there, doesn't it?

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:38 | 6786272 smacker
Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:11 | 6785925 Herdee
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When you have programs designed by the CIA to use religion coming from an extreme sect in Saudi Arabia you are dealing with "mind-opium".Even schools to brainwash children in religion from the time that they are young so that you have a constant stream of religious recruits.Combine it with military training and lack of proper education in the liberal arts and sciences and you produce terrorists.You get a beheading nation like Saudi Arabia that hates other muslims to join you in trying to set up your dictatorships.That's what it's all about,create constant and endless war and instability around the globe so there's never peace.The CIA does this in order to keep a military-industrial complex employed because Washington politicians have all this industry in their backyards.It'll all come crashing down in debt that can't be financed any longer at zero interest rate policies because the tax base is dwindling and social benefits from endless NeoCon wars depletes government revenue.The result is places like Detroit and about 30 other dumps that are almost dead broke from selling out to communists from Red China to finance war.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:11 | 6785927 Mike Masr
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Yawn......

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:12 | 6785930 replaceme
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It means exactly the same thing as a flag flying at half mast in front of the post office - "Help Wanted". I wonder what the background is, special ops or Summer Stock?

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:14 | 6785932 ozzzzo
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They forgot to mention that he was the "Number Two" leader of ISIS:

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=number+two+al+qaeda+killed

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:16 | 6785938 Sparehead
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Well you can't not believe the US regarding ISIS...

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:18 | 6785944 Gatos Locos
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What about Baghdad Bob?

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:21 | 6786209 Baby Bladeface
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"

What about Baghdad Bob?"

His credibility increase tenfold with each performance of Josh Earnest and the Psak.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:46 | 6786309 Billy Sol Estes
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and Middle East Margaret?

and Iranian Irene?

and Lybian Larry?

and Turkish Terry?

and ......

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:20 | 6785951 MFL8240
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Another story of fantom from Obama and his band of dong!

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:23 | 6785954 Seasmoke
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Strange. How he knew they were going to get him soon. Must have known he was now a liability. 

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:21 | 6785955 Seasmoke
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So they didn't think they could get AWSY with rolling out Osama bin Laden again ??

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:24 | 6785956 Grandad Grumps
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Did the (ROTFLMAO) "Pentagone" bomb the soundstage that he and his dance troupe were working on? Did they destroy the green screen? Waste of a perfectly good green screen that could be used for other fake propaganda bits.

This is almost as funny as the fake "take-out" of Osama bin Laden.

The US government is doing its part for the economy by hiring young and community actors to create false flag events and fake terrorism ... and giving tons of advertising dollars to the NFL, MLB, NBA etc. so that they can run their propaganda military ceremonies at sporting events.

I wonder how many veterans realize that everything they believe in, about themselves and the honor and righteousness of the US militaries is a fabrication created to USE THEM for very bad purposes.

I wonder how many people in the military and other government agencies realize how they are being used as traitors to the American people and the human race. It does seem that there are some wayward people who just like the idea of being evil.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 16:32 | 6787829 FixItAgainTony
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Enjoy it while it lasts.

"... At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater."  --  F. Zappa

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:22 | 6785962 docinthehouse
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Absolute bullshit from beginning to end.   Tlhsi ain't America.  It is a reflection of that lying, deceitful office called "POTUS".  Obama is the worst of a long list of bullshitters.  They have all shirked their responsibilities to the country.

Weak little fucks.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:22 | 6785963 docinthehouse
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Absolute bullshit from beginning to end.   Tlhsi ain't America.  It is a reflection of that lying, deceitful office called "POTUS".  Obama is the worst of a long list of bullshitters.  They have all shirked their responsibilities to the country.

Weak little fucks.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:25 | 6785971 God is The Son
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Another fictional character killed by a fictional strike. The Zionist West is getting more and more pathetic each day.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:25 | 6785977 anachronism
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There is no military value in this strike; and dubious psychological value. It is pure theater.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:28 | 6786243 flyingcaveman
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Just an excuse to disband the ISIS program without admitting it was all made up.  They left a 1% doubt so they could keep an ember of the war on terror alive until it needs to be rekindled. reserving the right to continue this bullshit.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:30 | 6785992 Global Hunter
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Double cross bitchez!!!

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:31 | 6785997 maneco
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Will they bury his body at sea?

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:37 | 6786013 williambanzai7
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No, evidently they are not sure they got him, but they are sure he has been vaporized...get it?

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:25 | 6786233 Baby Bladeface
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Translation: "high degree of certainty" = "should be believable unless Seymour Hersh starts nosing around"

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:33 | 6786005 FedFunnyMoney
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The CIA now has an open position in Syria.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:40 | 6786028 VW Nerd
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McCain should be able to do a positive visual ID of the corpse.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:41 | 6786031 Baby Eating Dingo22
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Who's the Puerto Rican guy?

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:55 | 6786093 All Out Of Bubblegum
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Jihadi Juan.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:41 | 6786032 wildbad
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this just saves them the costs of witness protection program

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:42 | 6786036 HoserF16
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Seriously? Did you bomb his Studio? We don't believe one fucking word the Pentagon or the US Govenment for thar matter says...

 

 

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:57 | 6786362 man of Wool
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The one in Hollywood!!

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:47 | 6786052 VW Nerd
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I heard the Pirates were scouting hitters obsessed with getting "a head" in the game.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:46 | 6786053 FreeNewEnergy
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I am 99% certain the Pentagon is lying.

Jihadi John will be next seen on America's Got Talent, or maybe, more appropriately, "Survivor."

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:48 | 6786058 cluelessminion
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Jihadi John?

 

Who makes this sh!t up?  It's getting so simpleminded to the point of being embarrassing.  How does the media report this stuff with a straight face?  "We're 99 percent sure we got him".  Sheesh.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:49 | 6786067 loregnum
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So his acting contract was up and they either have him locked up someowhere or killed him or they gave him a nice retirement package and he's on some island right now probably laughing at how stupid human beings are. Gotcha.

 

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:50 | 6786072 SheepDog-One
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Is there any way to monetize Jihad John for Black Friday?

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 17:24 | 6787987 FixItAgainTony
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Sell translucent "In Memoriam, J.J." window decals for whatever Putin has left of the white Toyota pickup fleet.  There's a guy in Arlington area who can get us Space-A shipping in theater.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:50 | 6786074 FreeNewEnergy
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In other, earth-shattering news from Captain Obvious, spot bid on silver is $14.25/oz., .02 below the spot price in late August.

Another new low for the bad cousin barbarous relic. Whooda guessed?

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:52 | 6786079 RevIdahoSpud3
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They invent him and now they disinvent him. Each day, a new fabrication. Journalists who study to be comic book writers have extra job opportunities writing for the deep state.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:53 | 6786084 Able Ape
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Official Pentagon Report Form for Terrorism:

"We Killed __________" Please fill in the blank before releasing to Main Stream Media [aka Da Press]....

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:55 | 6786098 wisebastard
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whats the ratio between actual threats and innocent people 1:150,000

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 09:57 | 6786104 wisebastard
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assuming they had perfect hit rates and the average bullet cost $.25 it only cost $37,500 to kill his ass

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:19 | 6786204 HowdyDoody
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There is no way a MIC bullet costs $.25, not with all the middlemen in the way wanting their piece. $2.50 or even £25 is more likely.

 

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:29 | 6786121 Joe A
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Public relations stunt. His fate was sealed the moment Russia started bombing in Syria.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:00 | 6786126 Tarshatha
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Yawn,

 

this is as real as Bin Laden getting taken out by the US, it's all just optics, and just in time for the weekend crowd.

Does anyone actually take these guys serious anymore?

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:01 | 6786130 rejected
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If not for the gun / drug running spooks and that useless money pit pentagram there wouldn't be any Jihidi John's,,, real, fake or otherwise.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:06 | 6786151 man of Wool
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They could of done this a couple of years ago. Wonder why not? Better they got him alive so they could of anally fed him for a few months and then he could of had an accident.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:21 | 6786213 HowdyDoody
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Even better, capture him alive, then interrogate him properly so he can tell his story and reveal how he was recruited, how the finance worked, where the films were made, how many takes it took on average to get it just right, etc, etc. ...... Ah, now I understand.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:09 | 6786155 EddieLomax
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The guy is a total irrelevance, any moron can cut someone with a knife, all he did was do it on camera.  His possible demise makes about as much difference to my life as a bunch of millionaires kicking a bag of wind between some sticks.

As for being British, bollocks, everyone who steps on British soil seems to get given nationality, but it is strange how I (being white) could never be described as Saudi or Pakistani.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:13 | 6786171 ClowardPiven2016
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fantastic...now we can bring home the troops

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:16 | 6786184 Sandmann
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The "troops" are training these guys

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:15 | 6786181 Sandmann
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Yeah we're pretty sure we got him.......he was at a wedding or maybe visiting an MSF hospital.......we know we got someone who looked like he was male and young

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:18 | 6786198 Crocodile
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MEMO to John McCain: "The studio is closed today."

 

ISIS Beheading Video Caught Filming In Studio!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zkVfDHmMWA

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:34 | 6786257 smacker
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Amazing. If this is a genuine fake as it were, it ought to be all over MSM everywhere.

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 11:13 | 6786439 alphahammer
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Its a fake of a fake.

Hard to believe dunderheads are still pumping this shit. It's been debunked a long time ago...

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 15:20 | 6787418 smacker
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Debunked by who?? The CIA??

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 16:48 | 6787976 alphahammer
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No.

But this is where the video originally came from. NOTICE that it came from a .RU web address (.ru = Russia) WHY or HOW would a supposed video of a staged beheading blamed on the CIA come from Russia? I think you know damned well why...

Debunked here.

https://www.metabunk.org/debunked-cyberberkut-video-supposedly-showing-s...

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 17:48 | 6788321 smacker
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I think that debunking is a pile of rubbish since it assumes the video is of a specific incident. But that is not stated by the video which you call fake.

Point is it may just be a rehearsal or summat like that.

FWIW: one of the published videos of Jihadi John with a background of desert and some rocks actually had the background moving about during the video indicating that it was a false background overlayed onto the video.

I concluded some while back that these videos are being carried out in some sort of studio or whatever. And recall  that in not one of them do we actually see anybody's throat being cut.

 

Fri, 11/13/2015 - 10:19 | 6786202 2muchtax
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Bombs are expensive, they could have just fired him.

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