Jihadi John Dead??

 U.S. officials announced Friday morning that after tracking “Jihadi John” for days, they launched an airstrike against him. The airstrike consisted of two hellfire missiles that hit his convoy outside of Raqqa at around 11:21pm. Officials are confident that he’s been killed; they believe this is a symbolic victory, not only for the U.S., but also for the collation and our partners.

Mohammed Emwaz better known as “Jihadi John” was a British citizen who began radicalization in 2009 and joined ISIS in 2012. He rose through the ranks of ISIS and became a central figure in recruitment and hostage videos for ISIS.

He has been described as “a human animal, and manifestation of evil.” It is said “killing him is probably making the world a little bit better place." British Prime Minister David Cameron said that once it is confirmed Emwazi is dead "it will strike at the heart of ISIS."

“Syrian activists in Raqqa reported that four ISIS foreign fighters, including a leader with British nationality, were killed by the coalition airstrike.”

If in fact Emwazi was the British leader “it would be a significant step in the anti-ISIS fight for the West.” He wasn’t a major political or tactical figure within ISIS but he was a symbolic one, especially because of the role he played in recruiting efforts and the groups overall public image. He is well known for hostage beheading videos in which he appeared with American, British and Japanese citizens.

It will be interesting to see if in fact Emwazi is dead how ISIS will retaliate, and where or not this his death will really be a significant enough factor to effect the war against ISIS. Only time will tell weather or not killing him was a better move then trying to keep him alive to gain information that could help us in the war against ISIS.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/13/middleeast/jihadi-john-airstrike-target/

Ashley Rot