ISIS monster Jihadi John ‘eviscerated’ by U.S. drone strike

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ISIS monster Jihadi John ‘eviscerated’ by U.S. drone strike

By Dan Calabrese -- Bio and Archives  November 13, 2015

In case you care, his real name was Mohammed Emwazi, and he is believed to have been the man behind the mask who personally beheaded both James Foley and Steven Sotloff. Anyway, he is also now without a head. Or arms. Or feet. Or anything. So precise and powerful was the U.S. drone strike that took him out late last night, U.S. military officials say he was simply “eviscerated” and “evaporated” by the blast.

The a******, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind:

  A US official told ABC that the airstrike against the man also known as Mohammed Emwazi was “flawless” and a “clean hit” with no collateral damage, and that Emwazi was basically “evaporated” as he tried to get into a vehicle.

  The Pentagon confirmed that John was targeted in the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa but could not confirm the report that he was believed to have been killed.

  “We are assessing the results of tonight’s operation and will provide additional information where appropriate,” Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said in a statement.

  Cook added that John participated in “videos showing the murders of US journalists Steven Sotloff and James Foley, US aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig, British aid workers David Haines and Alan Henning, Japanese journalist Kenji Goto and a number of other hostages.”

It’s too late for those he murdered to get any satisfaction from this tool’s death, but Javier Espinosa might be feeling a little better today:

  A Spanish journalist who was imprisoned by ISIS for more than six months says he was subjected to mock executions, torture and other sadistic mind games — with Jihadi John among the sickos in charge.

  Javier Espinosa said British jihadist Mohammed Emwazi, dubbed Jihadi John, once taunted him while holding a blade to his neck.

  “Feel it? Cold, isn’t it?” Espinosa quoted Emwazi as saying in a piece for The Sunday Times of London. “Can you imagine the pain you’ll feel when it cuts? Unimaginable pain.”

  The El Mundo reporter, who was on assignment for the Spanish daily when he was abducted in September 2013, described his dealings with the bloodthirsty psychopath — including the detail that Emwazi took incredible pleasure in describing a sliced jugular during this mock execution.

  “The first hit will sever your veins. The blood mixes with your saliva,” Espinosa recalled his torturer threatening.

  “The second blow opens your neck. You wouldn’t be able to breathe through your nose at this stage, just your throat. You’d make some amusing guttural sounds — I’ve seen it before, you all squirm like animals, like pigs. The third blow will take off your head. I’d put it on your back.”

What a guy.

Now of course, while Jihadi John’s demise is very satisfying emotionally, it’s still of very limited value strategically considering how large ISIS is and how much territory it still controls. On that front, Iraqi Kurds are making some encouraging progress in their effort to retake the city of Sinjar:

  Iraqi Kurdish militia fighters fighting to take back Sinjar from Islamic State militants raised a Kurdish flag and fired off celebratory gunfire in the center of town Friday, though U.S. and Kurdish officials cautioned that it was too soon to declare victory in a major offensive to retake the strategic community.

  The Kurdish forces encountered little resistance, at least initially, suggesting that many of the IS fighters may have pulled back in anticipation of Friday’s advance. It was also possible that they could be biding their time before striking back.

  Kurdish militia fighters known as peshmerga launched a major offensive to retake Sinjar and succeeded in cutting a key nearby highway on Thursday. U.S.-led coalition airstrikes supported the offensive, dubbed Operation Free Sinjar.

  Peshmerga Maj. Ghazi Ali, who oversees one of the units involved in offensive, said thousands of Kurdish fighters entered the town from three directions Friday morning. Associated Press journalists saw them raise a flag over a building in the center of the city.

  They encountered minimal resistance during Friday’s push, Ali said. He described the situation in the city as still dangerous, however, and warned that it was too soon to declare victory.

I’m glad to see this happening in Sinjar, and I’m sure all of you are. And of course, no one with a heart consisting of anything but evil will mourn the death of the evil and twisted Jihadi John. But you still can’t help but wonder how much of this could have been prevented if we’d had a president who took this threat seriously in the first place rather than dismissing ISIS as “Al Qaeda’s JV team.”

Or better yet, a president who knew enough not to withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq in 2011.

Oh wait. We did have a president like that. Most of you got sick of him and decided to elect the cool guy instead. Nice job.

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