US air strike targets Isis terrorist Jihadi John
November 13, 2015 11:16
The US has carried out an air strike in Syria targeting Mohammed Emwazi, the Isis terrorist and British citizen referred to as Jihadi John believed responsible for the beheadings of several hostages in the groups gruesome propaganda videos, reports the Guardian.
The Pentagon did not say whether Emwazi had been killed in the strike.
US forces conducted an airstrike in Raqqa, Syria, on 12 November 2015 targeting Mohamed Emwazi, also known as Jihadi John, the Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said in a statement.
Emwazi, a British citizen, participated in the videos showing the murders of US journalists Steven Sotloff and James Foley, US aid worker Abdul-Rahman [Peter] Kassig, British aid workers David Haines and Alan Henning, Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, and a number of other hostages.
The Pentagon did not say whether Emwazi had been killed in the strike.
US forces conducted an airstrike in Raqqa, Syria, on 12 November 2015 targeting Mohamed Emwazi, also known as Jihadi John, the Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said in a statement.
Emwazi, a British citizen, participated in the videos showing the murders of US journalists Steven Sotloff and James Foley, US aid worker Abdul-Rahman [Peter] Kassig, British aid workers David Haines and Alan Henning, Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, and a number of other hostages.
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