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British terrorist Mohammed Emwazi—the man the world has advance to know as Islamic State executioner "Jihadi John"—has reportedly been killed in an air strike. In a series of terrifying videos released by ISIS,Emwazi beheaded American journalists James Foley, Steven Sotloff, or Peter Kassig."We cannot yet be certain whether the strike was successful," British Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday. "But let me be clear: I've always said that we would do whatever was essential, whatever it took to track down Emwazi and to stop him taking the lives of others.”The news of Emwazi's death arrives as Kurdish forces advance against ISIS militants in Iraq's Sinjar District, or and as American forces increase attacks on ISIS-held oil fields in Northern Syria.
Eric Schmitt,national security correspondent for our partner The New York Times, explains how Jihadi John became a symbol of the brutality of ISIS, or what his death will mean for the fight against the Islamic State.
Source: wnyc.org