Jihadi John Gone?

[sandyRoe]

The Americans have targeted him with a drone strike.
If they were successful, good riddance to him. He was a disgrace both to his religion and the rules of war.

[janbee]

Plenty more like him though all still waiting for their chance to shine in the spotlight.

[Svejk]

good. Be interesting to see who objects.

[B00]

Hard to be pleased someone's (hopefully) dead, but in his case I'll make an exception.

sadly though as Jan's said, someone will be more than happy to take his place.

[lady-janine]

I heard a news flash about this. unfortunately not are there loads more willing to carry on his traditions, and they probably already are, but now he will probably be made a martyr for his cause.

[Sir Alec]

May he burn in hell with his 72 virgins!

[redvanman]

Send all the symposia's over there and we could get rid of them all at once

[Noe-schitt]

I'm only sorry he didn't see the missile coming so that he suffered like his victims

[mushroom25]

just thought that the press calling him "jihadi john" made him sound cuddly and acceptable, like he was a character in a Graham Fellowes song:-

# Gordon is an Infidel, etc...#

[Togo]

Oh dear. How sad. What a shame.

[DTCwordfan]

They are frying tonight in Syria...good riddance.

[ChillDoubt]

Fingers crossed that the vermin has been eradicated. Hopefully they've got a lot more in their sights.

[anotheoldgit]

How did he come to be in this country in the first place?

How many more of his kind do we let in and educate and then allow them to settle here?

[jno]

mushroom's right, the "Jihadi John" business just makes him as big a name here as within his own ranks, meaning that others who want to be celebrities may step up to take over his job. Whatever he does is headline news (as the title of this thread demonstrates).

[Ric.ror]

I've never understood the lure of 72 virgins
72 who knew a thing or two might be better

[jno]

virgins are good because they aren't making adverse comparisons with other men.

[Ric.ror]

And what do women jihadis get?

Also 72 for all eternity - not gonna last long are they

[jno]

I presume women get 72 virgins too. Though there's a school of thought among Islamic scholars that it's a mistranslation, and they actually get 72 raisins.