The Hill: US reveals hit list of top ISIS suspects
The leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is the top name on a secret hit list of terror suspects the U.S. is targeting, CNN reports.
Officials revealed the existence of the hit list on Tuesday, identifiying Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi atop the roster. The list also includes the ISIS member known as "Jihadi John," who uses the name Jalman al-Britani, and other top operatives. Al-Britani has executed a number of the group's captives, his actions captured on graphic videos.
WNU Editor: Former U.S. Senator Church is probably turning in his grave right now ... and this is why.
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Are we to leave their command and control in place?
If Frank Church had been calling the shots in WW2. He was in military intel then, would he have been against killing Hitler? the British eventually stopped trying ,because they figured he was hurting the German war effort.
So would Church have been in high dudgeon if Hitler or Himmler had been assassinated? Certainly would have made it easier to negotiate its' surrender sooner.
Al Baghdadi would not hesitate to kill Obama or other american politicians.
If Baghdadi were killed maybe ISIS morale would drop to where they might route in certain areas and make rolling them back easier and less bloodless.
The Church hearings in the 1970s did change and influence U.S. policy on assassinations for decades .... that is why I find today's "acceptance" and lack of protests to this CNN news item of U.S. 'Hit Lists" all the more surprising today.
I guess it is the sign of the times. More to the point .... torture and the use of extreme measures against detainees created a decade of protests and demands for it to stop .... a debate that is still ongoing today. Targeted drone strikes that also kills civilians caught in the way .... barely a whimper and usually on page 17 of a major newspaper.
Acceptance has been shown to be relative to which party is in power.
It has been noticed that when a Republican is president there are numerous stories on homeless.
when the is a Democrat is elected, those stories disappear.
With a Lexus Nexus search and some time, I could prove this hypothesis true with statistics.
Same is true of drones. Under bush they are bad. under Obama for the most part.
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