A Look At How Jihadi John Was Killed By A Drone Strike

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Mohammed Emwazi was blitzed by a missile fired from a drone controlled by U.S. air force pilots sitting in a control centre thousands of miles away. A U.S. official said the ISIS executioner was pinpointed in the centre of the terror group's capital Raqqa after 'persistent surveillance'

Daily Mail: How we finally got Jihadi John: GCHQ helped spot him in June, drones followed him for weeks... then 1,000mph missile slammed into his car

* Intelligence sources located Jihadi John six months ago and have been following him around the clock
* A Reaper drone piloted at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada circled Jihadi John on Thursday night in Raqqa
* Once identified getting into his car, the pilot fired a HellFire Missile which completely destroyed the vehicle
* It is understood that special forces operatives may have even infiltrated the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa

For obvious security reasons, neither the Ministry of Defence nor the Pentagon have revealed precisely how Jihadi John was tracked down and killed.
But it is possible to assemble the likely sequence of events by drawing on intelligence sources, the scant details we have been given – and from the experience of previous drone strikes.
After this sinister masked figure first appeared on YouTube in August last year, British and US intelligence services were straight on his trail, crucially helped by voice-tagging technology.

More News On The Drone Strike That Killed "Jihadi John"

U.S. 'reasonably certain' that British Islamic State militant Jihadi John killed in strike -- Reuters
US military ‘reasonably certain’ drone strike killed ‘Jihadi John’ -- France 24
Jihadi John 'dead': MI5 and police on high alert amid fears of Isil revenge attack in Britain -- The Telegraph
US 'confident' air strike killed 'Jihadi John' -- Al Jazeera
Exclusive: Jihadi John had secret son in Syria who is entitled to British citizenship -- The Telegraph
Was ’Jihadi John’ on Obama’s kill list? -- RT
Who is 'Jihadi John'?: What we know about the face of ISIS -- CNN
The boy with bad breath who became the world's most wanted man: Incredible footage emerges of Jihadi John at school as it is revealed he was a shy and insecure student who was bullied for having halitosis -- The Daily Mail
Will death of ISIS propagandist 'Jihadi John' be a blow to recruitment? -- Beatrice Gitau, CSM
Why the US was right to target Jihadi John -- Evening Standard