{"id":25577,"date":"2015-11-13T17:51:56","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T17:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2015\/11\/13\/u-s-reasonably-certain-drone-strike-killed-jihadi-john\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:17:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:17:39","slug":"u-s-reasonably-certain-drone-strike-killed-jihadi-john","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/uas\/2015\/11\/13\/u-s-reasonably-certain-drone-strike-killed-jihadi-john\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. &#8216;reasonably certain&#8217; drone strike killed &#8216;Jihadi John&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=53ba7960-981f-4895-931d-bee77f20d3b4\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Masked Islamic State executioner &#8220;Jihadi John&#8221; was the target of a U.S. drone strike in Syria. Here is what we know about the British citizen whose real name is Mohammed Emwazi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon is &#8220;reasonably certain&#8221; that &#8220;Jihadi John,&#8221; the masked Islamic State\u00a0militant featured in grisly videos beheading Western hostages, was killed by a U.S. drone strike in\u00a0Syria, a U.S. military spokesman said Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It&#8217;s still a little early but we are reasonably certain we killed the target that we intended to kill, which is &#8216;Jihadi John,&#8217; &#8221; Col. Steve Warren told reporters in a televised briefing from Baghdad. 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