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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Security chiefs fear 'kill or capture' mission would end in failure
2014-10-06
[DAILYMAIL.CO.UK] The Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
terrorist known as Jihadi John has been tracked by drones flying over the Syrian city of Raqqa -- but British Special Forces chiefs fear a 'kill or capture' mission there would end in bloody failure, sources disclosed last night.

Reaper drones deployed high above the terrorists' strongholds are also believed to have identified hostages wearing orange jumpsuits but top brass are thought to have currently ruled out a rescue operation because IS defences are too strong.
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