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AP Essay: 'Jihadi John' won't have the same impact unmasked (Hurl Alert)
AP ^ | Mar 1, 2015 12:16 PM (ET) | GREGORY KATZ

Posted on 03/01/2015 10:03:29 AM PST by DJ MacWoW

For one thing, with his identity known, and the global distribution of pictures of him looking slightly goofy in an ill-fitting Pittsburgh Pirates baseball cap, Emwazi may become less sinister to viewers, less able to send chills up the spines of people who abhor Islamic State's claim to be killing civilians in the name of Islam.

If he kills again on camera, the element of surprise will be gone and the reaction may well be, "Oh, him again."

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.myway.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: emwazi; islam; jihadijohn; muslimworld; ukmuslims
Jaw-dropping, mind-numbingly STUPID
1 posted on 03/01/2015 10:03:29 AM PST by DJ MacWoW
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To: DJ MacWoW

What do you expect, it’s from the AP.


2 posted on 03/01/2015 10:06:47 AM PST by freedom6178
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To: DJ MacWoW

I dont’ care about knowing his name, or what he had for breakfast while a schoolboy. The only thing I want to know about Jihad John is how many bullets it took to kill him, and if the death was quick or excruciatingly drawn out.


3 posted on 03/01/2015 10:06:53 AM PST by lee martell (The sa)
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To: DJ MacWoW

Marie Harf grade of stupidity.


4 posted on 03/01/2015 10:07:18 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: DJ MacWoW

We should put a $5M, bounty on this turd.


5 posted on 03/01/2015 10:08:37 AM PST by kenmcg
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To: Army Air Corps

Absolutely. The author just assured us that liberals yawn at brutal murder as long as they know who’s doing it.


6 posted on 03/01/2015 10:10:17 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: DJ MacWoW

I liked the way he dressed up as the thing that all Muslims should be:

http://www.outdoorgearbarn.com/images/product/large/74840.jpg


7 posted on 03/01/2015 10:12:42 AM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: DJ MacWoW

Like all psychos, all of his neighbors thought that he was a great, great human “bean” and neighbor. LOL! People are so gullible and stupid.


8 posted on 03/01/2015 10:12:46 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Illegal aliens are far superior to Americans. - So say the 'RATS and RINOs.)
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To: DJ MacWoW
I'm sure this "perception is reality" observation will be a great comfort to those about to have their heads lopped off.

My guess is they have a deep shelf lined with fresh drones, though their supply of fresh ski-masks is probably getting a bit sour.

Somehow I find it something less than comforting being reassured that knowing the identity of this seriously brain-damaged, suicidal psychopath will hasten his arrest and prosecution.

9 posted on 03/01/2015 10:12:46 AM PST by Prospero (Si Deus trucido mihi, ego etiam fides Deus.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

My shock is that the AP hack thinks knowing who Jihadi John is will lessen the horror of murder. I can’t even express the depth of my contempt for Gregory Katz.


10 posted on 03/01/2015 10:17:11 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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I recall that we produced a deck of cards during the Iraq war with pictures of the 52 most wanted in that area.

Do we have such a deck of cards now? Or are we not playing with a full deck in the Middle East?

11 posted on 03/01/2015 10:17:36 AM PST by William Tell
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With Obama at the helm we don’t have a full deck anywhere in DC.


12 posted on 03/01/2015 10:18:40 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: DJ MacWoW

“For one thing, with his identity known, and the global distribution of pictures of him looking slightly goofy in an ill-fitting Pittsburgh Pirates baseball cap, Emwazi may become less sinister to viewers, less able to send chills up the spines of people who abhor Islamic State’s claim to be killing civilians in the name of Islam.”

If anything, the fact that an average seeming London Muslim with a good education can become a cold blooded serial killer who takes pride in killing for Allah makes more impact. You will, at the very least, feel uncomfortable around any Muslim youth, wondering if he could be ISIS.


13 posted on 03/01/2015 10:39:39 AM PST by JimSEA
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To: JimSEA

I hadn’t even thought of that. I was too stunned at the authors stupidity.


14 posted on 03/01/2015 10:52:19 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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