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This Week in Jihad for August 15, 2016
Monday, August 15th, 2016Ding Dong, The Witch is Dead
Thursday, October 20th, 2011Moammar Gadhafi, that is, in the Libyan city of Sirte. Although there are conflicting reports that he was only wounded, but this (graphic) video from the Telegraph shows someone who looks: A.) An awful lot like Gadhafi, and B.) An awful lot like dead.
Another (graphic) video from Al Jazerra:
(Hat tip: Michael Totten.)
Also reported dead: Moammar Gadhafi, Muammar el-Qaddafi, Moammar Kadafi, Muammar Gaddafi, Muammar Gadafy, Moammar Gaddafi, and Moammar Khaddafy.
According to the BBC, he was founding hiding in a drainage pipe, much like Saddam Hussein was pulled from his spider hole.
This is good news for Libya, for the United States, and the world. Now if we can just keep Jihadests from taking over in Tripoli, Obama will have an actual foreign policy accomplishment on his resume.