A previous version of this article was published on Oct. 15, 2015. WASHINGTON -- "Jihadi John," a British citizen who had become one of the most prominent faces of the Islamic State, has likely been killed in a U.S. drone strike, American officials indicated Friday. The Obama administration trumpeted the news as a sign of its determination to prevail over the extremist group, one that comes as U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in Iraq say they have retaken a strategic Islamic State-occupied town. “The terrorists associated with [the Islamic State] need to know this: Your days are numbered, and you will be defeated,” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said at a news...
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