foreign fighters and part of our goal has to be to recruit more effective sunni partners in iraq to really go on offense rather than simply engage in defense. all right. let s bring in cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. she has more on jihadi john. good morning. good morning carol. cnn has learned the u.s. military had been tracked jihadi john across raqqa since wednesday. and yesterday when they saw him step out of a building and get into a vehicle they took the shot. breaking overnight. the pentagon confirming u.s. special operations forces launched a drone strike targeting the masked isis executioner known as jihadi john. officials say after tracking him for days authorities are confident the drone strike killed the kuwaitty born british citizen identified as muhammed
emwa emwazi. still they are awaiting final confirmation. it is a symbolic victory and it does bring closure to those families. officials say they knew it was emwazi when they took the shot. another official tells cnn emwazi was in a vehicle at the time of the strike near raqqa. emwazi appeared in a series of videos documenting the murders of several american, british and japanese hostages. he was often seen wielding a knife, only his eyes and hands exposed. taunting u.s. and british leaders. we ll continue to strike the next of your people. britain was working hand and glove with america over the jihadi john drone strike. this was an act of zechbts. it was the right thing to do. emwazi who is in his mid twenties grew up in london and