ISIS "moron" posts selfie of himself in front of HQ, HQ gets bombed.

[Archae]

"Abdul, look where we are!"

[msongs]

1. if they are so pround of themselves why are they convering their faces? nt

[Voice for Peace]

2. they probably think it makes them look scarier.

or maybe they are too ugly.

[Kalidurga]

3. Extremists tend to become ugly I think

It's hard to not be ugly when your thoughts are ugly and you are angry all the time.

[cstanleytech]

4. Its pretty basic, people like this have to try and keep their identity secret

in order to preserve their freedom of movement and make it harder for local law enforcement and the military to detect them plus they use it to cause paranoia and fear among the population because no one knows if the person next to them on the bus is carrying a bomb or not.

[Boomerproud]

12. Brave POS's aren't they?

They deserve whatever they get.

[Hulk]

5. Good riddance.

The world, the WHOLE world, needs less people like this, filled with hate and anger in their hearts. Good riddance to this pack of rats, hopefully. Thugs, murderers and cowards. For the cheap feeling of power, hopefully their lives have been taken out and the world won't have their scourge any longer to deal with.

[cheapdate]

6. "...Carlisle didn't go into specifics on the location of the former ISIL headquarters."

I have no idea what my own country is doing or where they're doing it.

[6chars]

7. Should we be telling them this?

If CNN has a story about this, they might put out word "no more selfies" Better to have a story about "Man in selfie thought to be owner of lost wallet full of $100 bills - please call 555-1212 if this is your wallet"

[raindaddy]

8. My thoughts exactly...

We can't get any information about what's in our trade bills but we desperately need to know if you're a terrorist don't post selfies on social media because you can be tracked.

[1monster]

10. That is the first thing that came into my mind... Nothing like giving away strategic

information.

[Hoppy]

9. CNN morans spelled moran wrong.

[Half-Century Man]

11. Question, speaking militarily,

If mistakes made through social media get good results; why tell the people making the mistakes how to stop doing it?
I can't help but think this is a case of "good story" versus "good intel".

Or maybe justification for sending $60,000 of munitions through a deserted building.