[WAPO] According to a U.S. Air Force commander, an Islamic State fighter bragging on social media recently brought about the destruction of an Islamic State facility.
In a speech sponsored by the Air Force Association on June 1 in Arlington, Gen. Herbert J. "Hawk" Carlisle, commander of Air Combat Command, said airmen in Florida were able to call in an air strike after finding an Islamic State "moron" talking about the jihadist group's fighting abilities online.
"The [airmen are] combing through social media and they see some moron standing at this command," Carlisle said, as the Air Force Times reported. "And in some social media, open forum, bragging about command and control capabilities ... And these guys go, 'Ah, we got an in.'"
Carlisle did not specify the date, time or location of the building's destruction, and did not name the social media network the airmen used to find the building.
Might have been better left unsaid. |