The American state has done it again. They have saved the hapless and helpless Arabs and Muslims from a villain that cannot be a friend of the American regime, creating PR and American heroes in the process. The Americans are so powerful and they have the right to choose who is a friend and who is an enemy. In fact the assassaniation is a revenge for Americans and Westerners killed by ISIS. It is an act that serves American domestic politics, especially Trump's politics. Like the assassination of Osama bin Laden , the intent and the instructions were to kill. No capture, no trial, no hearing, no "international law," no burial. The Assassination of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi I agree with the blog editor's reply to those who do not consider the killing an assassination. It is like the word "terrorism": "When they do it it is terrorism. When we do it, it is fighting for freedom." Related The word "assassin" doesn't come from ha...