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The Ghosts of Raqqa: The Strange Case of the American Assassin Who Joined the Kurds

To the Pentagon, he is a traitor who violated the Uniform Code of Military Justice. To the Kurds, he is a folk hero—a violent echo of the American promise that democracy, however bloody, is worth fighting for. american assassin kurdish

“He killed the beheaders,” recalls a Peshmerga officer. “One bullet. Always in the eye. He said it was a message: We see you. ” The Ghosts of Raqqa: The Strange Case of

“You made me a ghost. The Kurds made me human.” “One bullet

This is the shadowy legend of the American assassin who went Kurdish.

To the American intelligence community, he is a ghost—a former operator who went off the books and never came back. To the Kurdish YPG (People's Protection Units), he was simply Heval (Comrade) Alex, the sniper who never missed. But to ISIS, he was the “Red Devil,” a whisper of death that stalked the rubble of Raqqa.