@ 38. Mike Sylwester

Hundreds of Al Qaeda members were literally stabbed in the back. Those who didn’t flee from Iraq were hunted down and murdered mercilessly.

Thai s a funny way to put it. Using words with negative connotation describing a positive outcome.

It’s as if you are ambivalent about it and sorry that no one read them their miranda rights before sanction.

I would use simply “killed off”, because in my view it was an act of self-defense and self-reservation.