U.S. airstrikes on Syria kill 37 militants affiliated with extremist groups

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2. I remember seeing some flow chart a bunch of years ago

which sort of illustrated why we were always "taking out the 2nd in command" and rarely the "head".

I.e., they don't operate through a strict hierarchical/pyramid structure but through one that is more "flat".

I think some of this was a result of what was happening earlier this year with attacks on our bases in Iraq (and Syria, and even Jordan).

We did similar almost a year ago - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67236438