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It’s perfectly understandable that the Islamic State (ISIS) would want to murder the most prominent exponent of Christianity. After all, the notorious jihad terror group is trying to engulf us all in a global religious war. Yet at the same time, the Islamic State jihadis don’t seem to have thought this through. Pope Francis is one of the world’s foremost non-Muslim boosters of Islam. If the “Pope of Islam,” of all people, gets offed by Islamic jihadis, it might end up being bad for ISIS’ image — that is, outside of its fanbase of fellow bloodthirsty jihadis.
Thosewhowereplottingtokillthepope,however,don’tseemtohavebeenallthatbright.Theywereonlycaughtbecausetheywereoverconfidentlyspeakingfreelyonlineabouttheirplot.TheNewYorkPostreportedMondaythat“suspectslinkedtoISISplottedtoattackPopeFrancisduringhistriptoIndonesia—butwerethwartedbytheirownonlineboasts.”Indonesiancopsarrestedsevenjihadterroristswhohadplannedtokillthepopeduringhistriptothatcountry.ThattripwrappeduponFriday,andjustdaysbeforethat,“policeseizedbowsandarrows,adroneandISISleafletsduringrai
