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Jordan planes strike Islamic State after pilot murder
February 05th 2015 ^ | February 05th 2015 | i24news

Posted on 02/05/2015 6:07:40 AM PST by Wiz-Nerd

Jordan said Thursday it had launched air strikes against the Islamic State group, after vowing a harsh response to the burning alive of one of its fighter pilots.

"The Jordanian air force launched raids against positions of the Islamic State group," said a government official, who did not want to be named.

Meanwhile the gruesome death of Moaz al-Kasasbeh drew a torrent of condemnation across the world.

Hashtags to express grief over Kasasbeh's death have taken over Twitter only hours after the news broke out on Tuesday, Al Arabiya News reported Wednesday.

(Excerpt) Read more at i24news.tv ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: isis; islamicstate; jordan; jordanretaliates; turkey
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To: metmom

This is why ‘American Sniper’ has done so well. America CRAVES seeing what a REAL MAN and a LEADER looks like. One who exudes PATRIOTISM too. America doesn’t get ANY of those things from the current crew in the White House, so we have to go to the movies to experience it.


81 posted on 02/05/2015 10:26:58 AM PST by CivilWarBrewing
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To: Real Cynic No More
A month's worth of drone strikes would put a real crimp in their style. How come that's not in Obama's bag of tricks?

Princess Barry is intent on saving the taxpayer's money. If ISIS' oil revenue were to be interrupted, Obomba would have to send them more of our money.

82 posted on 02/05/2015 10:32:06 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away)
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To: DesertRhino

Exactly.

And the Republican Leadership (read: McConnell and Boehner) were informed that 0bama was supplying ISIS / Al Nusra / Al Qaeda.

Because otherwise the hearings would be focused on WHY we were in Benghazi, not why we didn’t DEFEND our guys in Benghazi.


83 posted on 02/05/2015 10:32:35 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Bush / Clinton 2016! Clinton / Bush 2020! Uniparty Rules!)
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To: WakeUpAndVote

Rumor has it that King Abdullah is heterosexual. He looks it. His wife is young and very beautiful, too. As far as I know she has never equivocated about whether she was proud of her country.


84 posted on 02/05/2015 12:31:37 PM PST by ottbmare (the OTTB mare, now a proud Marine Mom)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Thanks much for all the info. I knew Turkey had moved towards militant Islam... but, had no idea it has gotten this bold with it.

As GWB used to say, “If you’re not with us? You’re agin us”.

Of course, I guess Obama would read all this and assume Turkey was “with him”.


85 posted on 02/05/2015 1:00:10 PM PST by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!)
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To: SomeCallMeTim

Turkey has been backed down in the last couple of months because ISIS got out of control.

But having started out as Turkey’s puppet, they got enough arms, territory, oil, population, etc. to be largely self sufficient now.

Nonetheless, we need to hang the ISIS albatross around Turkey’s neck forever. No county should ever think they can get away with that cr*p again.


86 posted on 02/05/2015 1:09:45 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Bush / Clinton 2016! Clinton / Bush 2020! Uniparty Rules!)
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To: ottbmare

post of the day.


87 posted on 02/05/2015 1:11:34 PM PST by RKBA Democrat (The uniparty: celebrating over 150 years of oligarchy and political control!)
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To: bert

Actually no. The King’s mother was British. His mother was Princess Muna al-Hussein, nee: Antoinette Avril Gardiner. The King’s American wife, his fourth, is Queen Noor, born as Lisa Najeeb Halaby.


88 posted on 02/05/2015 1:29:16 PM PST by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org | Self defense is a basic human right!)
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To: Fresh Wind

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3254507/posts


89 posted on 02/05/2015 1:45:28 PM PST by Real Cynic No More (Border Fence Obamacare!)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

“This is why ‘American Sniper’ has done so well. America CRAVES seeing what a REAL MAN and a LEADER looks like.”

Exactly. I have been swingin’ from the chandeliers and SCREAMING this for SIX l-o-n-g years, now!

“Dear Lord, PLEASE put a REAL MAN in charge of our country next time around. And no woman either, Please, even though Sarah Palin has more b@lls than many men You created, LOL! And please stop letting STUPID people vote. Amen!”


90 posted on 02/05/2015 2:19:57 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Genoa

I happened to find something in Wikipedia, while I was researching the Jordanian Air Force’ capabilities. I have not seen this in news articles:

Apparently, U.S. special forces attempted on Jan. 1 to rescue Lt. al-Kasasbeh, but the US’ helicopters were driven off by heavy fire from ISIS.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Jordanian_Air_Force#Operations_in_Syria_2014-


91 posted on 02/06/2015 2:28:27 AM PST by Paul R. (Leftists desire to control everything; In the end they invariably control nothing worth a damn.)
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>> [objections] to the burning alive

I gather the World has accepted beheading as reasonable.


92 posted on 02/06/2015 3:12:22 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Wiz-Nerd

“World peace 1.20.09.” Liberals said so and put bumper stickers on vehicles.


93 posted on 02/06/2015 6:27:33 AM PST by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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To: southernindymom

Works fer ME!


94 posted on 02/06/2015 1:46:16 PM PST by Monkey Face (People should seriously stop expecting me to be normal We all know that's not gonna happen.)
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To: NorthMountain

See, the problem is that The POtuS we have is such a coward that he’s not really Muslim or Christian or anything in between. He keeps sucking up to leaders, but he has never yet shown that he is worthy of any respect from any country, including ours. I’d rather have someone who was predictable in his decisiveness than someone who is as wobbly as the POtuS. He is SCARY because he is such a coward.

Like other presidents, he has back problems, but his are caused from a yellow stripe down the length of it.


95 posted on 02/06/2015 1:50:48 PM PST by Monkey Face (People should seriously stop expecting me to be normal We all know that's not gonna happen.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

“ISIS IS Turkey.

Turkey supplies ISIS... Turkey is the buyer of ISIS’s oil.

ISIS is just a Turkish front group.”

And now the Turkish President (for life, it now seems) Erdogan has just moved into a new palace that he had built - the world’s largest, four times the size of Versailles.

Fit for a modern day Caliph.

I bet the plan is for Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to die a glorious death as a martyr at some point, and for Erdogan to assume the burden of ruling all of Islam.


96 posted on 02/07/2015 6:47:23 PM PST by BeauBo
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To: Wiz-Nerd

ISIS is now making burning people alive SOP:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/isis-new-burnings-iraqi-civilians-put-death-jordan-pilot-copycat-execution-after-friday-prayers-1486950


97 posted on 02/07/2015 8:26:07 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Wiz-Nerd

ISIS is now making burning people alive SOP:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/isis-new-burnings-iraqi-civilians-put-death-jordan-pilot-copycat-execution-after-friday-prayers-1486950

“Another video, titled Muslims’ Joy at Burning of Jordanian Pilot and published later by the group, sought to confirm earlier reports that IS used large viewing screens and movie projectors across Raqqa to play the barbaric clip of the pilot’s killing.

In the footage, members of the Raqqa crowd are briefly interviewed about the execution in a documentary-style, while the video plays in background. Among them a smiling child, not older than eight years old, is seen praising the murder.


98 posted on 02/07/2015 8:28:27 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Wiz-Nerd

I am curious, with those Jordanian air strikes, some IS turds are nothing but charred dust. How does charred dust deal with virgins? Just curious...


99 posted on 02/07/2015 10:06:15 PM PST by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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To: Wiz-Nerd

Leadership in action! I barely remember what it looked like..


100 posted on 02/08/2015 2:43:18 PM PST by thedmc
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