{"id":88234,"date":"2015-02-04T06:41:30","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T06:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=88234"},"modified":"2015-02-04T06:42:14","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T06:42:14","slug":"jordan-executes-convicted-jihadists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=88234","title":{"rendered":"Jordan executes convicted jihadists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jordan has executed two convicts, including a female jihadist, following the killing of one of its air force pilots by Islamic State (IS) militants.<\/p>\n

The woman, failed suicide bomber Sajida al-Rishawi, and al-Qaeda operative Ziyad Karboli – both Iraqi nationals – were hanged at dawn, officials said.<\/p>\n

The executions came hours after IS posted a video appearing to show pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh being burned alive.<\/p>\n

He was seized after crashing during an anti-IS mission over Syria in December.<\/p>\n

Jordan had attempted to secure Lt Kasasbeh’s release in a swap involving Rishawi.<\/p>\n

She had been on death row for her role in attacks in the capital, Amman, that killed 60 people in 2005.<\/p>\n

Karboli was convicted in 2008 for killing a Jordanian national.<\/p>\n

‘Punishment and revenge’<\/strong><\/p>\n

The two prisoners were executed at 04:00 local time (02:00 GMT), government spokesman Mohammad al-Momani said on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

Jordan earlier vowed an “earth-shattering” response after IS posted an online video showing what militants say is the pilot standing in a cage engulfed in flames.<\/p>\n

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Mamdouh al-Ameri, a spokesman for the Jordanian armed forces, said on Tuesday that Lt Kasasbeh had “fallen as a martyr”.<\/p>\n

“His blood will not be shed in vain. Our punishment and revenge will be as huge as the loss of the Jordanians.”<\/p>\n

Jordanian state TV reported that Lt Kasasbeh was killed a month ago.<\/p>\n

Since then Jordan, which has joined the US-led coalition against IS, had tried to secure his release as part of a prisoner swap, offering to free Rishawi in exchange.<\/p>\n

IS had sought her release as part of a deal to free captive Japanese journalist Kenji Goto. A video that appeared to show Goto’s dead body appeared four days ago.<\/p>\n

The BBC’s security correspondent, Frank Gardner, says the latest video is aimed at a world already shocked by the calculated cruelty of Islamic State’s actions.<\/p>\n

Jordan’s King Abdullah hailed Lt Kasasbeh as a hero, saying Jordan must “stand united” in the face of hardship.<\/p>\n

The king decided to cut short a visit to the US after news of the pilot’s death, but he met President Barack Obama on Tuesday evening before flying home.<\/p>\n

Mr Obama earlier said that if the video was real, it would be “one more indication of the viciousness and barbarity” of IS.<\/p>\n

“I think it will redouble the vigilance and determination on the part of the global coalition to make sure they are degraded and ultimately defeated,” Mr Obama said.<\/p>\n

Timeline: Jordanian pilot held hostage<\/strong><\/p>\n

24 December 2014: Jordanian Lt Moaz Youssef al-Kasasbeh captured by IS after his plane crashes<\/p>\n

25 December 2014: Pilot’s father urges IS to show mercy<\/p>\n

20 January 2015: IS threatens to kill two Japanese hostages unless Japan pays $200m ransom within 72 hours<\/p>\n

24 January: IS releases video of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto holding a picture apparently showing Haruna Yukawa’s decapitated body<\/p>\n

24 January: IS calls for release of Sajida al-Rishawi, an Iraqi militant sentenced to death in Jordan<\/p>\n

28 January: Jordan offers to release Rishawi in exchange for Lt Kasasbeh<\/p>\n

29 January: Deadline to kill Lt Kasasbeh and Mr Goto expires<\/p>\n

31 January: Video released appearing to show Kenji Goto’s body<\/p>\n

3 February: Video released appearing to show Lt Kasasbeh burnt alive, with Jordanian media suggesting he was killed weeks earlier<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jordan has executed two convicts, including a female jihadist, following the killing of one of its air force pilots by Islamic State (IS) militants. The woman, failed suicide bomber Sajida al-Rishawi, and al-Qaeda operative Ziyad Karboli – both Iraqi nationals – were hanged at dawn, officials said. The executions came hours after IS posted a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-88234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-papa-owusu-ankomah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88234\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}