Jordan Executes 2 Terrorists
Featured Coverage of this Story
From the Center
Jordan Executes Two Prisoners After Militants Kill Pilot
Jordan executed two convicted terrorists early Wednesday, hours after Islamic State jihadists released a video purporting to show them burning alive a captured Jordanian air-force pilot.
The death of the pilot, First Lt. Muath al-Kasasbeh, had spurred promises Tuesday evening of a severe response from Jordan, but execution of the two prisoners in the early hours of Wednesday came with unexpected swiftness. It was a dramatic tit-for-tat in the fight against Islamic State militants who have killed numerous high-profile hostages as they have spread across Iraq and Syria since last...
From the Right
AN EYE FOR AN EYE: Jordan hangs 2 Al Qaeda after ISIS burns pilot alive
JORDAN HANGS two terrorists, including Sajida al-Rishawi, near left, early Wednesday, in a swift response to the release of a video showing ISIS burning alive a captured air force pilot, Muath al-Kaseasbeh, far left, and vows an 'earth-shaking' response to the terror group's sadistic slaughter.
From the Left
Jordan executes 2 prisoners after pilot burned alive by Islamic State
In a swift and severe response, Jordan authorities executed at dawn Wednesday two Iraqi terror convicts just hours after Islamic State militants released a video showing a Jordanian pilot burned to death in a cage.
The hangings underscored the hardening stance by officials in Jordan, a key U.S. ally in the fight against the Islamic State, after street protests calling for revenge against the militant group.
The backlash from the video — released while Jordan’s King Abdullah II was holding talks in Washington — also threatened to draw the usually...
AllSides Picks
May 12th, 2024
May 9th, 2024
More News about Terrorism from the Left, Center and Right
From the Left
From the Center
From the Right
