Reports: Jordan To Execute Extremist After Pilot Burned Alive

[Purveyor]

Source: USA TODAY

Jim Michaels and John Bacon, USA TODAY 3:16 p.m. EST February 3, 2015

WASHINGTON — Hours after the Islamic State released a video Tuesday showing a Jordanian pilot being burned alive, multiple news outlets reported Jordan planned to execute a woman the militants had wanted freed.

Jordan's government had been trying to secure the pilot's release, agreeing last week to free Sajida al-Rishawi, an Iraqi woman facing execution for her role in the 2005 hotel bombings in Jordan. However, the deal fell through after Jordan requested proof the pilot, Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh, was alive.

Reuters and AFP, citing unnamed sources, said al-Rishawi would be executed at dawn Wednesday in Jordan.

The video, which could not be independently verified, was released by the Islamic State's media arm, according to the IntelCenter, which monitors extremist websites. However, Jordanian TV reported that the burning of the pilot, , actually took place Jan. 3.

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Jordan to execute Sajida al-Rashawi and five others

"Sky News reports Jordan will execute Iraqi prisoner Sajida al-Rahaswi and five others linked to terrorist organizations in the upcoming hours.

"The sentence of death pending on... Iraqi Sajida al-Rishawi will be carried out at dawn," the security official said on Tuesday, speaking on condition of anonymity to the Daily Star. "

http://www.albawaba.com/news/update-jordan-execute-sajida-al-rashawi-and-five-others-652304

[geek tragedy]

1. Honestly, in the case of ISIS there should be a presumption of death penalty

to avoid the temptation to release them as part of hostage situations.

[uhnope]

17. anyone against drone striking in this case?

just askin'

[samsingh]

27. not at all

[bluestateguy]

2. I oppose the death penalty

But let's just say that there are some cases where I exert more energy in my opposition than others.

[Dawson Leery]

3. Though I oppose civil capital punishment, this is a war

and ISIS openly lied during the negotiations. ISIS brought this on themselves.

I fully support bombing the s**t out of ISIS fighters regardless of national origin, gender, or age.

I should add that I oppose allowing westerners who joined ISIS back into their home countries. They could be lying.

Here are pictures of the pilot before his death.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/03/muath-al-kaseasbeh-dead_n_6604726.html

[Historic NY]

6. They shouldn't be allowed back but with EU

being so wishy washy its not hard for them to get home.

[7962]

14. I agree. The EU is STILL afraid to put their foot down on this.

And its even being argued here. I'm sorry, but I dont see a constitutional violation if you refuse return to someone who is aiding an enemy

[Historic NY]

4. They never had the intention of releasing the pilot...

like the request for 200 million. I hope they id & take out the english speaking guy, soon he seems to take great delight.

[tblue37]

11. They seem to be trying to come up with more and more

brutal ways to murder their victims, since beheading can be relatively quick if it is not done clumsily or with the wrong sort of instrument. That makes me think that those in power in that group are deriving real pleasure from the agony of their victims. This is not just about winning, but about reveling in maximizing the suffering of someone helpless.

[daleo]

32. That's likely true

But I think it is also to goad the west. They have to keep topping their latest outrage. Our reactions are part of their strategy. They think they can prevail in a spiral of violence. They don't really know us. Religion will do that - it is all about magical thinking.

[Botany]

12. "I hope they id & take out the english speaking guy, soon ... "

Me too!

If I was that guy I wouldn't be putting my money into any long term notes .....
I hope that he isn't just blown up but that the last 10 minutes of his life he will
know that a Navy SEAL team or some British Comandos are right outside his
house and that he can't do anything to stop 'em.

[hamsterjill]

13. +1

And I wonder just how tough the guy will be when it's HIS turn!

[George II]

22. Sadly he was murdered a month ago, so all the "negotiations" for his release was a complete sham!

[samsingh]

28. apparently the pilot had been murdered in early jan. so this is all lies.

[tblue37]

5. My god--burning alive. I can't imagine a worse agony. Barbarians. nt

[rtracey]

19. This is horrendous

As the English did to heretics, and the European witch trials, and the Spanish....etc, etc, etc.. ISIS is no different then the barbaric acts of distant times. ISIS is distant times. They may use modern guns and bombs, but their thought processes are from distant history.

[rpannier]

21. Salem hanged witches

They also crushed a man to get him to confess
They also hanged a dog

I could be mistaken, but I doin't think they ever burned a witch in Salem

[rtracey]

23. Yes My fault

My fault, salem did hang witches, but many were burned throughout europe. I will amend my post.

[BumRushDaShow]

31. And the U.S. had a field day with its enslaved and freed Africans/African Americans.

Plenty of photos of the result (whipping, hanging, burning. maiming) since the perpetrators were incredible exhibitionists, bringing their families along to enjoy the show.

[Historic NY]

7. WARNING the link has video of the act..by ISIS

[840high]

8. Horrible. But remember

they're not terrorists.

[mahannah]

9. "An eye for an eye and the whole world is blind".

[PragmaticLiberal]

10. Yeah, but its the West's fault etc etc.

(Just figured I'd be the first to get that in)

[7962]

15. It would've shown up eventually! nt

[George II]

16. Sometime I'll post a chronology of why and how this brutally extreme "terrorism" came about....

.....going back to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and a young Osama bin Laden.

But, in all honesty, you're not too far off. The thing is that this has been festering for 25+ years.

Osama bin Laden was actually an ally of the US (such as he could be) during the Soviet war/occupation, and was still not an enemy of the US until the 1991 Gulf War. President Bush was warned over and over again to NOT station American troops on sacred land in Saudi Arabia. He ignored the warnings.

See the article linked below:

http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/upfront/features/index.asp?article=f121310_gulfwar

The war that first introduced Americans to Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein—and may have given Osama bin Laden a reason to attack the United States—began on Jan. 17, 1991.
American and coalition forces, responding to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, bombed Iraqi targets and troops for a month. By the time the ground war began on Feb. 24, Saddam Hussein's forces were so decimated that it took just 100 hours to oust them from Kuwait and trounce the remnants of Iraq's once-mighty military.

The Persian Gulf War, fought 20 years ago next month, turned out to be one of the swiftest wars in U.S. history.

But its effects still linger: Because Saddam Hussein remained in power, the Gulf War is now seen as a prelude to the second Iraq War, which began in 2003—and is still winding down more than seven years later.

The Gulf War also set the stage for the current war in Afghanistan and America's broader battle against Islamic terrorism: The presence of "infidel" U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia during the 1990s helped radicalize Osama bin Laden and the other leaders of Al Qaeda, who vowed to target America at home and abroad.

[Adrahil]

20. it goes back much further than that.... BUT...

ultimately, these people are making the choice to be monsters.

Fuck 'em. Ultimately the problem is a political one, but in this case, these monsters need killing.

I'll never forgive George W. Bush for the goddamm bloody mess he's created.

[rtracey]

18. wow

And are we not concerned that Ben Carson says the Founding Fathers and ISIS are similar in their fight.

“A bunch of rag-tag militiamen defeated the most powerful and professional military force on the planet. Why? Because they believed in what they were doing. They were willing to die for what they believed in,” Carson told a luncheon audience of national committee members. “Fast forward to today. What do we have? You’ve got ISIS. They’ve got the wrong philosophy, but they’re willing to die for it while we are busily giving away every belief and every value for the sake of political correctness. We have to change that.”

He may be saying that ISIS is wrong, but to use ISIS and the founding fathers in the same sentence, with the same breath, to me equates Hitler's Nazi movement with Israel.

[Sunlei]

24. I am against Jordan and IS 'death penalties'

some 'gov' people around the world are still useless sub-barbarians

[flying_wahini]

25. isn't being executed by a Muslim woman grounds for not getting any virgins in "heaven"

getting into Muslim "heaven"? While radical imams and Islamist extremists groups often promise fighters 72 virgins if they die in battle, ISIS fighters seem unsure whether or not being killed by a woman disqualifies them from their virgin-fuelled utopian rest.
So round up some brave sisters to do the deed...

[link:http://english.alarabiya.net/en/variety/2014/09/21/Why-ISIS-fighters-prefer-to-be-killed-by-men-.html|

[NutmegYankee]

26. In reality they don't have a choice not to do so.

Prior to the Geneva Conventions, the code of war prevented execution of prisoners of war through the system of "if you don't kill our POWs, we won't kill yours". Since ISIS doesn't honor even this most basic of codes going back centuries, retaliatory executions are the only way to attempt to force it upon them.

[rpannier]

29. Don't think they'll care

I think her crime pre-dates ISIS. Her crime was about 10 years ago (I think)
I don't think they had any intention on releasing any of the three hostages.
They just wanted the attention by playing it out for a month

[Ilsa]

30. In this case, I wouldn't mind if the drones soaked

them with white phosphorus.
Goddamn bastards.