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Jordan ‘warns it will fast-track executions in retaliation for ISIS bloodshed’
Pilot Lt Muath al-Kaseasbeh being held with Japanese hostage Kenji Goto
Deadline passed for prisoner swap after Jordan said it wanted proof of life
Fears are now growing that Al-Kaseasbeh has already been murdered
Jordan says it is still waiting for proof that captured F-16 pilot was alive
Jordan has threatened to fast-track the execution of a would-be suicide bomber the Islamic State is trying to free if the terror group kills its captured pilot, it was reported today.
Elijah Magnier, chief international correspondent for Kuwait’s Al Rai newspaper, told MailOnline: ‘I have reliable contact in the Jordanian government who says a message has been passed to ISIS.
‘There are other prisoners in Jordan that ISIS would like to free.’
Shortly after reports of the ultimatum emerged, Jordan issued a statement saying they were still waiting for proof that the captured F-16 pilot was still alive.
Jordan had agreed to an ISIS demand to free al-Rishawi who failed to fulfil her Al Qaeda mission as a suicide bomber.
An audio message purportedly posted online by IS group said the Jordanian pilot, Lieutenant Muath al-Kaseasbeh, would be killed if would-be suicide bomber Sajida al-Rishawi was not delivered to the Turkish border by sunset yesterday, Iraq time.
The authenticity of the recording could not be verified independently but the possibility of a swap was raised on Wednesday when Jordan said it was willing to trade Rishawi for the pilot.
In the Jordanian capital Amman, the pilot’s brother Jawdat Kaseasbeh, said his family had ‘no clue’ where the negotiations stood. ‘We are waiting, just waiting.’
Jordan’s government spokesman, Mohammed al-Momani, signalled last night that, in any case, a swap was on hold because the hostage-takers had not delivered proof the pilot was still alive.
But King Abdullah is under domestic pressure to bring home Lt Kaseasbeh, who was captured in December after his Jordanian F-16 crashed near the IS’ de facto capital of Raqqa in Syria.
Jordan’s participation in the air strikes is unpopular in the kingdom and the pilot is seen by some as the victim of a war they feel should not involve the country.
The hostage drama began last week after ISIS released a video showing Mr Goto and another Japanese hostage, Haruna Yukawa kneeling in orange jumpsuits beside a masked man who threatened to kill them in 72 hours unless Japan paid a 132 million ransom.
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Jordan ‘warns it will fast-track executions in retaliation for ISIS bloodshed’
Pilot Lt Muath al-Kaseasbeh being held with Japanese hostage Kenji Goto
Deadline passed for prisoner swap after Jordan said it wanted proof of life
Fears are now growing that Al-Kaseasbeh has already been murdered
Jordan says it is still waiting for proof that captured F-16 pilot was alive
Jordan has threatened to fast-track the execution of a would-be suicide bomber the Islamic State is trying to free if the terror group kills its captured pilot, it was reported today.
Elijah Magnier, chief international correspondent for Kuwait’s Al Rai newspaper, told MailOnline: ‘I have reliable contact in the Jordanian government who says a message has been passed to ISIS.
‘There are other prisoners in Jordan that ISIS would like to free.’
Shortly after reports of the ultimatum emerged, Jordan issued a statement saying they were still waiting for proof that the captured F-16 pilot was still alive.
Jordan had agreed to an ISIS demand to free al-Rishawi who failed to fulfil her Al Qaeda mission as a suicide bomber.
An audio message purportedly posted online by IS group said the Jordanian pilot, Lieutenant Muath al-Kaseasbeh, would be killed if would-be suicide bomber Sajida al-Rishawi was not delivered to the Turkish border by sunset yesterday, Iraq time.
The authenticity of the recording could not be verified independently but the possibility of a swap was raised on Wednesday when Jordan said it was willing to trade Rishawi for the pilot.
In the Jordanian capital Amman, the pilot’s brother Jawdat Kaseasbeh, said his family had ‘no clue’ where the negotiations stood. ‘We are waiting, just waiting.’
Jordan’s government spokesman, Mohammed al-Momani, signalled last night that, in any case, a swap was on hold because the hostage-takers had not delivered proof the pilot was still alive.
But King Abdullah is under domestic pressure to bring home Lt Kaseasbeh, who was captured in December after his Jordanian F-16 crashed near the IS’ de facto capital of Raqqa in Syria.
Jordan’s participation in the air strikes is unpopular in the kingdom and the pilot is seen by some as the victim of a war they feel should not involve the country.
The hostage drama began last week after ISIS released a video showing Mr Goto and another Japanese hostage, Haruna Yukawa kneeling in orange jumpsuits beside a masked man who threatened to kill them in 72 hours unless Japan paid a 132 million ransom.
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