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Thousands rally in Jordan urging punishment of IS
[Al Ahram] Thousands marched in Jordan's capital Friday demanding retribution for the burning alive of a fighter pilot by the Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group, as Amman intensified its fight against the jihadists. Jordan said dozens of its jet fighters struck IS on Thursday, and had widened their campaign from Syria to include targets in neighbouring Iraq. Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh told CNN the operation was "the beginning of our retaliation over this horrific and brutal murder of our brave young pilot." Earlier this week, IS released a video of the gruesome killing of airman Muath al-Kassasbeh, whose death has sparked grief and deep anger in Jordan. In Amman crowds of people waved Jordanian flags and pictures of Kassasbeh. "We are all Maaz... We are all Jordan," they chanted, some holding placards aloft that read: "Yes to punishment. Yes to the eradication of terrorism." Holding a portrait of the pilot with the words "Maaz the martyr of righteousness", Jordan's Queen Rania joined the marchers after weekly prayers at the Al-Husseini mosque. Demonstrator Yussef al-Soud told AFP: "We are here to express our anger. We are all soldiers... ready to avenge the pilot." The queen, who did not address the rally, had called in November for redoubled efforts in the anti-IS offensive, which she said was a "fight for the Middle East and Islam". Posted by: Fred 2015-02-07 |
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