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Jordanian King Personally Participating in Sorties Against ISIS
2015-02-05
His security team -- and all the other security teams -- must be having kittens.
Jordan€™s King Abdullah is reportedly personally involved in executing air strikes against Islamic State positions in the aftermath of the terrorist group’s brutal execution of Jordanian pilot 1st Lt. Moaz Kasasbeh.

Shafaqna news and Iraqinews.com claimed to have confirmed with their sources that King Abdullah is personally involved in conducting the air strikes. What remains unclear is whether Abdullah is personally suiting up and flying a plane, or instead commanding units involved in the mission.

“The Jordanian King Abdullah II will participate personally on Thursday in conducting air strikes against the shelters of the terrorist ISIL organization to revenge the execution of the Jordanian pilot [Kasasbeh] by the ISIL,” said the IraqiNews report.

Others on social media have reported similar statements.

Jordanian Author Waleed Abu Nada Tweeted on Wednesday afternoon, “Local reports here in Jordan say that King Abdullah will personally fly and lead the airstrikes against ISIS tomorrow.”

Middle East commentator Joseph Braude wrote on Twitter: “Reports that Jordanian King Abdullah, himself a pilot, will fly sorties on ISIS targets.”

Before assuming the throne, Abullah II was a Major General in charge of Jordanian Special Forces. Abdullah is also certified as a Cobra Attack Helicopter Pilot. In 1980, he joined the UK’s Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and was commissioned as a 2nd Lt. in the British Army.

Jordanian air strikes on Wednesday neutralized at least 55 Islamic State jihadists, including a top Islamic State commander who was known as the “Prince of Nineveh,” according to reports.
Hupineger Glomomp0036, posting at the same time, added this link and comment:
King Abdullah is, apparently, taking the murder of his pilot personally.

..and we still have this:
Posted by:Ebbomosh Hupemp2664

#23  :o)
Posted by: badanov   2015-02-05 23:44  

#22  flatten all three

When Rantburgers, cold as an icicle,
Jeer Zero and leer at his bicycle,
They should grade on a curve
And affirm Preezy's nerve:
Full credit for trying a tricycle!
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2015-02-05 23:07  

#21  IIRC Egypt's own Hosni Mubarak was Egyptian Air Force, a flyboy as was Cao Ky of the former Republic of South Vietnam.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-02-05 22:17  

#20  And it's Mullah R. for the win! :-D
Posted by: Barbara   2015-02-05 22:12  

#19  It's good to be the king...
Posted by: badanov   2015-02-05 22:06  

#18  *oh snap*
Posted by: Frank G   2015-02-05 21:17  

#17  You'd have to flatten all three, AP.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2015-02-05 21:03  

#16  Maybe we have a two-fer! Have both Bibi and Abdullah address a joint session of congress. That will flatten O's tires on his bicycle.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2015-02-05 20:24  

#15  He needs to start channeling Vlad the Impaler on any ISIS, then we'll see. Short Vlad tutorial, King Abdullah, this ones for you... hit it boys.

Posted by: Throsh Dark Lord of the Visigoths8964   2015-02-05 19:22  

#14  Not according to the Royal Hashemite Court
http://en.ammonnews.net/article.aspx?articleno=27897#.VNQC1T8agUg

Not that the story being untrue diminshes my respect for King Abdullah. Everything I've read so far suggest he is a very good leader and King
Posted by: Chantry   2015-02-05 19:02  

#13  If one agrees with Victor Davis Hanson, Mr. Obama may be getting exactly what he wants foreign policy-wise.
Posted by: Pappy   2015-02-05 18:08  

#12  Impressive act of personal courage and commitment, reflecting a sense of honor and anger to the barbarous acts of savages. Champ equivocated and suggested Christians by example have been guilty of the same kinds of barbarous behavior, citing the Inquisition and the Crusades.
Apparently the march of time has no effects on his equivocational standards. Oh, and he had to bring in slavery and Jim Crow laws, to refocus some of the shame on his country. What an absolute POS!
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2015-02-05 18:05  

#11  From HG0036's link:

Obama can’t even call ISIS what they are and King Abdullah is personally bombing them.

First Bibi, now Abdullah.

That may leave a mark.
Posted by: gorb   2015-02-05 16:25  

#10  All hail the King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan!
Posted by: Theting Glasing4448   2015-02-05 16:00  

#9  QE II drove for, I think, the RAF during WW II as a teenager. She remarked she's the only one of the royals who knows how to change a tire. Her sons and grandsons have been downrange here and there.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey   2015-02-05 15:33  

#8  There were four sovereigns on the field of battle at Leipzig in 1814, Napoleon, Alexander I, Frederick William II, and Francis I.

Albert I personally led the Belgian Army during WWI, including supposedly from the front. Much propaganda was made of it, including the fact that his queen was a front-line nurse and his son and heir was a private in the trenches.
Posted by: Mitch H.   2015-02-05 14:41  

#7  I'd guess that the rules of engagement have been greatly loosened. Think Dresden or Tokyo in WW II.
Posted by: Mr. Frank   2015-02-05 14:12  

#6  My vote Procopius2k is George II, at the age of 60, was the last British sovereign to take such a role, at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743 in Germany, against the French.
Posted by: Bugs White6776   2015-02-05 13:48  

#5  Trivia time - last time a western King was on the field of battle (not as an observer visiting the troops)?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-02-05 13:35  

#4  Champ will betray the King. Just like the old Randy Travis balad, 'It's just a matter of time.'
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-02-05 13:23  

#3  He is a true leader and will do what it takes, including putting himself in danger to protect his people.

Obama will just whine more and raise taxes on what he sees as his slaves.
Posted by: DarthVader   2015-02-05 12:03  

#2  Old School. And big brass balls. If I were Jordanian, I would be stand pretty damn tall due to my King this day. Think about the positive impact on the morale of the military...
Posted by: Vinegar Clorong1286   2015-02-05 11:54  

#1  Obama said he will sacrifice his golf glove and play barehanded this weekend.
Posted by: Airandee   2015-02-05 10:51  

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