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ISIS Releases Audio Negotiation for Jordanian Pilot

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ISIS has released audio recordings of negotiations for the release of a Jordanian pilot who was later killed by the armed group.

In a YouTube video, Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, a prominent Salafi spiritual figure, could be heard negotiating with ISIL over the fate of pilot Moaz al-Kassasbeh.

In the video, ISIS accused Jordan-based Maqdisi, who appeared to conduct the negotiations on behalf of the Jordanian government, of being a spy for the US and Jordanian authorities.

“God has placed this pilot in your hands as a key to release your sister Sajida al-Rishawi, so don’t make things too complicated,” Maqdisi told ISIS in the recordings, referring to a female would-be suicide bomber whose release ISIS demanded in return for handing over Kassasbeh.

 Read More: aljazeera.com

Father of Murdered Jordan Pilot Demands Revenge

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Safi al-Kassasbeh says Jordan’s execution of two al-Qaeda-linked prisoners is not sufficient to avenge his son’s death.

The father of a Jordanian fighter pilot who was burned alive by ISIS has demanded from Jordan a harsh and swift revenge for his son’s murder.

Speaking to Al Jazeera on Wednesday, Safi al-Kassasbeh said that the execution of two Al-Qaeda-linked prisoners that followed his son’s death was not sufficient.

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ISIS Threatens Obama, Japanese and Jordanian Hostages in New Online Messages

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A new, grisly beheading video from ISIS includes a direct threat against President Obama and is one of at least three new warnings from the terror organization, including pledges to kill Jordanian and Japanese hostages if a hostage held by Jordan is not freed.

In a new online video discovered by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) on Tuesday, three Islamic State fighters stand behind a kneeling Kurdish fighter as one of the extremists launches into a diatribe against the U.S. and other Western nations.

“Know, oh Obama, that will reach America,” says one of the fighters, clad in black and wearing a balaclava, in a translation from Arabic provided by MEMRI. “Know also that we will cut off your head in the White House, and transform America into a Muslim Province.”

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