Multiple news outlets including are reporting that ISIS has executed Jordanian pilot Maaz al-Kassasbeh by burning him alive while locked in a cage. Twitchy will not be showing any of the images:
#ISIS apparently burns Jordanian pilot alive: http://t.co/X12bAFNadM
— The Hill (@thehill) February 3, 2015
Jordan pilot held hostage appears to be burned alive by ISIS in new video http://t.co/L7bXl5CV2J
— Austin Hunt (@AustinHunt) February 3, 2015
https://twitter.com/tazcat2011/status/562657798555566080
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JORDAN http://t.co/BbHj48MZ9S
MIDDLE EAST http://t.co/h0Hh7LsnVY— Nina L. Diamond (@ninatypewriter) February 3, 2015
Let’s see how this plays in Jordan:
#Jordan's tribes in uproar over pilot kidnap. King Abdullah already under pressure. Now in US when Moaz murdered in most brutal way. #ISIS
— Jon Williams (@WilliamsJon) February 3, 2015
RT @rConflictNews: BREAKING: #Jordan now confirms that pilot held by #ISIS is dead. Say he was killed on January 3rd
— Eric Johnson (@itsEric) February 3, 2015
R.I.P.
Update:
https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/562664505478770688
And there’s some question of when this video was taken:
https://twitter.com/zaidbenjamin/status/562661859023912960
Given that Jordanians were willing to trade, seems clear ISIS did not want a trade. Or perhaps killed the pilot weeks ago.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 3, 2015
Update from Jordan:
UPDATE: Jordanian government confirms ISIS militants executed captive pilot, according to state TV http://t.co/UU8WU5olu7
— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 3, 2015
Update:
Pres. Obama on purported ISIS video – if authentic, "one more indication of viciousness and barbarity of this organization," per pool.
— Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) February 3, 2015
Jordanian State TV airs banner on their live programming saying pilot Moaz al-Kassasbeh was martyred JANUARY 3rd”, 2015 (a month ago)
— Ram Ramgopal (@RamCNN) February 3, 2015
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
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