![]() 1653: Jasper Hanebuth, robber and murderer - 2014.1784: James Andrews, the last to hang in the Grassmarket - 2016.1939: Maurice Pilorge, Le Condamné à mort - 2017.1926: Iskilipli Mehmed Atif Hoca, headstrong - 2019.1820: The pirates of the William - 2020. ![]() #Chameleon serial killer stephen peter morin freeDespite the notoriety of the bombing, al-Rishawi was understood as a small-timer by Jordanians who widely favored setting her free if that could actually secure the release of the lieutenant. * Her explosive vest failed to detonate, but the attack killed 57. al-Kaseasbeh’s father agreed - adding that Jordan’s true revenge must be “to destroy this terrorist group.” “My son’s blood is worth more than those two,” Lt. Our punishment and revenge will be as huge as the loss of the Jordanians,” a spokesman said in a prepared statement today. “While the military forces mourn the martyr, they emphasize his blood will not be shed in vain. Jordan has vowed an “earth-shaking response” extending far beyond hanging al-Rishawi and Ziyad Karboli, another al-Qaida in Iraq prisoner who was also executed. Her crime predated ISIS, of course, but here’s guessing it was a public relations maneuver for the Islamist quasi-state to involve the al-Rishawi gratuitously and invite Jordan to martyr a female prisoner who turned terrorist after she lost a husband and three brothers killed fighting American troops. al-Kaseasbeh’s fate surfaced.)Īl-Rishawi, an Iraqi woman condemned to death in 2005 for taking part in a suicide bombing,* was promptly hanged in revenge by an enraged Jordan. (And/or deflecting some of the public anger away from the government initial reports today had some crowds chanting against Jordan’s King Abdullah, who hastened home from meetings in Washington, D.C. Jordanian television has reported that the almost jeering video reply was actually filmed on January 3, indicating that the “hostage” negotiations had been a sham all along. Jordan last week agreed to trade al-Rishawi, if ISIS could prove that al-Kaseasbeh was still alive. Video of Goto’s beheading came out several days ago. The unfortunate pilot had been used as a prop in ISIS’s provocative hostage diplomacy along with the Japanese captive Kenji Goto, who were both offered in exchange for Sajida al-Rishawi, a terrorist already on Jordan’s death row Jordan’s death row who had been widely forgotten. The slickly produced 22-minute piece with the stomach-turning climax can be found online here, but don’t say we didn’t warn you. Muath al-Kaseasbeh shrieking as flames devour him. ISIS yesterday posted a video showing a caged and gasoline-drenched Lt. This morning at Swaqa prison south of Amman, Jordan executed two operatives of al-Qaida in Iraq in retaliation against ISIS for the murder of a captured Jordanian pilot.
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