Muath Al-Kasasbeh

Muath Al-Kasasbeh
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Birth name	Muath Safi Yousef Al-Kasasbeh
Born	May 29, 1988 ; Karak , Jordan
Died	January 3, 2015 (aged 26) ; Syria
Allegiance	Jordan
Service/branch	Royal Jordanian Air Force
Rank	First Lieutenant

Muath Safi Yousef Al-Kasasbeh ( Arabic : ???? ???? ???? ???????? ; May 29, 1988 ? January 3, 2015) ^[2] was a Jordanian pilot. He was imprisoned and burnt alive by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant .

Al-Kasasbeh was a First Lieutenant in the Royal Jordanian Air Force . The plane he was piloting, an F-16 fighter jet, crashed after mechanical problems on December 24, 2014, though Islamic State claimed it shot his aircraft down. ^[3] He was captured by Islamic State militants near Raqqa , Syria.

He was threatened with execution, but there were negotiations to release him. However, Islamic State decapitated his co-prisoner, Japanese journalist Kenji Goto , and subsequently burned Al-Kasasbeh to death while he was locked in a cage. ^[4]

References [ change | change source ]

↑ Heather Saul and Kashmira Gander (December 24, 2014). "Isis 'did not shoot down Jordan war plane' before capturing pilot, says US" . The Independent . Archived from the original on December 27, 2014 . Retrieved January 3, 2015 . RMC later posted a photograph of the Jordanian military identity card of the pilot identifying him as Mu'ath Safi Yousef al-Kaseasbeh who was born on May 29, 1988.
↑ Shiv Malik. "Isis video shows Jordanian hostage being burned to death" . the Guardian .
↑ "BBC News - Profile: IS-held Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh" . BBC News .
↑ "Jordan committed to anti-IS coalition, despite hostage drama" . Yahoo News . 1 February 2015.

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[1] Heather Saul and Kashmira Gander (December 24, 2014). "Isis 'did not shoot down Jordan war plane' before capturing pilot, says US" . The Independent . Archived from the original on December 27, 2014 . Retrieved January 3, 2015 . RMC later posted a photograph of the Jordanian military identity card of the pilot identifying him as Mu'ath Safi Yousef al-Kaseasbeh who was born on May 29, 1988.

[2] Shiv Malik. "Isis video shows Jordanian hostage being burned to death" . the Guardian .

[3] "BBC News - Profile: IS-held Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh" . BBC News .

[4] "Jordan committed to anti-IS coalition, despite hostage drama" . Yahoo News . 1 February 2015.

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