Report: prisoner swap with ISIS could be possible for captured Jordanian pilot
A prisoner exchange may be in the cards for a Jordanian pilot captured by Islamic State fighters after his plane crashed in Syria on Wednesday, according to a report in the Arab press.
Tareq Al Fayed, a Jordanian activist close to the Salafis told the London-based daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi on Thursday that a prisoner exchange could be possible if the Jordanian government released people affiliated with al-Qaida in Iraq, the precursor to Islamic State.
The activist mentioned several names including jihadist Ziad al-Karbouli (aka Abu Houthiyfah) as a possible person that could be exchanged. Karbouli worked with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the former leader of al-Qaida in Iraq.
Fayed also mentioned Jordanian Muammar al-Jaghbir, who was sentenced to death for the 2002 murder of a US diplomat, but whose sentence was commuted to 15 years.
Another name that he raised was Sajida al-Rishawi, an Iraqi woman who was caught trying to blow herself up in a suicide bombing during a wedding party at a hotel in Amman in 2005.
Meanwhile, the father of a Jordanian pilot said he did not consider his son a hostage and called on his captors to treat him as a "guest".
Jordan is one of several Arab countries participating in the US-led military mission to bomb fighters from the Islamist group, which holds territory in both Syria and Iraq.
First Lieutenant Muath al-Kasaesbeh, 27, was captured after his jet crashed in northeast Syria during a bombing mission against the militants. The US military, which commands the operation, said enemy fire was not the cause of the crash.
Tareq Al Fayed, a Jordanian activist close to the Salafis told the London-based daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi on Thursday that a prisoner exchange could be possible if the Jordanian government released people affiliated with al-Qaida in Iraq, the precursor to Islamic State.
The activist mentioned several names including jihadist Ziad al-Karbouli (aka Abu Houthiyfah) as a possible person that could be exchanged. Karbouli worked with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the former leader of al-Qaida in Iraq.
Fayed also mentioned Jordanian Muammar al-Jaghbir, who was sentenced to death for the 2002 murder of a US diplomat, but whose sentence was commuted to 15 years.
Another name that he raised was Sajida al-Rishawi, an Iraqi woman who was caught trying to blow herself up in a suicide bombing during a wedding party at a hotel in Amman in 2005.
Meanwhile, the father of a Jordanian pilot said he did not consider his son a hostage and called on his captors to treat him as a "guest".
Jordan is one of several Arab countries participating in the US-led military mission to bomb fighters from the Islamist group, which holds territory in both Syria and Iraq.
First Lieutenant Muath al-Kasaesbeh, 27, was captured after his jet crashed in northeast Syria during a bombing mission against the militants. The US military, which commands the operation, said enemy fire was not the cause of the crash.
Source http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Report-prisoner-swap-with-ISIS-could-be-possible-for-captured-Jordanian-pilot-385767
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