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Jordan: “We Will Completely Wipe Out ISIS”

The King of Jordan made the boldest statement yet from a world leader when he said that his country would “completely wipe out ISIS.”

Jordan’s interior minister Hussein al-Majali said his nation’s forces would go after ISIS “wherever they are” and “eliminate them and wipe them out completely.”

The move comes after ISIS burned alive a Jordanian pilot shot down over Syria.

King Abdullah said that Jordan would fight “to the last bullet, the last plane, the last missile.”

The move by Jordan has spurred the United Arab Emirates to enter back into the airstrike coalition.  The UAE had suspended their attacks after the capture of the pilot in an attempt to get ISIS to release him.

The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi told the UAE’s official news agency “deep belief in the need for Arab collective cooperation to eliminate terrorism, through actions and words, and bolster the security, stability and moderation of the nation through the collective encountering of these terrorist gangs and their misleading ideology and brutal practices” was the reason for the resumption of air strikes.

Islamists Face Trial In UAE

A trial has started in the United Arab Emirates for thirty Islamic extremists accused of setting up an illegal arm of the Muslim Brotherhood.

The defendants all claimed innocence and said they were victims of torture in prison.

Twenty of the defendants are Egyptian nationals including three doctors. Six Egyptians are being tried in absentia as part of the trial. All are accused of being part of the Islamist political society al-Islah, which prosecutors say is a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood.

This is the second trial of Islamists connected to the establishment of an illegal Brotherhood branch. In July, 69 Islamists were convicted for their connections to the group and were sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.