CRI听力:Jordan Executes Convicted Terrorists in Response to IS Killing of Pilot

Jordan has executed two convicts, including a female jihadist, in retaliation to the killing of a Jordanian air force pilot by Islamic State militants.

Failed suicide bomber Sajida al-Rishawi and al-Qaeda operative Ziyad Karboli - both Iraqi nationals - were executed by hanging early Wednesday morning, and the executions were then announced on local media.

"At dawn this morning, the criminal Sajida al-Rishawi and the criminal Ziyad Karboli were executed after being convicted of terrorist acts. The pair belonged to terrorist organisations, as mentioned in a statement issued by the interior ministry of the Kingdom of Jordan."

The executions came hours after IS posted a video showing pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh being burned alive.

He was seized after his plane crashed during an anti-IS bombing mission over Syria in December.

Jordan had earlier agreed to a prisoner swap to secure the release of the pilot.

But Jordanian media reports claim that the Pilot may have been killed a month earlier.

The Islamic State also executed two Japanese hostages recently.

For more on this, CRI's John Artman spoke to Professor Richard Weitz, Director & Senior Fellow, of the Center for Political-Military Analysis at the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC.

Professor Richard Weitz, Director & Senior Fellow, of the Center for Political-Military Analysis at the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC speaking to CRI's John Artman.