Talk politics.

With 56 air raids, Jordan has managed to destroy 20% of the ISIL infrastructure in their key city of Raqqa, and force its leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi to hide for his life. The small Arab nation has started the bombardment of the terrorist base since last week, after the tragedy with the burned Jordanian pilot.

Logistical centres, military storages and barracks have been destroyed, the chief of staff of the Jordanian air forces announced in the weekend, adding that the air raids had diminished the ISIL military capacity by 20%, and killed about 7000 of their militants. Al Baghdadi is now hiding, and is constantly on the move. Earlier the Joradnian foreign minister Nasser Judeh said these strikes are "just the beginning of our revenge". The deployment of Jordanian troops on the Iraqi border shows that there'll certainly be an escalation.


This anger was unleashed after the outcome of the drama with the captured 26 y.o. Jordanian F16 pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh who had been downed over Syria on Christmas eve, and fell into ISIL hands. The Islamists wanted to trade him for the Iraqi woman Sajida al-Rishawi who was being held at a Jordanian prison on charges of terrorism. But while the kingdom was negotiating, US special troops made an attempt to free him, which turned out unsuccessful, The Daily Beast claims. That happened on Jan 1. A 22-minute video published on Feb 3 showed the murder of the lieutenant who was burned alive in a cage. Experts believe that must have happened as early as Jan 3, right after the unsuccessful rescue attempt.

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