From AP:
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The United Arab Emirates said Saturday it ordered a squadron of F-16 fighters to Jordan, demonstrating support for Jordan's pledge to hunt down Islamic State group militants and "wipe them out completely."
Both countries are members of a U.S.-led military coalition against the militants, but U.S. officials have said the UAE suspended its airstrikes late last year.
The UAE, which hosts air bases used by American and coalition partners, has not commented on suspending its strikes.
The UAE's suspension of bombing missions came after a Jordanian pilot, Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh, crashed over Islamic State group-held territory in northern Syria in late December and was taken captive.
Jordan's interior minister, Hussein al-Majali, said al-Kaseasbeh's killing was a turning point for Jordan. He told the state-run al-Rai newspaper in comments published Saturday that Jordan will go after the militants "wherever they are."
The most recent airstrikes are "the beginning of a continued process to eliminate them and wipe them out completely," he said of the militants who control about a third of neighboring Syria and Iraq.
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WWM (World War Muslim) has arrived.
Which side will Obama take? Hmmmm?
Perhaps it's a good time to reconsider any vacations in the UAE given Qatar is funding ISIS/IS/ISIL/Daesh and is where Obama released those GITMO detainees.
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