Opinion: Jordans executions of jihadists could backfire
Lina Khatib is director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. Previously, she was the co-founding head of the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy at Stanford Universitys Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. The views .
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Jordan executed two al Qaeda prisoners before dawn Wednesday, following through on a promised strong response to the ISIS killing of pilot Moath al-Kasasbeh, a government spokesman said. PETRA/Jordan State News. What could happen next? Analysts have predicted the brutality of its latest video could come back to bite ISIS. ���I think theres likely to be a backlash, particularly in Jordan,��� said Paul Cruickshank, a CNN terrorism analyst. ���I think its sort of going to��.
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