As Twitchy reported, both Jordanian state TV and the country’s information ministry claim that failed suicide bomber Sajida Al Rishawi and al Qaeda operative Ziyad al-Karbouli have been executed in Jordan in direct retaliation for the video showing the killing of Jordanian pilot Maaz al-Kassasbeh.
https://twitter.com/karoun/status/562819053782577152
Not messing around, indeed. Jordan’s King Abdullah was in Washington, D.C., Tuesday as a guest of Vice President Biden and met very briefly with President Obama after news of the killing of Kassasbeh broke.
Reuters: #Obama to meet #Jordan King Abdullah soon before he departs to Amman. #ISIS pic.twitter.com/UIW15v5YPz
— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) February 3, 2015
And then this happens. #Jordan #JeSuisCharlie pic.twitter.com/qsZWtYBJ2C
— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) February 3, 2015
#Jordan King Abdullah left meeting with #Obama now, lasted less than 20 min. King heads back to Amman. pic.twitter.com/iR5qzFQLHC
— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) February 3, 2015
The press pool was allowed in for a photo op with the two leaders that lasted around 30 seconds.
Pres Obama and King Abdullah during brief Oval Office photo op at the start of their meeting. Nothing said to press. pic.twitter.com/84Il3alY9i
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) February 3, 2015
Oval Office scene, per pool: Obama & King Abdullah II whispered to one another. Biden "was leaning against a far wall with his arms crossed"
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) February 3, 2015
Here’s the WH pool report on Obama meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan pic.twitter.com/VZ2ZZMZeny
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) February 3, 2015
The Washington Examiner notes that an angry Abdullah also met with members of the House Armed Services Committee. Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter Jr., a veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan, “said there was no mention of President Obama during the bipartisan meeting, either by King Abdullah or by any of the lawmakers in the room.”
No mention of Obama 'coz he's irrelevant: ISIS execution, angry King Abdullah quotes Clint Eastwood http://t.co/6oieL7NG2C via @DCExaminer
— Massimo Messina (@massimomessina1) February 4, 2015
In the meantime, be assured that no one is angrier about the brutal immolation of Kassasbeh than Obama.
Obama vows "undeterred resolve to see ISIL and its hateful ideology banished to the recesses of history"
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) February 3, 2015
@charliespiering how 'bout banishing them to hell first.
— Pat's Coconut Oil & Kale Recipe (@jess_fosterjax) February 3, 2015
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