UAE to station F-16 squadron in Jordan to fight IS

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http://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates/1395276165673.html

07/02/2015 07:08:00 PM

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ABU DHABI, 7th February 2015 (WAM) --- Under directives from President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has ordered the stationing of a UAE Air Force F-16 squadron in fraternal Jordan.

The initiative expresses the stance of the people, government and leadership of the UAE with fraternal Jordan at all levels and in all arenas, and reaffirms the UAE's unwavering and constant solidarity with Jordan and its leading role and immense sacrifices for the security and stability of the region as embodied by Martyr and hero Moaz al-Kasasbeh.

The orders are also in support of the military efforts of the Jordanian Armed Forces, the Jordan Arab Army, and their effective participation in the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL (Daesh), the brutal terrorist organisation that showed all the world its ugliness and violation of all religious and human values through abominable crimes that exposed its false allegations and drew outrage and disgust from the Arab peoples.

The UAE's initiative to support Jordan's official and popular stance emanates from its deep belief in the need for Arab collective cooperation to eliminate terrorism, through actions and words, and bolster the security, stability and moderation of the nation through the collective encountering of these terrorist gangs and their misleading ideology and brutal practices.

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UAE to station F-16 squadron in Jordan to fight IS
Dubai, Feb 7, 2015, (IANS)

The UAE has ordered that an F-16 fighter jet squadron be stationed in Jordan to support Amman's efforts to fight the Islamic State (IS), Xinhua reported Saturday.
Citing the United Arab Emirates' WAM news agency, it said the order, issued by Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi, reaffirmed the UAE's "unwavering and constant solidarity" with Jordan and recognised its immense sacrifices for the security and stability of the region, as embodied by the Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh, who was brutally killed by his IS captors.

According to the decree, the move displayed the UAE's support for Jordan's efforts and effective participation in an international coalition to battle the IS.

The order added that "the brutal terrorist organisation" has showed the whole world its "ugliness and violation of all religious and human values, through abominable crimes that exposed its false allegations and drew outrage and disgust from the Arab peoples".

However, it was not clear whether the UAE's fighter jets would carry out airstrikes against the IS.

Jordan and the UAE are members of a US-led military coalition against the jihadis, but according to earlier reports, the UAE had suspended its airstrikes late last year.

Earlier this week, the IS posted a video on the Internet, which purportedly showed that the militants burned the Jordanian pilot alive.

Following the incident, King Abdullah II of Jordan vowed that his country's response to the killing of the pilot would be harsh.

Jordan executed two jihadi prisoners in retaliation Wednesday and launched airstrikes against several IS targets in Syria Thursday.

On Saturday, Jordan launched new rounds of airstrikes against IS targets for the third straight day.

The 26-year-old Jordanian pilot, was captured by the IS when his plane crashed in Syria late last year.

 

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