Jordan launches new air strikes against ISIL

Thats King of Jordan above..A no nonsense man..hehehe....

The king of Jordan, Abdullah II ibn al-Hussein is a trained pilot and there are now reports that he's planning to personally take part and lead revenge airstrikes on ISIS after the brutal killing of one of their pilots, 27 year old military pilot, Moaz al-Kassasbeh.

According to Mail Online, an Arabic-language newspaper said King Abdullah is considering taking part in the bombings today after he reportedly quoted a Clint Eastwood character;

'Any man I see out there, I'm gonna kill him. Any son of a bitch takes a shot at me, I'm not only going to kill him, I'm going to kill his wife and all his friends and burn his damn house down.,' Eastwood's William Munny says in 'Unforgiven.

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Jordan has launched new air strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Syria, a day after King Abdullah II vowed to avenge the death of Jordanian military pilot Moaz al-Kassasbeh.

Jordan’s army did not disclose what country was targeted during the operation on Thursday but Al Jazeera has learned that Abdullah told Kassasbeh’s father Safi al-Kassasbeh that the warplanes flying over their town have just returned from al-Raqqa, the ISIL stronghold in Syria.

“Planes from the Jordanian Royal Forces have just arrived from al-Raqqa now after bombarding and pounding them,” al-Kassasbeh said after he was told by visiting Jordanian king. “God willing we will end their existence in Syria. We ask God to help us annihilate them.”

Al Jazeera has also learned from sources in the Iraqi border police of Anbar province, in western Iraq, that Jordanian troops have moved closer towards the Iraqi border, near the Rowaished area opposite the Iraqi city of Trebil.

The sources added that the movement of a large number of troops were not unusual in the past, and that those forces have set up a camp there in the past.

Jordan is part of a US-led military coalition which has bombed ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq, but until now Jordanian warplanes are only known to have carried out raids in Syria.

ISIL controls a territory covering areas between Syria and Iraq.