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ISIS Captures Jordanian Pilot

Claim they shot down plane.

ISIS militants have captured a pilot from the U.S.-led coalition and are claiming to have shot down his plane, a monitoring group reported Wednesday. The militants reportedly brought down the jet near Raqqa in northern Syria using an antiaircraft missile. On social media, ISIS supporters claim the captured pilot is from Jordan and posted images of a man in a white T-shirt surrounded by gunmen. The government of Jordan has confirmed that the pilot is one of its own.

Read it at The New York Times

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