The Islamic State has released a video showing a captured Jordanian fighter pilot being burned alive inside a cage. First Lt. Moaz al-Kasasbeh was captured in December when his F-16 crashed in northern Syria during an airstrike as part of the U.S.-led campaign against the Islamic State. Speaking before the video was confirmed, Obama said it would only increase U.S. efforts against ISIS.
President Obama: “I don’t know the details of the confirmations, but should in fact this video be authentic, it’s just one more indication of the viciousness and barbarity of this organization. And it, I think, will redouble the vigilance and determination on the part of a global coalition to make sure that they are degraded and ultimately defeated.”