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Jordan says ready to release Iraqi woman militant if pilot released
Source: Reuters
Jordan's government spokesperson said on Wednesday his country was willing to hand over an Iraqi would-be-suicide bomber if a Jordanian pilot captured by Islamic State was released.
"Jordan is ready to release prisoner Sajida al-Rishawi if the Jordanian pilot Lieutenant Muath al-Kasaesbeh was released and his life spared," Mohammad al-Momani, a government spokesperson, was quoted on state television as saying.
He did not make any reference to Japanese hostage Kenji Goto.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/28/us-mideast-crisis-jordan-hostage-idUSKBN0L117K20150128?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=twitter
