(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki said: "We stand behind the people of Jordan" in the aftermath of the country's decision to hang two prisoners in retaliation for the ISIS burning of Jordanian Pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh.
"These individuals, I would remind everybody, had gone through a judicial process, were both convicted Al Qaida-connected terrorists who had been sentenced to death long before February 3," Psaki told reporters on Wednesday.
"We support the government of Jordan," she added.
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