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Dec 25, 2014, NSNBC
ISIS claimed that it downed a Jordanian fighter jet near the city of al-Raqqah, displaying photos of the captured pilot. The Jordanian Air Force confirmed the capture of the pilot and his identity, but claimed that the jet hadn’t been shot down.
Images of the downed Jordanian pilot, Muaz al-Kasasbeh, were published by the Raqqah news service that operates in the city under permission of the so-called Islamic State, a.k.a. ISIS, ISIL, and Daesh. The insurgents also spread the images via their own social media outlets.
The images show the pilot surrounded by ISIS fighters after he had been drawn “out of a lake”.
Although no specifics were provided about the exact location where the jet came down, the only lake in the region is the Al-Assad Lake and a containment lake on its southern end. Both are created by artificial dams in the Euphrates river.
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