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ByOmarAkourand Karin Laub The Associated Press AMMAN, JORDAN Islamic State militants put to death a captured Jorda- nian fighter pilot by burn- ing him alive in a cage, ac- cording to a video the group released Tuesday. The king- dom vowed a swift and le- thal response to what it called a "barbaric" act. The military confirmed the death of Lt. Muath Al- Kaseasbeh, who was cap- tured by the extremists in December when his F-16 crashed while he was fly- ing a mission as part of the U.S.-led air campaign against the Islamic State. Jordanian TV said the pilot was killed as long ago as Jan. 3. In the past week, the militants had not re- sponded to demands by Jordanian authorities to de- liver proof the airman was alive so a prisoner swap could be made. The killing of the 26-year- old pilot appeared aimed at pressuring the government of Jordan — a close U.S. ally — to leave the coalition that has carried out months of airstrikes targeting Islamic State positions in Syria and Iraq. But the extremists' brutality against a fellow Muslim could backfire and galvanize other Sunni Mus- lims in the region against them. King Abdullah II, who has portrayed the campaign against the extremists as a battle over values, was in Washington on a previously scheduled trip. He added a stop at the White House with President Barack Obama. The monarch broadcast a speech on Jor- danian TV on Tuesday eve- ning, confirming the pilot's death "with sorrow and an- ger," and urging his coun- trymen to unite. "It's the duty of all of us to stand united and show the real values of Jordanians in the face of these hardships," Abdullah said. The official Petra news agency said he would be cutting short his Washington trip. Obama said the Islamic State group's video, if au- thentic, showed "the vi- ciousness and barbarity of this organization." "And it, I think, will re- double the vigilance and determination on the part of a global coalition to make sure that they are degraded and ultimately defeated," he told report- ers during an event at the White House. Obama later issued a statement offering condo- lences, saying the pilot's "dedication, courage, and service to his country and family represent universal human values that stand in opposition to the coward- ice and depravity of ISIL, which has been so broadly rejected around the globe." The Islamic State group is known variously by the ac- ronyms ISIL, ISIS and, in Arabic, Daesh. Dozens of people chant- ing slogans against the Is- lamic State marched toward the royal palace to express their anger. Waving a Jor- danian flag, they chanted, "Damn you, Daesh!" and "We will avenge, we will avenge our son's blood." Jordanian officials said the country would response swiftly and decisively. "Our punishment and revenge will be as huge as the loss of the Jordanians," said the spokesman of the armed forces, Mamdouh al- Ameri. One option is to move forward with the execution of Sajida al-Rishawi, an al- Qaida prisoner whom Jor- dan had offered to trade for the pilot. Al-Rishawi, 44, faces death by hanging for her role in the bombings of three Amman hotels in 2005. Al-Rishawi's suicide belt did not detonate at the time and she fled the scene, but was quickly arrested. After a televised confession, she recanted, but her appeal was turned down. Al-Rishawi, an Iraqi na- tional, has close family ties to the Iraqi branch of al- Qaida, a precursor of the Islamic State group. The 20-minute video pur- portedly showing the pi- lot's killing was released on militant websites and bore the logo of the ex- tremist group's al-Furqan media service. The clip fea- tured the slick production and graphics used in pre- vious Islamic State videos. The pilot showed signs of having been beaten, in- cluding a black eye. Toward the end of the video, he was shown wearing an orange jumpsuit. He stood in an outdoor cage as a masked militant ignited a line of fuel leading to it. The video, which could not immediately be con- firmed independently by The Associated Press, threatened other purported Jordanian pilots by name. It emerged three days after Japanese journalist Kenji Goto was purportedly beheaded by the militants. The fate of the journal- ist and the pilot had been linked by their captors. Al-Kaseasbeh is from a tribal area in southern Jordan's Karak district. The tribes are considered a mainstay of support for the monarchy, but the pi- lot's capture has strained that relationship. Members of the pilot's family have re- peatedly accused the gov- ernment of botching efforts to win his release and have also criticized Jordan's par- ticipation in the anti-IS al- liance. ISLAMIC STATE Vi de o sh ow s pi lo t bu rn ed a li ve SITEINTELLIGENCEGROUP—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS This image made from video released by Islamic State group militants and posted on the website of the SITE Intelligence Group on Tuesday purportedly shows Jordanian pilot Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh standing in a cage just before being burned to death by his captors. By Maria Cheng The Associated Press LONDON Britain moved Tuesday toward allowing scientists to create hu- mans from the DNA of three people. The technology aims to liberate future generations from inherited diseases, but critics say it crosses a fundamental scientific boundary and could lead to "designer babies." The U.K.'s House of Commons voted 382-178 in favor of legislation to li- cense these experiments. If approved in the House of Lords, Britain would be- come the world's first na- tion to allow genetic mod- ifications in human em- bryos. "This is a bold step to take, but it is a considered and informed step," Health Minister Jane Ellison told the Commons. The technology is com- pletely different from that used to create genetically modified foods, where sci- entists typically select in- dividual genes to be trans- ferred from one species into another. But critics say it crosses a red line, since changes made to em- bryos will be passed on to future generations, with the potential for unfore- seen consequences. While this legislation was drafted specifically to grant permission only for certain specified tech- niques, critics fear it will encourage scientists to push for other experiments in the future. The protests are "about protecting children from the severe health risks of these unnecessary tech- niques and protecting ev- eryone from the eugenic designer-baby future that will follow from this," said David King, director of the secular watchdog group Human Genetics Alert. The technology altering a human egg or embryo be- fore transferring it into a mother with defects in her mitochondria, the energy- producing structures out- side a cell's nucleus. These genetic defects can result in diseases including mus- cular dystrophy, heart, kid- ney and liver failure and severe muscle weakness. Scientists would remove the nucleus DNA from the egg of the prospective mother and insert it into a donor egg from which the nucleus DNA has been re- moved. The resulting em- bryo would have the nu- cleus DNA from its par- ents but the mitochondrial DNA from the donor. This can be done two ways — before or after fertiliza- tion — in the techniques approved by the Commons. Scientists say more than 99 percent of the DNA in the resulting child would come from its parents, with a tiny fraction com- ing from the donor egg. Britain's Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Sally Davies, said the law would give women with mitochon- drial disease "the opportu- nity to have children with- out passing on devastating genetic disorders." Britain has long been a leader in reproductive technology; the world's first baby from in vitro fer- tilization, Louise Brown, was born in the U.K. in 1978. U.S. regulators are mov- ing more slowly: Scientists at a U.S. Food and Drug Administration meeting on the techniques last year warned it could take de- cades to determine if they are safe. Meanwhile, ex- perts say the techniques are likely being used else- where, such as in China and Japan, but are mostly unregulated. HOUSE OF COMMONS VOTE Br it ai n mo ve s to wa rd creation of humans from DNA of 3 people By Rob Gillies The Associated Press TORONTO Canadian po- lice made another arrest and announced charges against three men related to an Islamic State recruit- ing cell in Ottawa, police announced Tuesday. The case is linked to the arrest of three men in Ot- tawa last month. It involves alleged recruiting for the Is- lamic State group and Ca- nadian John Maguire, a fighter who appeared in an IS propaganda video over- seas and who reportedly might have been killed re- cently. Police announced they arrested Awso Peshdary, 25, and charged him with par- ticipation in the activity of a terrorist group and with facilitating an activity for a terrorist group. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police also laid terrorism charges in absentia against Khadar Khalib, 23, and Maguire, 24. Both travelled to Syria or Iraq and remain at large. RCMP Chief Superin- tendent Jennifer Stra- chan said while there have been recent reports saying that Maguire was killed in Syria, the RCMP has not re- ceived conclusive evidence confirming that he is de- ceased. 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