Thousands marched in Jordan's capital Friday demanding revenge from ISIS after burning alive the fighter pilot Maaz al-Kassasbeh, as Amman intensified its fight against the jihadists. In Amman crowds of people waved Jordanian flags and pictures of Kassasbeh. "We are all Maaz... We are all Jordan," they chanted, some holding placards aloft that read: "Yes to punishment. Yes to the eradication of terrorism." Crowds massed near the main Husseini mosque, then marched chanting "Death to Daesh," using an Arabic acronym for the jihadist group, in the latest sign of mounting public anger. Many Jordanians have opposed their country's involvement in U.S.-led air campaign against Islamic State positions, fearing retaliation. But the killing of the recently-married pilot, from an influential Jordanian tribe, has increased support for the military push. Jordanian fighter jets pounded Islamic State targets in Syria on Thursday, before roaring Kasaesbeh's hometown. Queen Rania, the wife of King Abdullah, joined Friday's marchers, carrying a picture of the pilot. "Mouath died standing for his country and faith, defending our common humanity. We are united in our grief and pride in our brave martyr," she told Reuters in a statement. "Jordan is united in it's resolve to confront this ideology of terror and ultra-violence," she added. Protesters wearing the red Arab Bedouin headdress, chanted: "We sacrifice our souls for you O'Majesty." "All of Jordan's people are behind you Your Majesty," read a placard by a group of tribal Jordanians who came the country's northern Bedouin areas of Mafraq. Hundreds of mosques in Jordan held prayers for the pilot. Clerics attacked the hardline group describing it as un-Islamic and said it's brutal means made many turn against it. Jordan said dozens of its jet fighters struck IS on Thursday, and had widened their campaign from Syria to include targets in neighbouring Iraq. Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh told CNN the operation was "the beginning of our retaliation over this horrific and brutal murder of our brave young pilot." On Thursday, King Abdullah II and Queen Rania visited Kassasbeh's family, which has urged the government to "destroy" the jihadists, to pay their condolences. On Wednesday, in response to the killing, Jordan executed two Iraqi convicts -- female would-be suicide bomber Sajida al-Rishawi and Al-Qaeda operative Ziad al-Karboli. IS had offered to spare Kassasbeh's life and free Japanese journalist Kenji Goto -- who was later beheaded -- in exchange for Rishawi.
