Jordan proposes prisoner swap, fate of Japanese hostage unclear
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Amman
JORDAN said on Wednesday it was willing to hand over an Iraqi woman jailed for her role in a 2005 suicide bomb attack if a Jordanian pilot captured by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) was released.
Government spokesman Mohammad Al-Momani made no mention of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto, a veteran war reporter who is also being held by the militant group. "Jordan is ready to release prisoner Sajida Al-Rishawi if the Jordanian pilot Lieutenant Muath Al-Kasaesbeh is released and his life spared," Mr Al-Momani was quoted on state television as saying.
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