Jordan hostage video shows IS 'barbarity': Obama

February 04, 2015 02:21

US President Barack Obama today said that if a video purporting to show the burning alive of a Jordanian pilot is authenticated, it just shows the organization's "barbarity."

"Should in fact this video be authentic, it's just one more indication of the viciousness (and) barbarity of this organization," Obama said.

"This organization is only interested in death and destruction," he said when asked about the video at a brief public appearance.

He said the United States would "redouble the vigilance and determination on the part of the global coalition to make sure" the IS group is "ultimately defeated."

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