The war against Islamic State has taken a dangerous turn as the terrorists have shot down their first coalition plane and captured the pilot. Maaz al-Kassasbeh, a first lieutenant in the Jordanian air force, was captured after his aircraft was reportedly shot down with a heat seeking missile. AFP: A senior Jordanian military official confirmed the pilot was seized, saying his plane went down in Syria's Raqa region, a militant stronghold, early on Wednesday. "The pilot was taken hostage by the IS terrorist organisation," official news agency Petra quoted the official as saying. Jordan did not say why the plane went down, but both the jihadists and a monitoring group said it was shot with an anti-aircraft missile. If confirmed, it would be the first coalition warplane shot down since air strikes on IS began in Syria in September. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitoring group, said its sources in Syria confirmed IS had...(Read Full Post)