Message of latest ISIS video is – they would get at Obama in the White House

#ISISthreats #japanesehostage #ISIS #jordanianpilot ISIS has released its latest beheading video and is a sort of direct threat against President Obama – it also pledges to kill Jordanian and Japanese hostages if a hostage held by Jordan is not freed. In the video that has come to surface through the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), one of the fighters is heard saying ‘…we will cut off your head in the White House, and transform America into a Muslim Province….’
The fighter is reportedly clad in black and is shown wearing a balaclava. He issues threats to other European nations like France and Belgium. The threat is that the ISIS would attack with car bombs and explosive charges, and behead them. In another video, the Islamic State has warned that the lives of a Japanese hostage and Jordanian pilot hangs in the balance – they have less than "24 hours left to live." Once Sajida al-Rishawi, a woman who has been held by Jordan for nine years, is released, the men would be set free.
The woman, incidentally, had admitted to her role in deadly attacks at Amman hotels that killed at least 57 people. The Islamic State looks upon her as a “sister of the Caliphate.” She was sentenced to death in 2006, but, in that year, Jordan imposed a moratorium on the death penalty.
The Japanese hostage held by ISIS is , Kenji Goto Jogo, a freelance journalist – there is a demand of a ransom of $200 million from Japan in exchange of his release. The Jordanian pilot is Mu'adh Safi Yusuf al-Kasasibah – he was captured by ISIS in Syria in December and has been held by them since then.

IS militants take two Japanese as hostage – demand ransom of $200-million

#ShinzoAbe #ISIS #Japan #hostages The IS militants have taken two Japanese as hostages and have demanded a ransom of $200-million from the Japanese government for their release. The captors have released a video of 1min 40sec entitled “A message to the government at the people of Japan”.
It seems the action taken by the IS appears to be in retaliation of a multimillion-dollar Middle Eastern aid package that had been announced just a few days ago by the prime minister, Shinzo Abe.
The hostages are Kenji Goto Jogo and Huruna Yukawa.
Incidentally, Yukawa had been captured in August. He was suffering from a series of misfortunes in his personal life. These included the death of his wife from cancer, and losing his business and home to bankruptcy. It seems he had gone to the Syrian city of Aleppo in spring 2014.
The other hostage is Goto – it is believed that he is a respected freelance journalist. He had gone to Syria last year to report on Syria’s civil war last year and was aware of Yukawa’s detention before his own incarceration.
The Japanese chief cabinet secretary, Yoshihide Suga, did not elaborate on whether Japan would pay the ransom. Prime minister, Shinzo Abe, speaking in Jerusalem has described the threat to kill the two hostages in 72 hours as unforgivable and demanded that ISIS release them immediately.
It may be recalled that last week, at the beginning of his tour of the Middle East, he had indicated that Japan would be donating $200m in non-military aid to countries fighting Islamic State to help them build “human capacities” and “infrastructure”. It was part of a $2.5bn in humanitarian and development aid for the Middle East.