S arch the deadline that was issued, in fact to the jor danian pilot the jordanian government is awaiting pilots that its still alive and now this news which has come as a great shock. There have been diplomatic words from both sides, both jordan and japan on this that they were working together but its been clear from the outset from when jordan four days ago was referring to the prisoner swap that there was a situation there, where there was no mention of it whatsoever. Of course, that made japan bring in all of its diplomatic might into discussing the issue with the jordanians and there has been some suggestion that they were working together, but they had conflicting interests from the very outset and so now once again, we see a grotesque video. I have seen it. Its only right that we are not showing in line with our policy and the message which is scrolled in arabic beneath the hooded man with a knife, with goto on his knees wearing orange has been the case throughout with all of these macabre events. The message is to the Prime Minister of japan, and it says that there will only be further slaughter and that you have to stop your involvement in this conflict this war. It says, let the nightmare for japan begin, and then the style of these macabre videos it fades to black, and then a grotesque site afterwards. It is a definite beheading. There is no doubt about it. And of course now, we are in a situation where we are situation where we are seeing [who had been tasked to attack three hotels in aman in 2005. Now, this woman was actually a suicide bomber. Her device did not deton detonate. She has been serving a life sentence and is on death row, having done 10 years nearly of a sentence. Now, she was supposed to have been exchanged for goto. The isil directive from the outset did not include the jordanian pilots. He has arrived on the scene in the sense that the jordanians then started negotiating for them his exchange in return for for coming back safely for the prisoner. Now, that has been stalled by no proof being given of the fact that he is alive. So we now have a situation that stalemates on this side and, of course the outcome has been this murder. It had been feared that this was dodge deliberately to make jordan embarrassed in its situation with the japanese. Not only that youto also foment dissent here there is an objection amongst some people to the involvement of jordan in the coalition against isil the u. S. Led coalition. There wasnt a lot of protest about this countrys involvement, but it has grown now. And, of course this has highlighted the whole affair, and has caused tension. The protests over three days have certainly been toned down. The request partly because of the family asking for things to be toned down because they wanted less less fuss being made, less pressure on the government while these crucial negotiations were taking place. But now out of the blue this has happened and there are now fears that the pilot is dead as well. We will be following those developments. Andrew simmons, i have been checking out with you. Andrew simmons live for us in i aman. Thank you. And with us now is from the counter radicalization tinkhink tank is charlie winters. We have been following everything thats been happening and Andrew Simmons there just talking us through some of the details. Tell us a little bit about what was going on some jihadist websites in the run up to this. Was this such a surprise . It was a surprise on one hand. Yesterday yesterday, i followed up jihadist chatter and there is a propa propaanda arm that will produced this video. The jihadists got it wrong because they were predicting that it would be a beheading of the jordanian pilot. The fact that it is kenji goto does suggest a level of incoherence between the islamic prop propaganda machine. It is appalling and i would implore people to rather than share the videos or stills from the video, share photos of kenji goto doing his work. He was a veteran war correspondent actually gone into help the other japanese that was unfortunately also killed a short while ago. Its interesting when you look at the negotiations for the u. K. And the u. S. , other countries is that have had hostages killed never paid ransoms. Yes. What was japans stance in all of this . So we know that the japanese government was willing to negotiate to try to secure the release of kenji goto and it was originally for 200 million which in the scheme of things is a huge amount of money and more than usually is requested . Its things like that that make me a cynic that the Islamic State ever would have considered the relies of these the relies of these hostages. Trying to put a clevage between the jordanian population and states in the region as well. Its trying to exacerbate tensions that are there already. And in that sense, perhaps the jordanian pilot does have slightly more propagandaa value than either the japanese hostages because of the location of these events. Charlie, it has been executed. The video has emerged allegedly showing fighters from the Islamic State of iraq and the levant beheading the journalist, ke. Y ji space goto. They had been working to resecure the release of goto. He is an f16 pilot in exchange for an iraqi woman currently on death row in jordan. Now, she is sirjida jashawri. She was a wouldbe suicide bomber part of a group causing explosions in various hotels that killed 57 people. She has not been released by the jordan i cant believe government. We have now heard news that the second japanese hostage being held captive by isil has been executed. Charlie winter from. We will probably come to you again. Now, lets hear from tokoyo where the chief cap net secretary has been speaking. The act of terrorism has been committed and we are outraged at this. We would like to say we are outraged by this act we will have coordinated intelligence gathering and respond to this matter. And i have instructed all of the related parties to hold a conference on this matter. Chief cap net secretary yoshihide suga. Goto was an experienced car quarter respondent working in various conflict zones the last 20 years. A report on the career and the events that led to his capture. It is kenji goto last year before cross to go syria and into isil territory. He was well aware of the risks. I will go where he is ill operates and if something happens, please dont claim any blame any to the syrian people. He was a freelance journalist who the reported from war zones from more than 20 years, in africa afghanistan and the middle east. He traveled to syria, at least in part to attend a rescue attempt a rescue of his friend who was captured by isil in august. He was is selfdecide mil tear consultant who went to set up a Security Company despite despite a lack of any experience. In october, kenji goto was held captive alongside his friend. Isil demanded the 200 million ransom for the two men. But last week the armed Group Released a video which access has chosen not to show. In it, there was an image of kenji goto chained by the wrist and in his hands a photograph of his friend who had been killed. He became part of the hostage and prisoner swap deal between the jordanian government and isil. During his capture, his friend and supporters held vigils outside the Prime Ministers residence in tokyo and his mother thanked them. Doctor mr. Prime minister please safe the life of kenji kenji goto. Despite the pleas and Government Intervention isil followed through with its threat and killed kenji goto jerold tan, al jazeera. Joining us live in the studio the con item temporary middle eastern studies, thank you for being with us here on al jazeera once again. So, the jordanians are really trying to negotiate two releases, presumably for the failed suicide bomber who was part of that attack in 2005. And also mota. R, the jordanian pilot. We dont know the fate right now. We do suspension kenji goto has been killed. Do you think the jordans were trying to get too much out of isis . Not at all. The jordanians asked for a very simple explanation show us that he is alive, the jordanian pilot. Thats all they asked for. Whats really shocking about the killing of the japanese hostage is that the japanese government and the jordanian government made it very clear they are willing to talk they are willing to pay money. Its irallegational. On behalf of isil . It tells me this is not about money. This is not about the the iraqi prisoner who tried to carry out the suicide bombing in 2005. This is about politics about Foreign Policy. Its about isis basically making a very big statement to wage a war against the socalled Islamic State, you are going to pay for it. The hostages they have created a domestic crisis in japan and jordan, as you well know there is a great deal of opposition both the prime primary in japan and also for jordans participation in the International Coalition. The reality is this was a strategic decision on the part of isis to basically make a stand to send a powerful message for supporting the International Coalition by the United States you are going to pay for it. Where does this leave the pilot who presumably would have been part of this swap and whos life isil didnt prove a few days ago . If i were the father and the mother i would feel a sense of despair, of fear because obviously, this is very serious. The reason why i dont, because the jordanionan pilot is a Strategic Asset, one of the most powerful assets that isis has, and i doubt very much whether isis would ever accept the swap but would ask tore hundreds of tennessee of prisoners because they realize this is the most powerful we hope that they have. Just explain to us because unfortunately, you know, crass as this may sound, different lives of different values according stotheir nationality nationalities. Just explain to us exactly why a jordanian pilot, jordan obviously being one of the political few arab countries part of this coalition attacks. Explain why his life is so valuable in the eyes of isil. Jordan is an integral part of the Coalition Led by the United States. Secondly, the tribe to which he belongs is a very powerful tribe. This is the social foundation of the jordanian government. There is a great deal of opposition inside jordan after the capture of the pilot in the participation against isis. The elitist hostage crisis has reinforced the widespread opposition to jordans participation. In fact, you have protesters in the heart of amam criticizing the king. This is the first ever by the very foundation of the jordanian government, itself. This is why they realized that his life is very strategic. His life means not just one hostages. It means tens and 20 and probably hundreds. In fact one the top parliamentnarians jordan said we are willing to go more. Thats and isis knows this. I could be wrong, that isis only would spare the life of him that would bargain in the next two days or so after they made the horrible statement by killing the hostage, the japanese hostage. Absolutely. We are waiting to get more International Reaction to that statement and to that video. What about money . Because of course they asked for 200 million for the release of the two japanese hostages. I mean often, unfortunately in the international media, there is a lot of focus on the british hostages and and the merge hostages. The u. S. Does not negotiate when it comes to money. Others do. Isil does sometimes take money and give hostages in exchange for huge sums of money. Barbara, historically just in the last six months, isis or isis or the Islamic State or dash and other military statement groups hostages were the major source of income. We are talking about 150,000,000 u. S. Dollars in ransom money over the last two or three or years so money was the source of income for some groups. We have instances where isis basically talked over hostages. I mean turkey was able to get dozens of its diplomats captured in mosul by isis. Oftentimes if not money changed hands but some big barging position between the government and isis. And even the qatari government has been able to really talk to various groups inside syria and bring hostages out of syria and iraq. So there are precedent for both isis and el nusra front taking money and releasing hostages. This is different since the war started by the u. S. This is allout war. This is an and in particular when you are talking about the pilot, jordanian pilot whos government is an intel gal commission. Please do stay with us because we would love to talk to you again in the coming hours as we continue to cover this breaking news story. News of course of the second japanese hostage being held by isil has been executed. Lets cross live now to washington, d. C. And al jazeeras tom ackerman. Tom, what reaction from the u. S. . Reporter a few minths ago, a spokesperson from the white house issued a terse explanation or statement which is not unexpected. The wordage, we have seen the video. We are working to confirm its authenticity. The United States strongly con tan demz isils actions and we call for the Immediate Release of all remaining hostages. We stand in solidarity with allied japan. Beyond that, secretary of state john kerry in an unrelated appearance with his mexican and canadian counterparts in boston did refer may not have been aware of the actual emergence of this video at that time. But he chose to concentrate on the latest battlefield gains by the coalition and said that the dash was forced to acknowledge its defeat in the capture by Kurdish Forces in most of kolbane a couple of days ago and said that kobane was a real symbolic and strategic objective of dash and they suffered a defeat. Thats obviously the concentration that the United States is putting right today on the situation. The u. S. Is in a standby position. They obviously whyere not happy to see the jordan crane government a crucial ally of theirs in a position of being willing to exchange a convicted terrorist through the jordanian government and the jordanian ports for these japanese hostages but at the same time they were also aware that japan is a symbolic ally because you might note that the original demand for 200 million in ransom according to isis was the equivalent of what japan had pledged in terms of aid to people beleaguered by isis. This is part of the war between isis and the u. S. Led coalition. Of course they went on to change their demands to the release of the iraqi prisoner. So right now the United States really isnt expected to change its position. What they really want to see is whats happening in iman. Thats the Crucial Point of reference for the coalition, whether the jordanian governments very active position in this war will have change i had. Exactly. Thats what we were discussing before we get into the studio, tom. The jordanian government is likely to come under pressure especially because there is still one of their Fighter Pilots in the hands of isil. Just remind us how crucial jordan is to that International Coalition. Well, its not so much the donetribution in the air, although the uae, United Arab Emirates and jordan have been participating as well as the canadians and other air forces have been participating in the daily strikes against isis targets in iraq and parts of syria, but its the ground effort, the fact that the jordan really constitutes a place where there is some apparent training going on for some forces that may be put in in operation against isis. We really dont know at a time dimensions the full dimensions of the kind of ground operations and training. We have also heard unconfirmed reports that u. S. Commandos based in jordan have been operating in the areas that isis is active in. We cant confirm those reports. So jordan obviously is a very critical factor in the landscape of this struggle. Tom ackerman in washington, d. C. Tom, thank you. Lets remind you. Breaking news kwefb getting here at al jazeera, that the second japanese hostage being held captive by isil has been killed. Video has emerged allegedly showing fighters from the is lamic state of iraq and the levant killing the 47yearold journalist kenji goto. The governments had been work to go release secure the release in exchange for an iraqi woman conductor on death row in jordan. To tell you a little bit more about kenji goto the 47yearold freelance journalist crossed into syria in october. In part he went there tom rescue his friend who was captured by isil in august. In the same months goto was captured by isil and held captive alongside him with a 200 million rabsom for the two men. As we understand both men have now been killed by isil. Lets talk to Andrew Simmons in the jordanian capitol. So andrew really even though this was a japanese hostage, it was really handinhand with the fate of the pilot, the jordanian pilot in the hands of isil. What reaction has there been to this news breaking that the second japanese hostage has been killed . No formal statement but the japanese embassy, there have been a number of officials who have gathered there, a special envoy who was sent from tokoyo to engage with jordanian officials to try to get some extra dialogue going, united front made to try to get a threeway deal agreed. He is expected to make some comment quite soon. There is a News Conference being organized. As far as the jordanians are concerned, they had done their level best they say and they were working with the japanese to try to get a threeway deal. But, we are hearing unofficially that there has been a multichannelled approach. Thats all they will say, through intermediataries and also some direct talks with isil, thrubut there have been no progress on getting proof that the pilot was alive. Thats a key issue. The mystery surrounding everything in that it was on thursday at sunset that that threat was supposed to be carried out if they did not get the release of the iraqi woman who was a wouldbe suicide bomber. She had taken part in an attack in 2005 and was on death row. Now, she is a figure that isnt particularly a fire brand. She wasnt well known. She has been staying in self selfimposed solitary confinement for more than nine years. Its mystified m