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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

TransAsia crash: Twelve dead as plane crashes into Taiwan river

 
t least 12 people have died after a TransAsia Airways plane clipped a bridge and crashed into a river near the Taiwanese capital, Taipei.
Fifty-eight people were onboard the domestic flight. The plane is now half-submerged in the Keelung River.
Rescuers have cut open the side of the fuselage and are trying to rescue several people still trapped inside.
Taipei officials said 16 people suffered injuries. Thirty people are still unaccounted for.
The ATR-72 turbo-prop plane had just taken off from Taipei Songshan Airport and was heading to the outlying Kinmen islands, just off the coast of the south-eastern Chinese city of Xiamen, CNA said.
Flight controllers lost contact with the plane at 10:55 local time (02:55 GMT).
Footage of the plane apparently filmed from inside passing cars showed it banking sharply, hitting a taxi and clipping the bridge before crashing into the river.
TransAsia Airways
·         Founded in 1951 as Taiwan's first private civilian-operated domestic airline, later expanded to overseas routes.
·         One of the region's smaller carriers though has rapidly expanded in recent years.
·         Has about 20 planes in its fleet - a mix of Airbus and dual-propeller ATR planes.
·         Gained popularity due to its low-cost tickets.
·         Flies many routes between Taiwan and mainland China, and to other parts of South East Asia.
Television images showed rescuers standing on large sections of broken wreckage trying to pull passengers out of the plane with ropes.
Those that were rescued were helped into dinghies and taken to shore, including a small boy.
Out of the 58 people on board 53 are believed to be passengers and five are crew. Thirty-one of the passengers are tourists from mainland China.
The BBC's Cindy Sui in Taipei says the Chinese tourists could have been on their way home as many people come to Taiwan through Kinmen island.
In July last year 48 people died when a TransAsia Airways plane crashed amid stormy weather in Taiwan's Penghu archipelago. Taiwanese authorities said it was due to pilot error.

 source, bbc news

Seven killed as New York train hits vehicle

 

A commuter train has hit a vehicle at a level crossing north of New York City, killing at least seven people and injuring 12, officials say.
The train, with about 800 passengers on board, hit the Jeep Cherokee near Valhalla - about 20 miles (32km) from New York - on Tuesday evening.
The vehicle's female driver was killed, along with six people on the train, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said.
The car and front carriage of the train caught fire following the crash.
The packed commuter train had left Grand Central Station in New York City and was heading to Wassaic in south-east New York State.
The crossing gates at the railroad had come down on top of the vehicle, which had stopped on the tracks, Metro-North Railroad spokesman Aaron Donovan said.
The driver got out to look at the damage, and then got back into the car to drive forward before it was hit by the train. It pushed the vehicle more than 120m (400ft).
It is not yet clear why the vehicle stalled on the tracks.
As a result of the collision the electrified third rail of the track came through the front carriage of the train.
Passengers had to escape from the rear of the train.
Mr Cuomo, who visited the site of the crash, said he witnessed "a truly ugly and brutal sight".
He added: "When you look at the damage done, it's actually amazing that not more people were hurt."
Passenger Justin Kaback told ABC News: "I was trapped. It was definitely scary - especially when people are walking by on the outside and said 'The train's on fire'."
Another passenger, Jamie Wallace, said passengers had started to panic and shout for a fire extinguisher as flames spread to his carriage.
Passenger Neil Rader told NBC that some passengers had managed to flee the train by breaking glass on the doors to get out, adding: "I've never seen anything quite like it."
Hundreds were taken to a local rock climbing gym following the crash.
Parts of the railroad remain closed on Wednesday.
Metro-North is the second-busiest railroad in the US, serving about 280,000 passengers a day in New York and Connecticut.
Last year, the National Transportation Safety Board issued rulings on five accidents that occurred on the railroad in 2013 and 2014, criticising Metro-North while also finding conditions had improved.

 source, bbc news

Jordan executes convicted jihadists after pilot's death

 
Jordan has executed two convicts, including a female jihadist, following the killing of one of its air force pilots by Islamic State (IS) militants.
The woman, failed suicide bomber Sajida al-Rishawi, and al-Qaeda operative Ziyad Karboli - both Iraqi nationals - were hanged at dawn, officials said.
The executions came hours after IS posted a video appearing to show pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh being burned alive.
He was seized after crashing during an anti-IS mission over Syria in December.
Jordan had attempted to secure Lt Kasasbeh's release in a swap involving Rishawi.
She had been on death row for her role in attacks in Jordan's capital, Amman, which killed 60 people in 2005.
Karboli was convicted in 2008 for killing a Jordanian national.
'Punishment and revenge'
The two prisoners were executed at 04:00 local time (02:00 GMT), government spokesman Mohammad al-Momani said on Wednesday morning.
Jordan earlier vowed an "earth-shattering" response after IS posted a video online showing what militants say is the pilot standing in a cage engulfed in flames.
Mamdouh al-Ameri, a spokesman for the Jordanian armed forces, said on Tuesday that Lt Kasasbeh had "fallen as a martyr".
"His blood will not be shed in vain. Our punishment and revenge will be as huge as the loss of the Jordanians."
Jordanian state TV reported that Lt Kasasbeh was killed a month ago.
Jordan, which is part of the US-led coalition against IS, had tried to secure Lt Kasasbeh's release as part of a prisoner swap, offering to free Rishawi in exchange.
But IS had sought her release as part of a deal to free captive Japanese journalist Kenji Goto. A video that appeared to show Goto's dead body was posted online four days ago.
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Analysis: Jonathan Marcus, BBC diplomatic correspondent
One thing is clear from this video - Islamic State never had any intention of releasing the young Jordanian pilot. According to Jordanian state media he was killed on 3 January, well before the supposed prisoner exchange talks moved into high gear.
The cynical manipulation of this episode by IS shows the importance it affords to information warfare - here an attempt to create problems for the Jordanian authorities and to weaken the Arab-Western coalition, at a time when it appears to be struggling to make dramatic headway against IS on the ground.
This is the problem for the coalition. Its air campaign is in many ways a stop-gap intended to halt the progress of IS, but requiring effective troops on the ground to significantly turn back its advance.
The BBC's security correspondent, Frank Gardner, says the latest video is aimed at a world already shocked by the calculated cruelty of Islamic State's actions.
Jordan's King Abdullah hailed Lt Kasasbeh as a hero, saying Jordan must "stand united" in the face of hardship.
The king decided to cut short a visit to the US after news of the pilot's death, but he met President Barack Obama on Tuesday evening before flying home.
Many in Jordan have questioned its role in the air strikes against IS but the two leaders sought to reaffirm their joint resolve to destroy the group.
Mr Obama earlier said that if the video was real, it would be "one more indication of the viciousness and barbarity" of IS.
"I think it will redouble the vigilance and determination on the part of the global coalition to make sure they are degraded and ultimately defeated," Mr Obama said.
Timeline: Jordanian pilot held hostage
24 December 2014: Jordanian Lt Moaz Youssef al-Kasasbeh captured by IS after his plane crashes
25 December 2014: Pilot's father urges IS to show mercy
20 January 2015: IS threatens to kill two Japanese hostages unless Japan pays $200m ransom within 72 hours
24 January: IS releases video of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto holding a picture apparently showing Haruna Yukawa's decapitated body
24 January: IS calls for release of Sajida al-Rishawi, an Iraqi militant sentenced to death in Jordan
28 January: Jordan offers to release Rishawi in exchange for Lt Kasasbeh
29 January: Deadline to kill Lt Kasasbeh and Mr Goto expires
31 January: Video released appearing to show Kenji Goto's body
3 February: Video released appearing to show Lt Kasasbeh burnt alive, with Jordanian media suggesting he was killed weeks earlier


 source, bbc news

Nak Viniyerk Thai Mak Kampuchea

 
 
source, Cambodia news

The Substance of Actions - Essay

 
Editor’s note: Chhang Youk is the executive director of the Documentation Center of Cambodia. His organization, which has for many years documented the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge, has been key to the functioning of the Khmer Rouge tribunal. Below is an essay he wrote recently to mark international Holocaust Remembrance Day.
On Nov. 1, 2005, the United Nations General Assembly designated Jan. 27 as international Holocaust Remembrance Day. The day is significant because it not only honors the victims of the Holocaust but it also calls attention to the world community’s resolve to not let such horrific events be forgotten. However, we would be mindful to note that one day of acknowledgment does not necessarily equate to a lifetime of respect, and the sincerity of gestures can never replace the substance of actions. We must ensure that our passion for humanitarian principles translates into a sincere compassion for the individual human being, and our commitment to remembering the past is measured not by our knowledge of the trite, but our appreciation for the individual human story.
It is in this spirit that I relate to you a story that is deeply personal but nevertheless representative of the struggle that many Cambodians still face today.
Just recently my sister Keo Kolthida Ekkasakh, or Kol, passed away, after a long struggle with cancer. She was born in 1959 in Phnom Penh to my mother, Keo Nann. Kol was deaf, and as the youngest of five sisters, she was two years apart from me, so we were like best friends. Lacking the ability to communicate with all but those trained in sign language, she learned to depend on herself and the few people who had the patience and love to know her. Yet, despite her circumstances, she had an incredible spirit and a personality that could light up a room.When the Khmer Rouge took control of Cambodia in 1975, I lost contact with her, and while we re-connected after the fall of the regime, both of us had already forgotten much of our sign language. Over the years our ability to communicate decreased, and it was not until last year that I began spending a great deal of time with her. We discussed the death and disappearance of loved ones and her experiences during the Khmer Rouge regime. Like many Cambodians during this time, she worked in the fields, planting vegetables and clearing forest. Like all victims, she learned to survive by sheer instinct: eating roots, leaves and insects to forestall starvation. I was amazed by the description of her experiences, and I was awed by the indescribable spirit and resourcefulness she must have had to survive as a deaf person during this atrocious period.
The time I spent with her in the last year meant so much to me, and it was why in her final days, I prayed for a miracle in her health.
But, like many Cambodians who suffer dire medical circumstances, she was at the mercy of an under-developed medical system, in which inefficient and unethical practices persist, as much as technological shortcomings. I spent many days and nights and weeks without sleep, supervising her medical care and waking medical staff during the night to ensure her proper treatment. Lacking immediate incentive or a more professional responsibility to a patient’s care, medical staff are often lax in their duties, particularly when the patient is poor. While in most modern medical systems, the patient's wellbeing is of paramount concern, in Cambodia it is the certainty of payment and thereafter the prospect for additional gratuities that guarantee quality of care. Such a system fails the impoverished, and it does a disservice to the generation that suffered so greatly to preserve a country in the wake of the Khmer Rouge.
My sister died on Jan. 19 2015, but she did not die without a fight. On Jan. 13, nearly a week prior, she was pronounced dead by her doctors. Her vital signs appeared to have stopped, and she seemed to have no life. The doctors pronounced her dead and had we not thought different, she would have been cremated alive. Upon the doctor's advice we sadly took her to the Wat Langka pagoda, but rather than cremating her, we prayed. We prayed and the monks chanted and burned incense. We prayed over her body for hours and at one point a monk, Venerable Sao Chanthol, noticed tears on the side of her right cheek. She began to move her arms and open her eyes. I immediately showed her drawings of her memory for the American deaf researcher Erin Moriarty Harrelson. If miracles happen, then one occurred that evening.
My sister lived for another week. She told us how she saw everyone who she knew in life and who died during the Khmer Rouge regime. She met my father, sister and neighbor—all who died during this time period.
My sister survived (and thrived) for another week but then abruptly passed on the evening of Jan. 19.
I wish there was more that I could have done to comfort her, just like I wish there is more that I could do for victims of the Khmer Rouge. Cambodia continues to struggle to this day with the history of this period. While we often look to politics, education and religion as the prominent fields that harbor the residual effects of this horrific period, the medical system as well bears this period’s scars.
While all societies struggle with improving their respective medical systems, I don't believe my sister’s circumstances were isolated or unique. Had we not been at her side imploring the consistent attention to her care or inquiring into, with secondary medical opinion, her actual condition, I question how long she may have truly lived. The cool indifference to the poor or the casual triaging of medical care based on economic circumstance disguise a deeper sentiment than mere distraction, incompetence or laziness. The vestiges of horrific regimes can often reside in our own understanding, empathy and concern for our fellow human beings, in casual interactions as much as in professional services, and it is in this light that Cambodia still has much more to do.
Indeed, our recognition for victims does not begin and end with one day; rather, we should mark this day as a symbolic gesture that our responsibility is not forgotten and we will do more.


source, voa news

Gov’t says ‘nyet’ to fes

 
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party national congress opened on Friday as a reflective, reform-centred affair that would seek to lay the ground for the 2018 national elections by injecting new blood and new thinking into the party’s leadership.

But analysts, rights groups and the opposition party yesterday said the massive expansion of the party’s Central Committee that ended the congress on Sunday, despite being unprecedented in size, signalled that its modus operandi remained unchanged, especially as it appeared partly designed to tighten the CPP’s grip over state security forces.

“I don’t think there are any [real] noticeable changes,” said Dr Lao Mong Hay, a veteran analyst recently appointed as an adviser to opposition deputy leader Kem Sokha.

“They have added more people, [but] this is a [longtime] feature of CPP policy. Instead of replacing people with new ones, they prefer to add more,” he said.

Despite the appointment of a host of younger members to the central decision-making body, including more than a dozen children of party elders – Prime Minister Hun Sen not excluded – it would be business-as-usual within the CPP “until you have new leaders or new people in key positions”, he added.

Senior opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua agreed.

“For three days, they looked inside their own party. They pointed out the corrupt judiciary as one of the problems, nepotism as one of the problems, and then they turned around and nothing changed,” she said.

While the CPP elected 306 new party members to its central committee, no changes were made to the more powerful standing committee that remains stacked with party veterans and the heads of the country’s most powerful institutions.

Significantly, however, at least nine deputy National Police commissioners, in addition to several powerful generals and military commanders, some of whom directly ordered crackdowns on political protests after the July 2013 election, were elected to the central committee.

The list includes Phnom Penh police chief Chhuon Sovann, Deputy RCAF Commander and chief of the Prime Minister’s Bodyguard Unit Hing Bun Heang and Phnom Penh Military Police Commander Rath Sreang.

The advanced age of senior CPP leadership “dictates that deputy commanders and younger officers need to [be] co-opted into the party in order to ensure its political longevity”, said Dr Lee Morgenbesser, a researcher on authoritarian regimes in Southeast Asia at Australia’s Griffith University.

“This sort of elite integration is standard practice for many autocratic regimes around the world,” he said in an email.

Morgenbesser added, however, that the size of the expansion that occurred this weekend was “extraordinary”.

“Without a doubt, the expansion of the central committee to include even more of the key decision-makers within the military and police ensures these institutions – including most lower-level officers within them – will remain loyal to the CPP during forthcoming elections,” he said.

As a result, if the opposition CNRP wins the 2018 election, a peaceful transfer of power appears unlikely, he added.

But Sochua insisted the CNRP believes the rank-and-file of the security forces will not follow orders from above to block a peaceful transfer of power if it won the election, citing the recent experience of Sri Lanka’s opposition.

“They won because the army and the security forces at the end did not agree to follow orders from the top. We totally believe that this will also be the case in Cambodia,” she said.

Rights groups yesterday, including Licadho and CCHR, also condemned the further politicisation of the security forces as a dangerous move.

A number of senior police and military officials either could not be reached or declined to comment.

On Sunday, Defence Minister Tea Banh told reporters that adding more army officials into the central committee was “a means to make it strong”.

Mong Reththy, a tycoon, senator and newly elected CPP central committee member did not deny accusations of nepotism against his party yesterday, but said “nepotism is everywhere, not only in the CPP”.

He added, however, that the party has a new reform strategy and that the central committee expansion was a key part of it.

“But there are some secrets of the party that we cannot talk about,” Reththy said.

source, ki media

CPP bigger, not better, say foes

 
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party national congress opened on Friday as a reflective, reform-centred affair that would seek to lay the ground for the 2018 national elections by injecting new blood and new thinking into the party’s leadership.

But analysts, rights groups and the opposition party yesterday said the massive expansion of the party’s Central Committee that ended the congress on Sunday, despite being unprecedented in size, signalled that its modus operandi remained unchanged, especially as it appeared partly designed to tighten the CPP’s grip over state security forces.

“I don’t think there are any [real] noticeable changes,” said Dr Lao Mong Hay, a veteran analyst recently appointed as an adviser to opposition deputy leader Kem Sokha.

“They have added more people, [but] this is a [longtime] feature of CPP policy. Instead of replacing people with new ones, they prefer to add more,” he said.

Despite the appointment of a host of younger members to the central decision-making body, including more than a dozen children of party elders – Prime Minister Hun Sen not excluded – it would be business-as-usual within the CPP “until you have new leaders or new people in key positions”, he added.

Senior opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua agreed.

“For three days, they looked inside their own party. They pointed out the corrupt judiciary as one of the problems, nepotism as one of the problems, and then they turned around and nothing changed,” she said.

While the CPP elected 306 new party members to its central committee, no changes were made to the more powerful standing committee that remains stacked with party veterans and the heads of the country’s most powerful institutions.

Significantly, however, at least nine deputy National Police commissioners, in addition to several powerful generals and military commanders, some of whom directly ordered crackdowns on political protests after the July 2013 election, were elected to the central committee.

The list includes Phnom Penh police chief Chhuon Sovann, Deputy RCAF Commander and chief of the Prime Minister’s Bodyguard Unit Hing Bun Heang and Phnom Penh Military Police Commander Rath Sreang.

The advanced age of senior CPP leadership “dictates that deputy commanders and younger officers need to [be] co-opted into the party in order to ensure its political longevity”, said Dr Lee Morgenbesser, a researcher on authoritarian regimes in Southeast Asia at Australia’s Griffith University.

“This sort of elite integration is standard practice for many autocratic regimes around the world,” he said in an email.

Morgenbesser added, however, that the size of the expansion that occurred this weekend was “extraordinary”.

“Without a doubt, the expansion of the central committee to include even more of the key decision-makers within the military and police ensures these institutions – including most lower-level officers within them – will remain loyal to the CPP during forthcoming elections,” he said.

As a result, if the opposition CNRP wins the 2018 election, a peaceful transfer of power appears unlikely, he added.

But Sochua insisted the CNRP believes the rank-and-file of the security forces will not follow orders from above to block a peaceful transfer of power if it won the election, citing the recent experience of Sri Lanka’s opposition.

“They won because the army and the security forces at the end did not agree to follow orders from the top. We totally believe that this will also be the case in Cambodia,” she said.

Rights groups yesterday, including Licadho and CCHR, also condemned the further politicisation of the security forces as a dangerous move.

A number of senior police and military officials either could not be reached or declined to comment.

On Sunday, Defence Minister Tea Banh told reporters that adding more army officials into the central committee was “a means to make it strong”.

Mong Reththy, a tycoon, senator and newly elected CPP central committee member did not deny accusations of nepotism against his party yesterday, but said “nepotism is everywhere, not only in the CPP”.

He added, however, that the party has a new reform strategy and that the central committee expansion was a key part of it.

“But there are some secrets of the party that we cannot talk about,” Reththy said.

source, Ki media 

Cautious hope for Greece debt deal as leaders tour Europe

 

           Greece's leaders have received a guarded welcome to their reported proposals for a debt deal, ahead of crunch talks with EU creditors.
After a meeting in Rome with Greek PM Alexis Tsipras, Italian PM Matteo Renzi said his country would "give Greece a hand" without always agreeing with it.
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has reportedly suggested a new deal for exchanging debt with bailout creditors.
The radical left Greek government was elected on a pledge to end austerity.
The Syriza party, led by Mr Tsipras, won last Sunday's vote by promising to write off half the country's massive debt, sparking alarm on the markets and among eurozone officials.
The Greek government also said it would refuse new loans from the EU and the IMF, prompting questions about how it would finance itself.
This week, however, Greek leaders on a tour of European capitals sought to allay some of the concerns.
According to the Financial Times newspaper, Mr Varoufakis has retreated from the idea of writing off debt, instead suggesting that it could be exchanged for bonds that would be repaid only if the Greek economy grew.
In Rome, Mr Renzi presented Mr Tsipras - noted for his informal attire - with an Italian tie
The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, has said the bloc will "have to adapt a certain number of policies" to accommodate Greece.
Mr Tsipras meets Mr Juncker in Brussels on Tuesday. He will also travel to France to meet President Francois Hollande, whose government has also suggested a softer line on Greece.
At the meeting with Mr Renzi in Rome on Tuesday, Mr Tsipras said Europe had to "put social cohesion and growth before the policies of poverty and insecurity".
Mr Renzi echoed him, saying that the world was "calling on Europe to invest in growth, not austerity".
However, he did not comment on the details of Greece's proposals.
Despite the conciliatory remarks, many hurdles remain.
"Varoufakis is intelligent, but he is underestimating the problems," a eurozone official quoted by the Reuters news agency said.
'Ending the addiction'
Greece still has a debt of €315bn - about 175% of GDP - despite some creditors writing down debts in a renegotiation in 2012.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has ruled out debt cancellation, saying creditors had already made concessions.
This week, Mr Varoufakis said that he wanted a new plan for fiscal stimulus in place by the end of May, with repayment of existing debt tied to Greece's ability to restore growth.
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Greek economy in numbers
·         Average wage is €600 (£450: $690) a month
·         Unemployment is at 25%, with youth unemployment almost 50%
·         Economy has shrunk by 25% since the start of the eurozone crisis
·         Country's debt is 175% of GDP
·         Borrowed €240bn (£188bn) from the EU, the ECB and the IMF
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Mr Varoufakis added that he would negotiate separately with the European Commission, the IMF and the European Central Bank but not with officials representing all three - the so-called "troika", which he described as a "committee of technocrats".
The troika agreed a €240bn (£179bn; $270bn) bailout with the previous Greek government.
Austerity measures imposed in an effort to manage the debt prompted outrage in Greece and led voters to reject the previous government.
Instead, Greeks voted Syriza into power after an election campaign dominated by the party's message of change.
In interviews in the German media published on Saturday, Mrs Merkel said she still wanted Greece to stay in the eurozone but did not "envisage fresh debt cancellation".
Greece's current programme of loans ends on 28 February. A final bailout tranche of €7.2bn was still to be negotiated but the new government has already begun to roll back austerity measures.
  sourc, bbc news

Rok KHenh Nak Choh Balong Bombaek Akkakam Bi Phum Lork

 
អាមេរិក៖ អ្នកជិះបាឡុងពីរនាក់ បានហោះទៅកាន់អាមេរិកខាងជើងពី ប្រទេសជប៉ុនបានឆ្លងកាត់រយៈចម្ងាយ ដ៏ឆ្ងាយមួយកាលពីថ្ងៃ សុក្រសប្តាហ៍មុន ហើយថ្មីៗនេះត្រូវបានគេប្រកាសថាបានបំបែកឯតទគ្គកម្មពិភពលោក សម្រាប់ការចំណាយពេលយូរជាងគេនៅក្នុងអាកាសដោយប្រើបាឡុង(Balloon)បំពេញដោយហ្គាសមួយ, នេះបើយោងតាមសម្តីរបស់អ្នកនាំពាក្យ។
ការធ្វើដំណើរដ៏វែងឆ្ងាយមួយនេះ ត្រូវបានចាប់ផ្តើមនៅរសៀលថ្ងៃព្រហស្បត្តិ៍ ក្រោយពេល ក្រុមមួយ ដែលមាន គ្នាពីរនាក់ គឺលោក Troy Bradley ជនជាតិអាមេរិក និងលោក Leonid Tiukhtyaev ជនជាតិរុស្ស៊ី បានរៀប ចំគម្រោងមួយដែលពួកគេជឿថាអាចបង្កើតឯតទគ្គកម្ម រយៈចម្ងាយឆ្ងាយមួយដោយធ្វើការហោះហើរ ក្នុងចម្ងាយ ឆ្ងាយជាង ៨,៤៦៥គីឡូម៉ែត្រ។
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 source, loonking today

Jordan pilot hostage Moaz al-Kasasbeh 'burned alive'

 
Jordan has confirmed the death of pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh after a video published online by Islamic State (IS) claimed to show him being burned alive.
The video shows a man standing in a cage and engulfed in flames. Officials are working to confirm it is genuine.
Jordan's King Abdullah hailed Lt Kasasbeh as a hero, saying Jordan must "stand united" in the face of hardship.
The pilot was captured when his plane came down near Raqqa, Syria, in December during a mission against IS.
The video posted online on Tuesday was distributed via a Twitter account known as a source for IS propaganda.
The highly produced 22-minute film includes a sequence showing the Jordanian pilot walking at gunpoint amongst rubble apparently caused by coalition air strikes that targeted jihadists.
The BBC's security correspondent, Frank Gardner, says that in a world already shocked by the calculated cruelty of Islamic State's actions, the new and horrific video is aimed primarily at Arab populations in Jordan and the Gulf States.
Jordanian state TV reports that Lt Kasasbeh, 26, was killed a month ago - since when Jordan has continued attempts to secure his release.
The country has vowed "punishment and revenge" for his death, and the king described IS as a "deviant criminal group".
Jordan's King Abdullah: "It is every Jordanian's duty to stand together"
Jordan, which is part of the US-led coalition against IS, had been attempting to secure Lt Kasasbeh's release as part of a prisoner swap, offering to free Iraqi militant Sajida al-Rishawi in exchange.
She is a failed suicide bomber now on death row in Jordan for her role in attacks in the capital, Amman, that killed 60 people in 2005.
IS had sought Rishawi's release as part of a deal to free captive Japanese journalist Kenji Goto. A video that appeared to show Goto's dead body appeared three days ago.
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At the scene: Richard Colebourn, BBC News, Amman
Relatives had gathered around Lt Kasasbeh's father (centre) in Amman
Hundreds are gathered outside the hall on the outskirts of Amman where family members and friends of the Jordanian pilot have been congregating for days.
As the news emerged people prayed in commemoration for his life and gathered around mobile phones looking at the gruesome images circulating on social media. Immediate family members have not spoken, but an uncle of the pilot told the BBC that Jordan must act against such extremists.
As the evening went on more Jordanians gathered. Angry shouts went up calling for unity and chanting the pilot's name. But some have also called out against Jordan's participation in the coalition.
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A spokesman for the Jordanian armed forces, Mamdouh al-Ameri, said Lt Kasasbeh had "fallen as a martyr".
"While the military forces mourn the martyr, they emphasise his blood will not be shed in vain. Our punishment and revenge will be as huge as the loss of the Jordanians."
Jordanian officials were quoted as saying Rishawi would be executed imminently, with three other convicted militants also reportedly to be put to death.
Analysis: Jonathan Marcus, BBC diplomatic correspondentคำอธิบาย: line
One thing is clear from this video - Islamic State never had any intention of releasing the young Jordanian pilot. According to Jordanian state media he was killed on 3 January, well before the supposed prisoner exchange talks moved into high gear.
The cynical manipulation of this episode by IS shows the importance it affords to information warfare - here an attempt to create problems for the Jordanian authorities and to weaken the Arab-Western coalition, at a time when it appears to be struggling to make dramatic headway against IS on the ground.
This is the problem for the coalition. Its air campaign is in many ways a stop-gap intended to halt the progress of IS, but requiring effective troops on the ground to significantly turn back its advance.
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Jordan's King Abdullah is cutting short a visit to the US after news of Lt Kasasbeh's death, but will meet President Barack Obama before he heads home.
In his televised statement, the king called IS a "criminal deviant group which has no connection whatsoever with our great religion".
Mr Obama earlier said in a statement that if the video was real, it would be "one more indication of the viciousness and barbarity" of IS.
"I think it will redouble the vigilance and determination on the part of the global coalition to make sure they are degraded and ultimately defeated," he added.
The Jordanian king has already met US Vice-President Joe Biden who "reinforced America's ironclad support" for Jordan, the White House said.
Gen Ali Shukri, a former Jordanian army officer, told the BBC the news would cause "total dismay" in Jordan.
"This is something that hasn't been seen before," he said.
"It's an absolute terror. Now the very old saying of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth is going to be brought back, and I think days ahead of us will show that to [IS] and whoever is supporting them."
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Timeline: Jordanian pilot held hostage
24 December 2014: Jordanian Lt Moaz Youssef al-Kasasbeh captured by IS after his plane crashes
25 December 2014: Pilot's father urges IS to show mercy
20 January 2015: IS threatens to kill two Japanese hostages unless Japan pays $200m ransom within 72 hours
24 January: IS releases video of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto holding a picture apparently showing Haruna Yukawa's decapitated body
24 January: IS calls for release of Sajida al-Rishawi, an Iraqi militant sentenced to death in Jordan
28 January: Jordan offers to release Rishawi in exchange for Lt Kasasbeh
29 January: Deadline to kill Lt Kasasbeh and Mr Goto expires
31 January: Video released appearing to show Kenji Goto's body
3 February: Video released appearing to show Lt Kasasbeh burnt alive, with Jordanian media suggesting he was killed weeks earlier

 source, bbc news
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