Shinzo Abe held a special meeting this morning of his government when the Organization Islamic State threatens to run 24 hours a Japanese journalist and a Jordanian driver, if Amman does not release an imprisoned Iraqi and sentenced to death in Jordan.
"These are threats quite despicable," said Abe reporters, adding, "I feel a deep indignation. We are in an extremely difficult situation and I asked the ministers to act in a united way to free the earliest Kenji Goto, "said Abe.
Amman is faced with a dilemma: should, to save the life of Kenji Goto and driver al-Maaz Kassasbeh, or not to release Sajida al-Rishawi, an Iraqi suicide bomber involved in a wave of suicide attacks claimed by the Iraqi branch Al-Qaeda?
In a previous video released on January 20, EI demanded the Japanese government a ransom of $ 200 million within 72 hours to release Goto and another Japanese hostage Haruna Yukawa. The latter was executed lack of agreement on the ransom.
In Jordan, several demonstrations took place calling for the government to accept the offer of the EI jihadists to save the driver from their hands.
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