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Jordan 'warns it will fast-track executions in retaliation for ISIS bloodshed'
Pilot Lt Muath al-Kaseasbeh being held with Japanese hostage Kenji Goto
Deadline passed for prisoner swap after Jordan said it wanted proof of life
Fears are now growing that Al-Kaseasbeh has already been murdered
Jordan says it is still waiting for proof that captured F-16 pilot was alive

Published: 08:57 GMT, 30 January 2015 | Updated: 18:20 GMT, 30 January 2015

Jordan has threatened to fast-track the execution of a would-be suicide bomber the Islamic State is trying to free if the terror group kills its captured pilot, it was reported today.

The government has apparently warned that Sajida al-Rishawi and other jailed ISIS commanders would be 'quickly judged and sentenced' in revenge for Muath al-Kaseasbeh's death.

It comes after a deadline for a possible prisoner swap allegedly set by ISIS passed yesterday with no clue over the fate of al-Kaseasbeh or fellow Japanese hostage Kenji Goto.

Intelligence sources said ISIS's refusal to prove that al-Kaseasbeh was alive meant any deal with the militants was doomed.

Now Jordan has reportedly stepped up its rhetoric by warning of its intent to retaliate if the negotiations end in bloodshed.

Elijah Magnier, chief international correspondent for Kuwait's Al Rai newspaper, told MailOnline: 'I have reliable contact in the Jordanian government who says a message has been passed to ISIS.

'It warns that if they kill the pilot they will implement the death sentences for Sajida and other ISIS prisoners as soon as possible.

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Jordanian F-16 pilot Muath al-Kaseasbeh (centre) is captured by the Islamic State after after crashing near its HQ in the Syrian city of Raqqa in December. ISIS is threatening to kill him unless Jordan releases a terrorist

Jordan has threatened to fast-track the execution of a would-be suicide bomber the Islamic State is trying to free if the terror group kills al-Kaseasbeh, seen here after being captured in Syria in December

In its latest audio recording, ISIS threatened to kill Muath al-Kaseasbeh if a deadline was not kept for the release of would-be suicide bomber al-Rishawi by dusk Iraq time Thursday - around 5.30pm (2.30pm GMT)

'There are other prisoners in Jordan that ISIS would like to free.'

MailOnline has attempted to contact the Jordanian government for comment, but a spokesman has not yet responded.

Shortly after reports of the ultimatum emerged, Jordan issued a statement saying they were still waiting for proof that the captured F-16 pilot was still alive.

Jordan had agreed to an ISIS demand to free al-Rishawi who failed to fulfil her Al Qaeda mission as a suicide bomber.

In return, ISIS said it would not execute the 26-year-old pilot, who was seized in December after crashing near its HQ in the Syrian city of Raqqa.

In its latest audio recording, ISIS threatened to kill al-Kaseasbeh if a deadline was not kept for the release of al-Rishawi by dusk Iraq time yesterday - around 5.30pm (2.30pm GMT).

But it appeared to make no promises to release him, another condition the Jordanian government is demanding.

It was not clear from the recording what would happen to Mr Goto if the deadline was missed.

Jordan has threatened to speed up the execution of a would-be suicide bomber the Islamic State is trying to free if the terror group kills its captured pilot Muath al-Kaseasbeh, seen above in a picture being held by fellow hostage Kenji Goto in a video posted by ISIS last week demanding the release of an Iraqi terrorist

The Jordanian government has apparently warned ISIS that Sajida al-Rishawi and other jailed Islamic extremists would be 'quickly judged and sentenced' in revenge for pilot Muath al-Kaseasbeh's death

Japan also said it had no new progress to report.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said every effort was being made to secure the release of journalist Kenji Goto.

'We are gathering and analysing information while asking for cooperation from Jordan and other countries, making every effort to free Kenji Goto,' he told a parliamentary panel.

Government spokesman Yoshihide Suga told reporters repeated Japan's 'strong trust' in Jordan to help save the freelance journalist.

Mr Suga said the government had been in close contact with Mr Goto's wife Rinko Jogo, who released a statement pleading for her husband's life.

'I fear that this is the last chance for my husband, and we now have only a few hours left,' Ms Jogo said in a statement released through the Rory Peck Trust, a London-based organisation for freelance journalists.

Ms Jogo said she had avoided public comment until the last minute to try to protect her daughters, a newborn baby and a two-year-old, from media attention.