Pilot video raises stakes, experts say

A video of a Jordanian pilot being burned to death is exceptional in its brutality, even for the Islamic State group, and is also a sign that the militants intend to raise the stakes in their propaganda efforts, experts said.

It also supports the belief that the airman was killed days or weeks before its release.

The 22-minute clip that appeared on websites on Tuesday was a complex, extravagant work that would have taken a significant amount of time and organization to script, stage, produce and distribute, they said.