Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh being burnt alive is footage ISIS knows will horrify the West

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20-minute clip contains cinematic dimension never before seen from ISIS
Video features Hollywood-style graphics, sound editing and camera angles
Titled Healing the Believers' Chests - said to mean 'giving them pleasure'
ISIS considers pilot responsible for burning babies in airstrikes in Syria
Now they have burnt him alive in scenes that are too shocking to show

Published: 13:50 EST, 3 February 2015 | Updated: 19:24 EST, 3 February 2015

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Even by the Islamic State's barbaric standards, the terror group's latest execution video has reached a truly depraved new low.

The footage appears to show Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh being burnt alive in scenes that are far too shocking to even consider publishing.

As with previous beheading videos featuring British executioner Jihadi John, the 20-minute-long clip is characterised by its slick production values and graphics.

But unlike the others, it contains an added cinematic dimension clearly designed to achieve unparalleled impact on the viewer - as if the horror of burning alive wasn't enough.

ISIS blames the F-16 fighter pilot for burning houses - and killing babies - with airstrikes before he was captured in December.

The manner of his death is a symbolic show of strength to strike terror into 'non-believers' and encourage recruits or doubters within their ranks in equal measure.

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Horror: The video, which is ISIS' most sickening yet, begins by showing Kasasbeh being paraded in front of heavily armed men wearing combat fatigues and yellow masks

Walking to his death: The professionally shot and edited footage shows Moaz al-Kasasbeh walking towards the cage in which he would be burnt alive

Relatives of executed Jordanian pilot receive news of his death

The title of the video, Healing the Believers' Chests, is thought to mean 'giving them pleasure' - a obvious reference to achieving revenge.

Whereas the Jihadi John videos were often static - showing the executioner standing behind his victims - this video features a slick combination of aerial shots, panoramic views and changing camera angles that would have taken far longer to edit.

Reports coming out from Jordan suggest al-Kaseasbeh may have died as long ago as January 3, suggesting the finished video has been a month in the planning.

The new video also contains far more of the landscape than has previously been shown that intelligence experts will be frantically analysing for clues to the whereabouts of the jihadists.

The video, which is ISIS' most sickening yet, begins with a lengthy montage showing Jordan's King Abdullah II declaring his support for the anti-ISIS coalition in the style of a TV news report.

It then cuts to beaten and bruised-looking Kasasbeh sitting in a darkened room wearing an orange jump suit and giving details of his training as a pilot, the anti-ISIS airstrikes he took part in, and details of crash in which his F-16 jet came down in jihadi-held territory.

Militants fighting for the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq have released a video they claim shows Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh being burned alive while locked in a cage

Brutal: The footage, which is titled 'Healing the Believers Chests' appears to show the captured airman wearing an orange jumpsuit as a trail of petrol leading up to the cage is seen being set alight

Captured: Muath al-Kasasbeh (centre in white) was captured by the Islamic State after after crashing near its HQ in the Syrian city of Raqqa in December. ISIS is now believed to brutally murdered him

His commentary is preceded and interspersed by slick graphics including one showing an F-16 fight jet being smashed into tiny pieces.

Another segway features a crying baby over images of infants ISIS claims were injured and killed in airstrikes by Jordan.

Kassasbeh is then paraded in front of heavily armed men wearing combat fatigues and yellow masks.

The pilot's face looks swollen, heavily bruised and bloody in places - no doubt from repeat beatings by the terrorists from the moment of his capture.

Al-Kassasbeh is later seen walking towards the cage in which he would be burnt alive.

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Whereas the Jihadi John videos were often static - showing the executioner standing behind his victims - the latest video features a slick combination of aerial shots, panoramic views and changing camera angles

It then switches to an aerial shot showing the captured airman wearing an orange jumpsuit as a trail of petrol leading up to the cage is seen being set alight.

The enormous flames quickly engulf the pilot, who is seen battling them for more than than a minute before falling to his knees and putting up no further resistance.

He remains alive for at least another 30 seconds, however, before falling backwards on to the floor of the cage.

The images are far too distressing to publish.

The Sunni Muslim extremist group had threatened to kill Kassasbeh unless Jordan handed over a jailed Iraqi female suicide bomber, but the deal collapsed.

The release of the video of the pilot's purported murder came days after ISIS beheaded a second Japanese hostage within a week.

ISIS had vowed to kill the second Japanese man, Kenji Goto, and Kassasbeh by sunset on January 29 unless Amman handed over Iraqi jihadist and would-be suicide bomber Sajida al-Rishawi, who is on death row in Jordan.