showing the execution of British aid worker David
Cawthorne Haines. This would be the third time the
organization, which has seized large swaths of Iraq
and Syria, beheaded a captive and released a video
of the execution, intending to send a message to
Western nations.
Haines, 44, like others in taped executions by the
terror group, was forced in the new video to read a
script in which he blamed his death on British
Prime Minister David Cameron and the British
government's decision to join the U.S. in its battle
against ISIS. A black-clad, masked militant holding
a knife then says the execution is in retaliation for
Britain's decision to supply arms to Kurdish fighters
battling ISIS in Iraq.
After the murder, another captive is shown and the
executioner warns Cameron "you ... will have the
blood of your people on your hands," if the U.K.
continues to ally with the U.S. in its campaign
against the group.
Britain had recently said it would send machine
guns and ammunition to Iraq to help that
government battle the militants, and it is weighing
whether to participate along with the U.S. in
possible airstrikes in Syria against the terror group.
Cameron called the execution "an act of pure evil."
The prime minister said:
"This is a despicable and appalling murder of
an innocent aid worker. It is an act of pure
evil. My heart goes out to the family of David
Haines who have shown extraordinary
courage and fortitude throughout this ordeal.
We will do everything in our power to hunt
down these murderers and ensure they face
justice, however long it takes," Cameron
added.
Haines, a father of two, was abducted in early 2013
in Syria while working for an aid group. ISIS
had released a video Sept. 2 showing the beheading
of American journalist Steven Sotloff, who was
kidnapped in Syria in August 2013. Another
American journalist, James Foley, was executed
and a video was released Aug. 19.
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