Family Of British Hostage Sends Message To ISIS Captors: ‘Make Contact With Us’

[Purveyor]

By Agence France-Presse
Saturday, September 13, 2014 9:03 EDT

The family of British aid worker David Haines, threatened with death by Islamic State militants in a recent video, has appealed to his captors to contact them.

In a statement issued by the Foreign Office in London on Saturday, they said the extremists have not responded to any of their attempts to make contact so far.

“We are the family of David Haines. We have sent messages to you to which we have not received a reply. We are asking those holding David to make contact with us,” the family said.

Scottish-born Haines, 44, was taken hostage in Syria in March 2013 and was threatened in a video released this month depicting the beheading by IS militants of the US journalist Steven Sotloff.

Haines had been working for the Agency for Technical Cooperation and Developement (ACTED), an international relief charity, and was previous involved in humanitarian work in the Balkans, parts of Africa and elsewhere in the Middle East.

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[Agschmid]

1. ISIS (or whatever) doesn't want some of these people rescued.

They want the spectacle, they want the West to get mad. They are indeed horrible people.

[flamingdem]

2. I think it suits them when families go pulic

As it adds to the impact of their gruesome theatrical acts.

[Agschmid]

3. Correct.

They may have already committed the murder as well and are just sitting on the tape.

[phil89]

4. We definitely take the bait and operate on emotion

it's the American way.