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British aid worker beheaded in Islamic State video
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/13/reports-islamic-state-releases-video-of-hostage-beheading/15595887/British aid worker beheaded in Islamic State video
Bill Keveney, USA TODAY 2:02 a.m. EDT September 14, 2014
The Islamic State has released video that shows the beheading of a British hostage and appears intended as a threat to countries backing military action in the Middle East.
The video identifies the victim as aid worker David Haines, who went missing last year while working in Syria for an international aid agency.
The beheading is the third videotaped and posted in the past month by Islamic State. It has similar visual characteristics to videos showing the beheadings of two American journalists, James Foley and Steven Sotloff. In those videos, the insurgent group warned President Obama there would be consequences if the U.S. did not stop airstrikes in Iraq.
Haines' apparent killer, who is dressed in black and speaks with a British accent, appears to be the same man who was in the videos showing the beheadings of the two Americans, the AP says.
