White House condemns Henning's killing

 

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(CNN) -- A short video released by ISIS on Friday shows the apparent beheading of British aid worker Alan Henning, with the executioner blaming the death on the United Kingdom for joining the U.S.-led bombing campaign against the group.

Before he is killed, Henning speaks to the camera, referencing the British Parliament's decision to participate in coalition of more than 40 countries who have banded together to go after the so-called Islamic State terror group in Iraq and Syria.

At the end of the video, ISIS shows American aid worker Peter Kassig and threatens his life.

There is no reason to believe the video is not authentic, a U.S. intelligence official told CNN, adding that American officials are studying it.

"The brutal murder of Alan Henning by ISIL shows just how barbaric and repulsive these terrorists are," UK Prime Minister David Cameron said, referring to the group also known as ISIL.

"Alan had gone to Syria to help get aid to people of all faiths in their hour of need," Cameron said. "The fact that he was taken hostage when trying to help others and now murdered demonstrates that there are no limits to the depravity of these ISIL terrorists."

The news of Henning's beheading comes just days after Britain joined the coalition. UK jets began flying reconnaissance flights over Iraq a week ago, and on Tuesday dropped its first missiles on an ISIS heavy-weapon position and an armed pickup truck in Iraq, according to the UK Defense Ministry.

A taxi driver from near Manchester, England, Henning was part of a team of volunteers that traveled to Syria in December 2013 to deliver food and water to people affected by the Middle Eastern country's devastating civil war.

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He was abducted the day after Christmas by masked gunmen, according to other people in the aid convoy.

The Prime Minister vowed to bring the killers to justice.

Last week, the British Foreign Office released an audio file of Henning pleading for his life. His wife made a public plea for ISIS to spare his life.

Barbara Henning's pleas were joined by voices of Muslim leaders around the world.

They included Shaykh Haitham Al Haddad, a judge on the Shariah Council in London, who has said that "whatever your grievance with American or British foreign policy, executing this man is not the answer."

But the calls for mercy appear to have been met with bloodshed.

The White House released a statement condemning Henning's murder and vowing to work alongside the UK and its allies to "degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL."

Video similar to others

If the authenticity of the video is confirmed, Henning will be the fourth Westerner to be beheaded on camera by ISIS.

This summer, ISIS beheaded American freelance journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff -- showing their gruesome killings in videos posted online. ISIS then claimed its first British victim, aid worker David Haines, according to video that appeared online on September 13.

In the video released by ISIS Friday, Henning's name is misspelled "Allen."

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The video is similar to the previous ones, with a clearly scripted statement being delivered by the victim.

But unlike the previous ones, this one is shorter and is shot tightly, showing none of the surroundings.

And just like the previous videos, it ends with a threat to another hostage.

The National Security Council confirmed that Kassig is being held by ISIS.

"We will continue to use every tool at our disposal -- military, diplomatic, law enforcement and intelligence -- to try to bring Peter home to his family," according to agency spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden.

The American who appears at the end of the video, Kassig, is a former soldier who became an aid worker in the Middle East.

Kassig's parents, Ed and Paula, confirmed to CNN it was their son, "who was doing humanitarian work in Syria, is being held captive."

"We ask everyone around the world to pray for the Henning family, for our son, and for the release of all innocent people being held hostage in the Middle East and around the globe," the statement said.

Kassig, 26, founded the non-profit Special Emergency Response and Assistance group. At the time, the organization was providing humanitarian aid to refugees fleeing the Syrian civil war.

Kassig worked as a medic and was en route to Deir Ezzor in northern Syria for SERA when he was kidnapped on October 1, 2013, according to his family.

"I am not a doctor. I am not a nurse. But I am a guy who can clean up bandages, help clean up patients, swap out bandages, help run IVs, make people's quality of life a little bit better," he told CNN's Arwa Damon during an interview in 2012.

"This is something for me that has meaning, that has purpose."

ISIS的視頻聲稱，顯示艾倫·亨寧的斬首; 美國威脅
由切爾西J·卡特，馬里亞諾·卡斯蒂略和薩爾瑪·阿卜杜勒-阿齊茲，美國有線電視新聞網
2014年10月3日 - 更新2347 GMT（0747 HKT）

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新聞提要
新：國科會證實彼得Kassig，美國視頻顯示，正在舉行由Isis
ISIS聲稱已斬殺另一毛子
視頻似乎顯示艾倫·亨寧，英國援助工作者被殺害
白宮譴責亨寧的殺戮 美國揚言在新的ISIS視頻
（CNN） -上週五公佈的ISIS的一個簡短的錄像顯示，英國援助工作者艾倫·亨寧明顯的斬首，與劊子手歸咎於英國的死亡對本集團加入美國領導的轟炸。
之前，他被殺死了，亨寧說相機，它引用了英國議會的決定，參加40多個國家的聯盟誰聯合起來在伊拉克和敘利亞的所謂伊斯蘭國家恐怖集團後去了。
在視頻的結尾，ISIS顯示美國援助工作者彼得Kassig，並威脅他的生命。
沒有理由認為該視頻是不是真實的，美國情報官員告訴CNN，並稱美國官員正在研究它。
“艾倫·亨寧由ISIL殘忍殺害只是說明野蠻和令人厭惡的這些恐怖分子，”英國首相戴維·卡梅倫說，指的是該組也被稱為ISIL。
“艾倫去了敘利亞，以幫助援助，在他們需要的時候各種信仰的人，”卡梅倫說。“他被帶到試圖幫助他人時，人質現在被謀殺的事實表明，沒有任何限制這些ISIL恐怖分子的墮落。”
亨寧的斬首的消息是僅僅幾天之後，英國加入了聯盟。英國飛機開始飛越伊拉克的偵察飛行一個星期前，並於週二在一個ISIS的重型武器位置和武裝卡車在伊拉克降到了第一次導彈，據英國國防部。
從近曼徹斯特，英國一名出租車司機，亨寧是一個志願者團隊在前往敘利亞2013年12月提供的食物和水，受中東國家的毀滅性內戰的人的一部分。
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他當天被綁架的聖誕節後蒙面槍手，根據其他人的援助車隊。
總理誓言將兇手繩之於法。
上週，英國外交部發表亨寧的討饒的音頻文件。他的妻子做了一個公開懇求ISIS饒他一命。
芭芭拉·亨寧的認罪是由世界各地的穆斯林領袖的聲音加入。
他們包括謝赫·海賽姆鋁哈達德，在伊斯蘭教法會在倫敦的一名法官，誰曾說過：“無論你的不滿與美國或英國的外交政策，在執行這個男人也不是辦法。”
但是求饒的呼聲似乎已經遇到了流血事件。
白宮發表聲明，譴責亨寧的謀殺，並聲稱要一起工作的英國及其盟友“降低並最終破壞ISIL。”
視頻跟別人
如果視頻的真實性得到確認，亨寧將成為第四西方人通過ISIS被砍頭的鏡頭。
今年夏天，ISIS斬首美國特約記者詹姆斯·福利和史蒂芬Sotloff - 顯示在視頻在網上發布自己的可怕的殺戮。ISIS然後聲稱它的第一個英國的受害者，救援人員大衛·海恩斯，根據視頻，網上出現了9月13日。
在由Isis週五公佈的視頻，亨寧的名字拼錯“艾倫”。
誰是ISIS的？
該視頻是類似於以前的，具有明確的腳本語句被交的受害者。
但不同於以前的，這個人是短，緊密拍攝，顯示沒有一個周圍。
而就在之前的影片一樣，它有另一個人質的威脅結束。
國家安全委員會證實，Kassig正在舉行由Isis。
“我們將繼續利用一切​​工具，在我們的處置 - 軍事，外交，執法和情報 - 盡量把彼得家裡給他的家人，”根據代理發言人凱特琳·海登。
誰出現在視頻中，Kassig年底美國的，是誰成為一個援助工作者在中東的前士兵。
Kassig的父母埃德和保拉，證實美國有線電視新聞網，這是他們的兒子，“誰是做在敘利亞的人道主義工作，被關押。”
“我們要求每個人在世界各地，以祈求亨寧家庭，為了我們的兒子，並為所有無辜者釋放被挾持在中東和世界各地，”聲明說。
Kassig，26歲，創辦了非營利性特殊應急響應和救援集團。當時，該組織向難民提供人道主義援助，逃往敘利亞內戰。
Kassig在敘利亞北部擔任軍醫，並在途中向代爾祖爾的SERA，當他被綁架在2013年10月1日，據他的家人。
“我不是醫生，我不是一名護士，但我誰可以清理繃帶，幫助清理病人，換了繃帶，幫助運行的IV，使人們的生活質量更好一點一個人，”他告訴在2012年接受採訪時CNN的阿瓦·達蒙。
“這是對我來說有意義，有目的的。”