Mr Cameron condemned the “depravity” of the Isil militants and said he was horrified by Mr Kassig’s cold-blooded murder
Of course, ISIS’ methods are shocking, medieval, and horrible war crimes, but where is Mr. Cameron’s outrage at Obama’s drones who have killed hundreds, if not thousands, of innocent civilians? Death from drones is OK, but beheadings are not? What is the difference? Death is death.
Isil threatens slaughter in the streets of the West – Telegraph.
Telegraph.uk
16 Nov 2014
By Ben Farmer, Defence Correspondent, and Richard Spencer, Middle East Correspondent
‘Jihadi John’ threatens to bring slaughter to the streets of the West as he announces the death of American aid worker Peter Kassig
The Islamic State militant known as Jihadi John has threatened to bring slaughter to the streets of Britain and the West in a new video announcing the murder of an American aid worker.
The video, featuring the masked militant, marks the group’s most explicit threats yet to attack the UK and America and dismisses David Cameron as a puppet of Barack Obama.
It endorses the Prime Minister’s earlier warnings of terrorist attacks in the UK and says the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) will soon begin attacks against the West.
The graphic footage shows what it claims to be the severed head of Peter Kassig, a US special forces soldier turned aid worker, and the beheading of at least 18 Syrian military prisoners.
Mr Cameron condemned the “depravity” of the Isil militants and said he was horrified by Mr Kassig’s cold-blooded murder. He said Mr Kassig was a “selfless humanitarian worker who had gone to the region to help care for those fleeing the Syrian conflict.”
He added: “This underlines the deplorable depths to which these terrorists are prepared to go – savagely murdering a compassionate man.
In Washington, Mr Obama’s National Security Council said US intelligence agencies were working to confirm the authenticity of the video. Officials said they were “increasingly convinced” it was genuine.
A spokeswoman said: “If confirmed, we are appalled by the brutal murder of an innocent American aid worker and we express our deepest condolences to his family and friends.”
The killing showed the West may have to “think the unthinkable” and commit ground troops to help Iraqi forces beat back the militants from northern Iraq, Lord Dannatt, former head of the Army said.
The 15-minute-long film was released hours after unconfirmed reports that Jihadi John, who is now one of the world’s most wanted men, had been wounded last week in a US air strike. It was not immediately clear when it was filmed.
The militant, who speaks in a London accent, says: “To Obama, the dog of Rome. Today we are slaughtering the soldiers of Bashar and tomorrow we will be slaughtering your soldiers and with Allah’s permission we will break this final and last crusade and the Islamic State will soon, like your puppet David Cameron said, begin to slaughter your people on your streets.”
The video then shows the execution of at least 18 pilots and officers from Bashar al Assad’s government forces. Later the militant can be seen with a decapitated head at his feet, which he says belongs to Mr Kassig. Mr Kassig makes no propaganda statement in the video, in contrast to the executions in earlier hostage films, and one close friend said he believed he had defied his captors to the end.
Michael Downey, one of Mr Kassig’s best friends from Beirut, said: “I think he refused. He was a man of principle and wouldn’t give into intimidation from thugs. He never took the easy route.”
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