BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — The White House says the U.S. intelligence community is working to determine the authenticity of a video that purports to show that Islamic State militants have beheaded American aid worker Peter Kassig.
National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan says that if the video is authentic, the White House would be “appalled by the brutal murder of an innocent American.” She says the White House expresses its deepest condolences to Kassig’s family and friends.
The video emerged just minutes after President Barack Obama departed Australia for the U.S. The president was in Australia for the Group of 20 economic summit.
Kassig, 26, was captured last year while helping provide medical aid to Syrians. His friends say he converted to Islam in captivity and changed his name to Abdul-Rahman.
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And they killed him anyway.
What is it with Americans. They have reports of mass graves with women and children among the victims and no one bats an eye. They kill one person by beheading and the right wing wants to go to war. ISIL is doing the beheading just for the new coverage. ISIL is pure evil and must be destroyed but let the people over there who are actually being affected by the terror to start fighting to save their own country.