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Alan Henning

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Alan Henning was a British humanitarian aid worker born in 1967, who was murdered by the Islamic Sate (ISIS). He was captured during ISIS’s occupation of the Syrian city of Al-Dana in December 2013, where he was helping with humanitarian relief. He was seen at the end of Davis Haines’ execution video in September 2013. A video of Henning’s beheading was released by the group on October 3, 2014.

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3 Oct, 2014

Threatened in video

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Kassig is threatened at the end of the video of Henning’s death. ISIS militant:

Obama, you have started your aerial bombardment of the Sham which keeps on striking our people. So, it is only right that we continue to strike the necks of your people.

13 Sep, 2014

Haines executed, Henning threatened

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isis-david-cawthorne-hainesISIS releases a video showing the execution of British aid worker David Cawthorne Haines. In the video, titled ‘A Message To The Allies of America’, Haines is shown kneeling on a bare hillside under the open sky in a landscape that appears identical to those where journalists Steven Sotloff and James Foley were executed. He reads from a script:

I would like to declare that I hold you, David Cameron, entirely responsible for my execution. You entered voluntarily into a coalition with the United States against the Islamic State. Unfortunately, it is we the British public that in the end will pay the price for our Parliament’s selfish decisions.

A black-clad executioner then issues a threat against another British hostage, a man identified as Alan Henning. The man’s voice and his distinctive London accent are similar to those of the same person who appeared in the videotaped executions of Sotloff and Foley. He threatens Prime Minister David Cameron:

If you, Cameron, persist in fighting the Islamic State, then you, like your master Obama, will have the blood of your people on your hands.

ALAN-HENNING

He says that the Western allies have no chance of winning:

Your evil alliance with America which continues to strike the Muslims of Iraq and most recently bombed the Haditha Dam will only accelerate your destruction and playing the role of the obedient lapdog Cameron, will only drag you and your people into another bloody and unwinnable war.