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[IsraelTimes] The Islamic State jihadist group claimed it executed British aid worker David Haines, in retaliation for British leader David Cameron entering a coalition with the United States against the militants.This would be the third such execution in recent weeks, after two US journalists taken hostage in Syria were shown murdered. The beheading of James Foley was shown in a video released on August 19, and the killing of Steven Sotloff in a video released on September 2. Foley and Sotloff were both American journalists. Sotloff also held Israeli citizenship.
The Islamist group released a video, available late Saturday on the website of private terrorism monitoring group SITE, purportedly showing a masked militant beheading Haines.
Britain's Foreign Office said it was seeking to verify the authenticity of the video. If true, the killing would mark "another disgusting murder," it said.
The video was entitled "A Message to the Allies of America." Haines' purported killer, who appeared to be the same man speaking with a British accent as in the previous videos, tells the British government that its alliance with the US will only "accelerate your destruction" and will drag the British people into "another bloody and unwinnable war."
Haines was abducted in Syria in 2013 while working for an international aid agency.
The clip, which appeared authentic, featured Haines reading an Islamic State script in which he said he held British Prime Minister David Cameron directly responsible for his execution. "You followed Americans into Iraq, following the trend of British Prime Ministers who cannot find the courage to say no to Americans," he said. "Unfortunately, it is we the British public, that in the end that will pay the price for our parliaments selfish decisions."