BREAKING NEWS: Female American aid worker, 26, held hostage by ISIS for 18 months has been 'killed in Jordanian air strike'

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[h=1]BREAKING NEWS: Female American aid worker, 26, held hostage by ISIS for 18 months has been 'killed in Jordanian air strike'[/h]

• ISIS militants claim Kayla Jean Mueller was killed in a Jordanian air strike
• The 26-year-old is understood to be last US hostage held by terror group
• She and her Syrian boyfriend were captured in Aleppo in August 2013
• ISIS had reportedly been demanding $6.6 million for her release and last year sent a video of her pleading for her life to her aid worker colleagues
• Mueller was apparently seen completely covered by a burqa in the video
• US officials said they have seen 'no evidence that corroborates' ISIS' claim

 

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Islamic State militants have released a statement claiming that a female American aid worker has been killed during a Jordanian air strike.
Kayla Jean Mueller, 26, is understood to be the last U.S. hostage held by the terror group, which had been demanding $6.6 million - £4.3million - for her release.
Her death is not yet been verified by independent sources and could easily be a propaganda move by the terror group to lay blame for the woman's death at the door of Jordan.
Earlier this week the Kingdom vowed to destroy ISIS and stepped up airstrikes on the group's de facto capital Raqqa after the militants filmed themselves burning Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasaesbeh to death while he was locked in a cage.

 

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Tragic: Kayla Jean Mueller, 26, is understood to be the last U.S. hostage held by the terror group, which had been demanding $6.6 million for her release

 

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Victim: Kayla Jean Mueller is believed to have been captured by ISIS scouts in Aleppo in August 2013 along with a number of Syrian aid workers, including her boyfriend

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Shocking: American officials said they were looking into the reports if Kayla Jean Mueller's death. The White House said it was looking into the claim but that so far there was no evidence that corroborated it

 

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Mueller allegedly died during an hour-long bombardment on the jihadis north Syrian stronghold of Raqqa, according to an unverified statement on a website commonly used by the terror group.
In August 2013, U.S. officials and Mueller's family in her hometown of Prescott, Arizona had requested that her name not be published for fear of putting her in further danger.
ISIS had reportedly demanded more than $6 million for her release and is believed to have sent a video of Mueller wearing a burqa and pleading for her life to her aid worker colleagues last August, according to the New York Times
A statement released this afternoon by ISIS sources said: 'The criminal Crusader coalition aircraft bombarded a site outside the city of Raqqa today at noon while the people were performing the Friday prayer.

 

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'The air assaults were continuous on the same location for more than an hour,' it added before sharing photographs of a bombed out building that it claimed had come under attack.
ISIS then claimed Mueller had been inside the building at the time and had been killed, but added that no militants had been injured.
There were no images of Mueller herself and ISIS' claim could not be independently verified.
Mueller is believed to have been working with Spanish Doctors Without Borders when she and her Syrian boyfriend ventured into the Syrian city of Aleppo in August 2013.
Shortly after arriving the pair are believed to have been kidnapped by Islamic State militants and taken to the terror group's stronghold and de facto capital Raqqa.

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Blast: ISIS released images of this badly damaged building in which they claimed Kayla Jean Mueller had been killed during an Jordanian airstrike

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Rubble: ISIS Mueller had been inside the building at the time of the airstrike and had been killed. The group added that none of its militants had been injured during the raid

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Several images of the damaged building were released by ISIS but there was no proof of Mueller being killed

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Islamic State militants have claimed an American aid worker was killed during a Jordanian air strike, it has been reported. Above, a Jordanian Royal Air Force F-16 fighter jet pictured yesterday

 

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American officials said they were urgently looking into the reports of Mueller's death.
Bernadette Meehan, the spokeswoman for President Barack Obama's National Security Council, said the White House has 'not at this time seen any evidence that corroborates' the claim.
'We are obviously deeply concerned by these reports,' she added.
White House spokesman Eric Schultz told reporters traveling with the president to Indiana on Friday that the U.S. does coordinate with the Jordanian air force on airstrikes.
He wouldn't say whether the U.S. was aware of the hostage's location.
The ISIS statement could not be independently verified but initially appeared on a militant website commonly used by ISIS and was also distributed by ISIS-affiliated Twitter users.
If her death is confirmed, she would be the fourth American to die while in the captivity of the Islamic State militants.



Three other Americans, journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff and aid worker Peter Kassig were beheaded by the group.
Jordan, which is part of a U.S.-led coalition bombing Islamic State group targets in Syria, stepped up its attacks after ISIS announced it had killed a captive Jordanian pilot.
The Syrian government said yesterday that dozens of Jordanian fighter jets had bombed Islamic State training centers and weapons storage sites. It did not say where the attacks occurred.
There was no word from the Jordanian government on whether its planes had struck Raqqa today although unverified reports on social media claimed the city had been hit multiple times.
Miss Mueller had been working in Turkey assisting Syrian refugees, according to a 2013 article in her local newspaper. She told the paper that she was drawn to help with the situation in Syria.
‘For as long as I live, I will not let this suffering be normal,’ she said.
‘It’s important to stop and realize what we have, why we have it and how privileged we are. And from that place, start caring and get a lot done.’
In a statement today, her family told US radio broadcaster NPR that Miss Mueller had spent her adult life 'travelling the world and helping those in need.'
They said: 'After graduating from college, she spent more than one year living and working with humanitarian aid groups in northern India, Israel and Palestine.
'She returned home to Arizona in 2011, and worked for one year at an HIV/AIDS clinic while volunteering at a women's shelter at night.




"It’s important to stop and realize what we have, why we have it and how privileged we are. And from that place, start caring and get a lot done"
Kayla Jean Mueller

 

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Brutal: Kayla Jean Mueller's death is not yet been verified by independent sources and could easily be a propaganda move by the terror group to lay blame for the woman's death at the door of Jordan. Earlier this week the Kingdom vowed to destroy ISIS after Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasaesbeh was filmed being burnt to to death while he was locked in a cage (pictured)

 

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'In December 2011, she traveled to France to be an au pair so she could learn French in preparation for work in Africa.
'War sidetracked Kayla's Africa plans as she was drawn to alleviate the suffering of Syrian refugees.
'She moved to the Turkish/Syrian border in December 2012 and began working with the organizations Support to Life and the Danish Refugee Council to assist families who had been forced to flee their homes.




'Kayla found this work heartbreaking but compelling; she was extremely devoted to the people of Syria.'
Miss Mueller is believed to have been captured by ISIS scouts in Aleppo in August 2013 along with a number of Syrian aid workers, including her boyfriend.
All of the other aid workers are believed to have subsequently been released by the terror group.
Mueller is from a small town in Arizona where her father runs an auto body repair shop.
Her parents, both in their early 60s, have a large detached home on the side of a hill in a rural area of the state.
The university graduate was a determined activist as a young woman who volunteered for three years with a coalition battling genocide in war torn African nations.
The young humanitarian conducted two silent walks in her hometown to raise awareness surrounding the issue.
She also wrote letters and placed calls to members of Congress to push for a change in US policy.
Her efforts landed her with several youth awards and she went on to dedicate her life to humanitarian aid.


" Kayla found this work heartbreaking but compelling; she was extremely devoted to the people of Syria"Statement from Miss Mueller's family

 

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[h=3]KAYLA JEAN MUELLER IS THE LATEST IN A LONG LINE OF WESTERN AID WORKERS AND JOURNALISTS TO DIE IN THE HANDS OF THE TERROR GROUP[/h]If Kayla Jean Mueller was killed by ISIS, she would be the latest in a string of victims killed while being held hostage by the terror group.
The group also holds British photojournalist John Cantlie, who has appeared in other extremist propaganda videos.
James Foley
US journalist James Foley, who was taken hostage at gunpoint in northern Syria in November 2012, was the first Islamic State prisoner to be beheaded on film – killed by the man now known to be Jihadi John.
ISIS posted the graphic video of his death, shot in an unknown location, on social media last August as proof of their barbaric actions. It would be the first of a number of similarly brutal videos.

If Mueller's death is confirmed, then he will join a list of other victims, including Haruna Yukawa (left). British aid workers David Haines (centre), and Alan Henning (right) were murdered by the terror group

Steven Sotloff
Two weeks later ISIS released a video that shows the beheading of a second American journalist, Steven Sotloff.
In the clip the group said his murder was in retaliation for the Obama administration’s continued airstrikes in Iraq.
Mr Sotloff, 31, from Miami, freelanced for Time and Foreign Policy magazines. He vanished in Syria in August 2013 and was not seen again until he appeared in the video of Mr Foley’s beheading.
The executioner, who appeared to be the same man who killed Foley, threatened to kill a Briton who was being held hostage by the group next.
David Haines
On September 13, just two weeks after the previous video, ISIS released a clip that showed the beheading of David Haines. This time the message was directed at Prime Minister David Cameron.
The British father-of-two had spent his career as an aid worker helping to protect innocent civilians across the Third World.

US journalist James Foley (left) was the first to appear alongside Jihadi John in one of the sickening videos, followed by Steven Sotloff (centre). Aid worker Peter Kassig (right) is also dead

Alan Henning
Just weeks later the group released footage of the beheading of 47-year-old aid worker Alan Henning.
The father of two, who had been in Syria providing aid to refugees when he was taken hostage, was murdered by the masked British militant known as Jihadi John in a video posted online.
Peter Kassig
On November 16 US aid worker Peter Kassig and 18 Syrian soldiers were beheaded in a video released by ISIS.
Kenhi Goto and Haruna Yukawa
In January this year, ISIS demanded ransom for two Japanese hostages – Kenhi Goto and Haruna Yukawa.
Just four days later, Goto appeared in a video, holding a photo of beheaded hostage Yukawa. IS demanded the release of terror suspect Sajida al-Rishawi, in exchange for Goto.
Last Saturday, a video showing the decapitated body of Goto was released by the group.

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The group released a video showing the decapitated body Kenhi Goto (left) last week. On Tuesday, Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh (right) was filmed as he was burnt alive while trapped in a cage

Moaz al-Kasasbeh
On Tuesday, ISIS released a video that showed captured Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh being burnt alive while locked in a cage.
The chilling footage, entitled 'Healing the Believers' Chests', shows the captured airman wearing an orange jumpsuit and seemingly doused in fuel as a trail of petrol leading up to the iron bars of the cage is seen being set alight.
Within an hour of the 22-minute-long video's publication, Jordan had reportedly moved ISIS-linked prisoners to a jail in the south of the country which is usually used for state executions.
Two, including would-be female suicide bomber Sajida al-Rishawi, were executed at dawn.

 

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[h=1]Death of US woman held by ISIS confirmed; Obama vows to bring terrorists to justice[/h][h=2]“We are heartbroken to share that we’ve received confirmation that Kayla Jean Mueller, has lost her life,” Obama says.[/h]
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Kayla Mueller, 26, an American humanitarian worker from Prescott, Arizona. (photo credit:REUTERS)





The family of the 26-year-old US woman who was held in Islamic State captivity was informed Tuesday by US authorities that she had been killed.

“We are heartbroken to share that we’ve received confirmation that Kayla Jean Mueller, has lost her life,” her parents said in a statement. “Kayla was a compassionate and devoted humanitarian. She dedicated the whole of her young life to helping those in need of freedom, justice, and peace.”

US President Barack Obama released a statement on Mueller's death on Tuesday, saying that “it is with profound sadness that we have learned of the death of Kayla Jean Mueller. On behalf of the American people, Michelle and I convey our deepest condolences to Kayla’s family – her parents, Marsha and Carl, and her brother Eric and his family – and all of those who loved Kayla dearly. At this time of unimaginable suffering, the country shares in their grief.”

Obama vowed to "find and bring to justice the terrorists who are responsible."

Islamic State said on Friday that Mueller had been killed in Jordanian air strike against the group.

Mueller was the last-known American hostage held by Islamic State, which controls wide areas of Syria and Iraq. The militant Islamist group has beheaded three other Americans, two Britons and two Japanese hostages - most of them aid workers or journalists - in recent months.

Mueller relocated to the Turkish-Syrian border in December 2012 to help Syrian refugees, working with the Danish Refugee Council and the aid group Support to Life. She was taken by Islamic State while leaving a hospital in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo in August 2013.

 

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[h=1]'Please help me, I'm so sick I'm dying': Kayla Mueller's friend reveals her heart-breaking voicemail plea as it's revealed photos of her dead body showed bruising on her face and a white burial shroud[/h]

• Kayla Mueller was an aid-worker, basing herself at the Turkey-Syria border
• She was captured by ISIS in August 2013 and confirmed dead last Friday
• Miss Mueller struck up a friendship with Oruba Barakat while in Turkey
• After she was kidnapped Miss Barakat received a voice message from her
• She begged for help and said she was 'sick' and 'dying' in short message
• ISIS contacted family to confirm death, also sending photos of her body
• Two photos show bruises on face and another her covered in white shroud

A friend of ISIS hostage Kayla Mueller, who was confirmed dead this week, revealed she left her a message shortly after being kidnapped by militants begging her to help her escape and saying 'I'm so sick, I'm dying.'
Kayla Mueller, of Arizona, was kidnapped by ISIS in Aleppo in 2013 and was confirmed dead on Friday.
The Islamic extremist group claimed she had died during a Jordanian airstrike in Raqqa and later sent her family photos of her dead body to confirm it.
One of these photos showed the aid worker covered in a white burial shroud, intended to show she had been treated with respect. Others showed bruising on her face, supposedly a sign of the airstrike - a fact disputed by US authorities and Jordan.
Oruba Barakat told CNN she had befriended the aid worker in Turkey before she left for Syria and later received a desperate message from her after she had been captured by ISIS militants

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Aid worker Kayla Mueller phoned a friend begging for help shortly after she had been kidnapped by ISIS as she left a Syrian hospital, her friend Oruba Barakat revealed. The 26-year-old American hostage was confirmed dead last week

'She said 'please try to help me, get me out, I'm so sick I'm dying,' said Ms Barakat, recalling the message.
Miss Mueller was captured in August 2013 as she left a Doctors without Borders hospital.
After Miss Mueller had been taken, along with three other hostages, Ms Barakat said she tried in vain to get her contacts to convince ISIS to release her - but with no success.
Two to three months later she received a message from her.

 

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More incompetence from the bozo in the White House

White House Stalled ISIS Rescue. Foley, Sotloff, and Mueller Died


The U.S. government obtained intelligence on the possible location of American captives held by ISIS in Syria last year, but Obama administration officials waited nearly a month to launch a rescue mission because of concerns that the intelligence wasn’t conclusive and some of it had come from a foreign service, U.S. and British officials told The Daily Beast.

British officials, as well as private security contractors, said they were frustrated by Washington’s hesitance to give the go-ahead for a rescue attempt, which eventually was carried out on July 4, 2014, by which time the hostages had been moved. The following month, ISIS began beheading its American and British prisoners in a series of grisly Internet videos.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/12/obama-s-isis-hesitation-cost-u-s-lives.html

 

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Ms Barakat said the message from Miss Mueller lasted 10-15 seconds and she was never able to contact her herself.
'She begged for help,' she added.
'I called the American Embassy, I called many people inside Syria asking for help asking if they could convince ISIS to free her because she is a very good girl and did good things for Syrians. But ISIS doesn't care about Syrians.
But as more months passed it began to look more impossible that Miss Mueller would be released. Ms Barakat said the three other people with her - all Syrian - were eventually released purely, she suspects, because being from Syria meant they had 'little value' to ISIS.

Ms Barakat said she asked her friend not to travel to Syria, but she was determined to go and try and help people.
ISIS claimed they had treated the aid worker with respect - a fact echoed in a letter written by Kayla while she was in captivity.
After she died militants are believed to have sent a message to her parents, along with three photos of her dead body.
Officials told CBS that one photo showed her covered in the shroud, while two others showed bruising on her face. It has not yet been confirmed how she died.
An intelligence assessment has also revealed she may have been offered as a bride to an ISIS fighter.
During her time in captivity the family also received a video featured the aid worker, forcibly filmed by ISIS as proof she was still alive.

[h=3]'DO NOT FEAR FOR ME, CONTINUE TO PRAY' : KAYLA MUELLER'S LETTER TO HER FAMILY WHILE IN CAPTIVITY[/h]Everyone, If you are receiving this letter it means I am still detained but my cell mates (starting from 11/2/2014) have been released.
I have asked them to contact you + send you this letter.
It's hard to know what to say.
Please know that I am in a safe location, completely unharmed + healthy(put on weight in fact); I have been treated w/ the utmost respect + kindness. I wanted to write you all a well thought out letter (but I
didn't know if my cellmates would be leaving in the coming days or the coming months restricting my time but primarily) I could only but write the letter a paragraph at a time, just the thought of you all sends me into a fit of tears.
If you could say I have 'suffered' at all throughout this whole experience it is only in knowing how much suffering I have put you all through; I will never ask you to forgive me as I do not deserve forgiveness.
I remember mom always telling me that all in all in the end the only one you really have is God. I have come to a place in experience where, in every sense of the word, I have surrendered myself to our creator b/c literally there was no else….+ by God + by your prayers I have felt tenderly cradled in freefall.
I have been shown in darkness, light + have learned that even in prison, one can be free. I am grateful.
I have come to see that there is good in every situation, sometimes we just have to look for it. I pray each each day that if nothing else, you have felt a certain closeness + surrender to God as well + have formed a bond of love + support amongst one another…
I miss you all as if it has been a decade of forced separation. I have had many a long hour to think, to think of all the things I will do w/ Lex, our first family camping trip, the first meeting @ the airport.I have had many hours to think how only in your absence have I finally @ 25 years old come to realize your place in my life.
The gift that is each one of you + the person I could + could not be if you were not a part of my life, my family, my support. I DO NOT want the negotiations for my release to be your duty, if there is any other option
take it, even if it takes more time.
This should never have become your burden. I have asked these women to
support you; please seek their advice. If you have not done so already, [REDACTED] can contact [REDACTED] who may have a certain level of experience with these people.
None of us could have known it would be this long but know I am also fighting from my side in the ways I am able + I have a lot of fight left
inside of me.
I am not breaking down + I will not give in no matter how long it takes.
I wrote a song some months ago that says, 'The part of me that pains the most also gets me out of bed, w/out your hope there would be nothing left…' aka -¬ The thought of your pain is the source of my own, simultaneously the hope of our reunion is the source of my strength.
Please be patient, give your pain to God.
I know you would want me to remain strong.
That is exactly what I am doing.
Do not fear for me, continue to pray as will I + by God's will we will
be together soon.
All my everything,

Kayla

 

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Dried my tears quickly when finding out she was just another Rachel Corrie. I'm sure she meant well but.....

 

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Yes that fool Corrie killed herself by throwing herself in the path of the IDF BULLDOZER. She was a misguided and lacked knowledge and under standing of the terrorist Palestinian State. Far too many foolish Palestinian supporters, support for the Palestinians is just anti-Semitism.