OBAMA CONFIRMS DEATH OF PETER KASSIG, US AID WORKER HELD HOSTAGE BY ISIS (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)
by STANews 
, Sunday, November 16, 2014, 20:05
President Barack Obama on Sunday confirmed the death of Peter Kassig, the American aid worker who was held hostage by Islamic State (Isis) militants in Syria.
A video was released earlier in the day, seeming to show Kassig’s head at the feet of an Isis militant. Administration officials spent Sunday examining the video.
In a statement that referred to the name the Indiana native adopted after converting to Islam while in captivity, Obama said: “We offer our prayers and condolences to the parents and family of Abdul-Rahman Kassig, also known to us as Peter. We cannot begin to imagine their anguish at this painful time.”
Secretary of state John Kerry also released a statement. “During [Kassig’s] time in captivity,” he said, “his family, and the entire government, including his home state Senator Joe Donnelly, worked to avoid this tragic outcome.
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