Abdul-Rahman Kassig: Idealist 'simply seeking to help'

[DrLeftover]

US aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig, who was known as Peter Kassig before he converted to Islam, has reportedly been killed by Islamic State militants.

The 26-year-old was seized by IS fighters in northern Syria in 2013.

Mr Kassig founded an aid group that focused on providing Syrian refugees with medical supplies and food. He also gave medical training to Syrians.

He has been described as "open, honest and motivated by the simple desire to help people".

Mr Kassig, from Indiana, joined the US army rangers in 2006, and was deployed to Iraq in 2007.

He was honourably discharged for health reasons, and studied political science at Butler University in Indianapolis.
'Hopeless romantic'

Mr Kassig told Time magazine that he visited Beirut during one of his holidays to learn more about the Syrian crisis.

He later returned to Lebanon to volunteer at refugee camps, eventually setting up his own aid group, Special Emergency Response and Assistance (Sera).

He told CNN in a 2012 interview: ""The way I saw it, I didn't have a choice. This is what I was put here to do. I guess I am just a hopeless romantic, and I am an idealist, and I believe in hopeless causes."

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30073696

 

[DrLeftover]

More:

(Reuters) - Islamic State militants said in a video on Sunday they had beheaded U.S. hostage Peter Kassig and warned the United States they would kill other U.S. citizens "on your streets".

The announcement of Kassig's death, in what would be the fifth such killing of a Western captive by the group, formed part of a 15-minute video posted online in which Islamic State showed the beheadings of at least 14 men it said were pilots and officers loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

In Washington, President Barack Obama's National Security Council (NSC) said the U.S. government was working to confirm the authenticity of the claim.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/16/us-mideast-crisis-beheading-idUSKCN0J008W20141116

 

[VRVisions]

I heard this on WRTV (the local ABC station) this morning, as he was from my hometown of Indianapolis. I don't approve of this gruesome idea of beheading until the missiles stop, and I condemn ISIS for doing this from the start.

 

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Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'oon.

May Allah swt grant him Jannah Firdous. Ameen.

 

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http://offtopix.com/showthread.php?tid=31936

 

[DrLeftover]

http://offtopix.com/showthread.php?tid=31936

Sorry about that.

Did you ask an admin to combine the threads, or did you just post a link to the other thread?

 

[+paradox]

no, i was going to link the other thread to this thread too but i forgot, for some reason...