AMERICAN HERO  The photo released by the Kassig Family shows Peter Kassig in front of a truck somewhere along the Syrian border between late 2012 and autumn 2013 as the Special Emergency Response and Assistance was delivering supplies to refugees before the American aid worker was held captive by Islamic State jihadists. AFP PHOTO
AMERICAN HERO
The photo released by the Kassig Family shows Peter Kassig in front of a truck somewhere along the Syrian border between late 2012 and autumn 2013 as the Special Emergency Response and Assistance was delivering supplies to refugees before the American aid worker was held captive by Islamic State jihadists. AFP PHOTO

BEIRUT: United States President Barack Obama condemned as “pure evil” the Islamic State’s (IS) beheading of American aid worker Peter Kassig, after the group released a video showing his body on Sunday.

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