The parents of an ex-Army Ranger from Indiana being held hostage by Islamic State militants released a video Saturday appealing for mercy and asking for his release. The militant group has threatened to kill Peter Kassig, 26, who was captured last year
The Islamic State terror group identified its next target on Friday, a former U.S. Army Ranger who was captured in Lebanon last year during a relief mission to help Syrian refugees. Peter Edward Kassig, 26, first visited Beirut on a college spring
In the video which was posted on YouTube, the black-clad man holding Henning declares Peter Edward Kassig to be the next target for execution. The video then shows the executioner, standing behind Henning, saw quickly
At the end of the video, ISIS threatens American captive Peter Kassig, with the very clear implication that if the U.S. and its allies continue a campaign of airstrikes against ISIS, Kassig will be the next to die. Kassig's parents
ISIS has threatened that its next beheading victim will be kidnapped former U.S. soldier Peter Kassig — who has given most of his young life to helping others — in a gruesome video showing the decapitation of British citizen Alan Henning. A former U