"We are obviously deeply concerned by these reports. We have not at this time seen any evidence that corroborates ISIL's claim," said National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan.
In a statement posted on jihadist websites, the IS group said the woman was buried beneath rubble after an air raid by a Jordanian warplane in Raqa.
The statement did not show any pictures of a body and there was no independent confirmation of her reported death.
The IS group has murdered both locals and foreigners, including two US journalists, an American aid worker, two British aid workers, two Japanese hostages and a Jordanian pilot.
Jordan, one of several Arab countries in the US-led coalition battling IS, vowed a harsh response after the jihadists released a gruesome video this week showing the burning alive of airman Mauth al-Kassasbeh.
AFP
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6/2/15
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Islamic State says air strike killed US hostage, US skeptical...
ReplyDeleteIslamic State extremists claimed that an American woman held hostage by the group was killed Friday in a Jordanian air strike in northern Syria, but the government of Jordan dismissed the statement as "criminal propaganda" and the US said it had not seen any evidence to corroborate the report.
The woman was identified as Kayla Jean Mueller, an American who went to Syria to do aid work, but there was no independent verification of the militants' claim. The statement appeared on a militant website commonly used by the group and was also distributed by Islamic State-affiliated Twitter users.
The 26-year-old Mueller, of Prescott, Arizona, is the only known remaining US hostage held by the Islamic State group.......................http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/Islamic-State-says-air-strike-killed-US-hostage-US-skeptical/articleshow/46154295.cms
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