{{short description|British aid worker}} {{use British English|date=October 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = David Haines | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = David Cawthorne Haines | birth_date = {{birth date|1970|5|9|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[East Yorkshire|East Yorkshire, England]] | disappeared_date = 8 March 2013 | disappeared_place = [[Atme|Atme, Syria]] | disappeared_status = | death_date = {{circa}} {{death date and age|2014|9|13|1970|5|9|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Syrian desert]] | death_cause = [[Decapitation]] | other_names = David | citizenship = [[British people|British]] | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = [[Humanitarian aid]] worker | years_active = 1999–2014 | employer = Aid worker | organization = | known_for = Aid worker | spouse = | children = 2 }} '''David Cawthorne Haines''' (9 May 1970 – {{circa}} 13 September 2014)<ref name=dhobit>{{cite news|title=David Haines – obituary|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11095290/David-Haines-obituary.html|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|location=London|date=14 September 2014}}</ref><ref name=bbc-3sept/> was a British aid worker who was captured by the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL) in early 2013 and beheaded in early September 2014.<ref name=the-wire-2014-09-14>{{cite news|author1=Dashiell Bennett|author2=Polly Mosendz|title=New ISIS Video Reportedly Shows the Execution of British Hostage|url=http://www.thewire.com/global/2014/09/new-isis-execution-of-british-hostage-david-haines/380172|access-date=14 September 2014|work=[[The Atlantic Wire|The Wire]]|date=14 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914071528/http://www.thewire.com/global/2014/09/new-isis-execution-of-british-hostage-david-haines/380172/|archive-date=14 September 2014}}</ref>
==Early life and career== Haines was born in [[East Yorkshire]], moving to [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]], [[Scotland]], as a child and prior to his capture resided in [[Sisak]], [[Croatia]],<ref name="Dearden">{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/david-haines-isis-kidnapping-family-of-british-hostage-appeal-to-militants-to-respond-to-contact-attempts-9730922.html|title=David Haines Isis kidnapping: Family of British hostage appeal to militants to respond to contact attempts|work=[[The Independent]]|location=London|date=13 September 2014|access-date=13 September 2014|first=Lizzie|last=Dearden}}</ref> as a father of two.<ref name=bbc-3sept>{{cite news|last=Robinson|first=Nick|title=British hostage: PM says UK will not be 'cowed' by threats|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29040550|access-date=8 September 2014|work=[[BBC News]]|date=3 September 2014}}</ref><ref name=Reuters-video-purports-to-show-beheading>{{cite news|last1=Holmes|first1=Oliver|title=Islamic State video purports to show beheading of UK hostage David Haines|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-crisis-execution-idUSKBN0H80SE20140914|access-date=14 September 2014|work=[[Reuters]]|date=14 September 2014}}</ref><ref name=telegraph-wife>{{cite news|last1=Gardner|first1=Bill|title=Wife of British hostage David Haines says: 'He is everything to us'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/11076158/Wife-of-British-hostage-David-Haines-says-He-is-everything-to-us.html|access-date=14 September 2014|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|location=London|date=4 September 2014}}</ref> Haines had been an aircraft engineer in the [[Royal Air Force]] before turning to work in [[humanitarian aid]] in 1999.<ref name=profile>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29086517|title=Profile of British hostage David Haines|date=14 September 2014|access-date=14 September 2014|publisher=BBC}}</ref> He helped victims of conflict in the [[former Yugoslavia]], Africa and the Middle East. In 2012, he was an unarmed security worker for [[Nonviolent Peaceforce]], a civilian peacekeeping group in [[South Sudan]].<ref name=profile/><ref name=nvpf>{{cite web |title=David Cawthorne Haines |url=http://www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org/david-cawthorne-haines |website=[[Nonviolent Peaceforce]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926230344/http://www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org/david-cawthorne-haines |archive-date=26 September 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref>
==Kidnapping == Haines was abducted in March 2013 by an unidentified armed gang affiliated with [[ISIL]] while working in a Syrian internally displaced persons (IDP) camp run by the aid group [[Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development]] (ACTED).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Botelho|first1=Greg|title=ISIS executes British aid worker David Haines; Cameron vows justice|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/13/world/meast/isis-haines-family-message/|access-date=25 October 2014|publisher=CNN.com|date=14 September 2014}}</ref> He was kidnapped near the Atmeh refugee camp near the Turkish border and the Syrian province of [[Idlib]].<ref name=bbc-3sept/> He was seized along with an Italian aid worker named Federico Motka.<ref name=bbc-3sept/> Their Syrian translator and driver were not taken. The translator later said that insurgents shot out the [[tire|tyres]] and surrounded their vehicle on a country road.<ref name="Dearden"/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Lestch|first1=Corinne|title=Translator recalls horrifying capture by ISIS of British hostage David Haines|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/translator-recalls-horrifying-capture-isis-british-hostage-david-haines-article-1.1929130|access-date=21 September 2014|work=New York Daily News|date=5 September 2014}}</ref>
Haines' family were ordered by [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office|UK Foreign Office]] not to speak to anybody about the abduction,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Brown|first1=David|title=Islamic State family told to keep captivity silent for 19 months|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/islamic-state-family-told-to-keep-captivity-silent-for-19-months/story-fnb64oi6-1227047220377|access-date=24 October 2014|work=The Times|publisher=The Australian|date=5 September 2014}}</ref> an instruction that continued even after the abduction became public when Haines appeared in the purported Sotloff execution video that threatened Haines would be the next victim.<ref name=MSNBC-SITE>{{cite news|title=Inside the private intel group that scooped and 'embarrassed' ISIS|url=http://www.msnbc.com/ronan-farrow/watch/inside-the-group-that-scooped-isis-324906563796|access-date=10 September 2014|work=[[MSNBC]]|date=3 September 2014|format=video|archive-date=11 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911060704/http://www.msnbc.com/ronan-farrow/watch/inside-the-group-that-scooped-isis-324906563796|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="SotloffBeheading">{{cite news|title=IS Jihadi Group Beheads US journalist Steven Sotloff|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/02/world/meast/isis-american-journalist-sotloff/|date=2 September 2014|access-date=3 September 2014|publisher=CNN}}</ref> The UK Foreign Office had also requested the British media to not publish Haines' identity, fearing for his safety.<ref>{{cite news|title=ISIS claims to execute aid worker in new video|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/isis-claims-to-execute-david-haines-british-aid-worker-in-new-video/|access-date=24 October 2014|agency=Associated Press|work=CBS News|date=13 September 2014}}</ref> When international press published his name after release of the video, UK media decided to also publish it, with ''[[The Independent]]'' stating that "no purpose is served by continuing to withhold his name".<ref>David Haines exclusive: Witness describes the moment Isis militants seized the British aid worker. The Independent 4 September 2014 [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/david-haines-exclusive-witness-describes-the-moment-isis-militants-seized-british-aid-worker-9712916.html]</ref>
==Rescue attempt== {{further|2014 American rescue mission in Syria}} After the surfacing of the [[Steven Sotloff]] execution video, UK [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs|Foreign Secretary]] [[Philip Hammond]] revealed that the aid worker was one of the intended targets of the American rescue mission.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wagner|first1=Meg|title=UK Prime Minister vows to fight ISIS as terrorists threaten to execute Briton: We won't 'be cowed by these barbaric killers'|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/uk-working-protect-isis-hostage-david-haines-official-article-1.1925906|access-date=24 October 2014|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=3 September 2014}}</ref> The mission failed reportedly because the jihadist group had moved the hostages prior to the arrival of American commandos.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Shear|first1=Michael D.|last2=Schmitt|first2=Eric|title=In Raid to Save Foley and Other Hostages, U.S. Found None|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/21/world/middleeast/us-commandos-tried-to-rescue-foley-and-other-hostages.html?_r=0|access-date=24 October 2014|newspaper=New York Times|date=20 August 2014}}</ref> Few details about a second rescue attempt were revealed.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hanna|first1=Jason|title=British hostage of ISIS was helping displaced Syrians, aid group says|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/06/world/meast/isis-british-hostage/|access-date=24 October 2014|publisher=CNN.com|date=6 September 2014}}</ref>
==Appearance in Steven Sotloff video== The abduction of the aid worker came to worldwide attention after being shown at the end of the [[Steven Sotloff]] execution video. The video was discovered on 2 September 2014 by [[SITE Intelligence Group]], purportedly ahead of its intended release by [[Al-Furqan Media Productions]].<ref name="MSNBC-SITE"/> The individual was shown with [[Jihadi John]] and was declared to be the next possible victim of the militant group [[Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL/ISIS). At the end of the Steven Sotloff beheading video, Jihadi John is shown holding a named British humanitarian aid worker by his orange jumpsuit, saying "We take this opportunity to warn those governments that enter this evil alliance of America against ISIL to back off and leave our people alone."<ref name="SotloffBeheading"/>
=== British response === The day after the Steven Sotloff execution video surfaced, British prime minister [[David Cameron]] told the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]]: "I am sure the whole House, and the whole country, will join with me in condemning the sickening and brutal murder of another American hostage, and share our shock and anger that it again appears to have been carried out by a British citizen. All our thoughts are with the British hostage and his family. Their ordeal is unimaginable."<ref name=pm-statement>{{cite web|title=PM's statement to Parliament on opposition to ISIL terrorism|url=http://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pms-statement-to-parliament-on-opposition-to-isil-terrorism|website=gov.uk|access-date=9 September 2014|date=3 September 2014}}</ref> He concluded: "A country like ours will not be cowed by these barbaric killers. If they think we will weaken in the face of their threats, they are wrong. It will have the opposite effect. We will be more forthright in the defence of the values, liberty under the rule of law, freedom, democracy that we hold dear."<ref name=bbc-3sept/>
== Death == [[File:David Haines beside Mohammed Emwazi.jpeg|thumb|Haines and his killer Mohammed Emwazi. Frame from the terrorist propaganda video.]] A video of the lead up and aftermath of Haines' beheading, entitled "A Message to the Allies of America", was released by ISIL on 13 September 2014. The video, following a similar format to the ones for Foley and Sotloff, started with a clip of a press statement by Prime Minister Cameron followed by a title screen.<ref name=nyt-transcript/> It then showed Haines delivering a prepared speech.{{efn|Haines: "My name is David Cawthorne Haines. I would like to declare that I hold you, David Cameron, entirely responsible for my execution. You entered voluntarily into a coalition with the United States against the Islamic State, just as your predecessor [[Tony Blair]] did, following a trend amongst our British prime ministers who can't find the courage to say no to the Americans. Unfortunately, it is we the British public that in the end will pay for the price for our [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|parliament]]'s selfish decisions."<ref name=nyt-transcript/>}} Next, the executioner makes a statement,{{efn|Executioner: "This British man has to pay the price for your promise, Cameron, to arm the [[Peshmerga]] against the Islamic State. Ironically, he has spent a decade of his life serving under the brutal air force that is responsible for delivering those arms. Your evil alliance with America, which continues to strike the Muslims of Iraq and most recently bombed the [[Haditha Dam]], will only accelerate your destruction, and playing the role of the obedient lapdog, Cameron, will only drag you and your people into another bloody and unwinnable war."<ref name=nyt-transcript/>}} then puts his knife to Haines' throat and makes cutting motions as the video fades to black.<ref name=nyt-transcript>{{cite news|last1=Haberman|first1=Zach|title=David Haines video: Full transcript of ISIS footage that allegedly depicts beheading of British aid worker|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/transcript-isis-video-alleged-beheading-david-haines-article-1.1938691|access-date=14 September 2014|work=[[New York Daily News]]|date=13 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="cnn haines execution">{{cite news|last1=Botelho|first1=Greg|last2=Pearson|first2=Michael|last3=Taylor|first3=Phillip|title=ISIS executes British aid worker David Haines; Cameron vows justice|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/13/world/meast/isis-haines-family-message/index.html?hpt=hp_t1|access-date=14 September 2014|publisher=CNN.com|date=13 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="guardian henning">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/14/alan-henning-isis-syria-hostage-aid-worker|title=Isis hostage: Alan Henning described as 'a big man with a big heart'|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=14 September 2014|access-date=14 September 2014|first=Ian|last=Cobain}}</ref> In the final scene, the executioner is holding the orange jumpsuit of another person, named as British aid worker [[Alan Henning]], saying "If you, Cameron, insist on fighting the Islamic State then you, like your master Obama, will have the blood of your people on your hands."<ref name=nyt-transcript/>
On 22 October 2016, a memorial for David Haines was unveiled in a garden at [[Perth railway station, Scotland|Perth railway station]].<ref name="thecourier">{{cite web|last1=Burdge|first1=Richard|title=EXCLUSIVE: Perth memorial to murdered aid worker David Haines unveiled|url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/perth-kinross/303124/exclusive-perth-memorial-to-murdered-aid-worker-david-haines-unveiled/|website=TheCourier.co.uk|date=23 October 2016 |publisher=D. C. Thomson Publishing|access-date=23 October 2016}}</ref> It was dedicated by former colleagues at [[Abellio ScotRail]].<ref name="thecourier" />
==See also== * [[2014 American intervention in Iraq]] * [[ISIL beheading incidents]] * [[Beheading in Islamism]] * [[Steven Sotloff]] * [[Foreign hostages in Iraq]] * [[James Foley (journalist)]] * [[Nick Berg]] * [[Kenneth Bigley]] * [[John Cantlie]] * [[Austin Tice]] * [[Daniel Pearl]] *[[The Beatles (terrorist cell)|The Beatles]], terrorist cell of the Islamic State that guarded and beheaded Sotloff
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
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