IS Threat To Cameron Likely To Stiffen Resolve

By Mark White, Home Affairs Correspondent

The murder of British hostage David Haines follows a now all too familiar, horrific pattern.

He is the third Western hostage beheaded by the terror group Islamic State in recent weeks, with the killing recorded and posted online.

It was billed as "A Message To The Allies of America" - effectively a direct challenge to Prime Minister David Cameron and the UK Government's support for action against IS militants in the region.

In the video, a masked man, dressed in black, makes a statement to camera before appearing to kill his hostage.

Speaking in a British accent, the militant said: "This British man has to pay the price for your promise, Cameron, to arm the peshmerga against the Islamic State.

"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."

This man addresses David Cameron in the video

Islamic State is as 21st Century techno-savvy as it is medieval in its barbarism.

The group has a well-established network of online supporters, who are quick to disseminate its gruesome videos and spread its propaganda.

There is no doubt the terror group is smarting from the US airstrikes designed to degrade and dismantle its Iraq-based fighters.

James Foley, the first of the Western hostages murdered, was apparently killed by the group last month as a direct response to those airstrikes.

The death two weeks later of fellow US journalist Steven Sotloff only served to stiffen America's resolve, with President Barack Obama vowing to take the fight to Islamic State, not just in Iraq but in Syria too.

Now the latest bid to pressure the UK's political leaders to stop their support for the fight against the group will also fail.

David Haines was understood to have been taken hostage in Syria

Moreover, as with the deaths of the two Americans, it will only galvanise the UK's determination to tackle the IS threat more robustly.

Indeed, David Cameron issued a statement which warned: "We will do everything in our power to hunt down these murderers and ensure they face justice, however long it takes."

Mixed with the mourning and the tributes in the days ahead, there will also be many calls for tougher action by the UK Government and calls to join America in the air war - calls Mr Cameron will find it increasingly difficult to resist.

Any increased military effort will run alongside an expanding criminal investigation by the police and security services back in the UK.

Following the death of James Foley, Scotland Yard said it was making "significant progress" in efforts to identify the man responsible.

Believed to be British, voice analysts say he has a distinctive multi-cultural London accent.

Initial analysis of the latest video would appear to show the same British jihadi involved in David Haines' murder, speaking with the same London accent, the same height and build, and carrying a combat knife in his left hand.

The security services almost certainly already know who he is, but bringing him to justice is likely to be a very protracted affair.

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