Anger: Bethany Haines, 17, has backed military action against ISIS militants, who killed her father
The
daughter of the British hostage murdered by ISIS militants says the
terrorist organisation that has ravaged Iraq and Syria needs to be
'eradicated'.
David Haines, 44, from Perth in Scotland, had been in Syria working for French aid agency ACTED when he was kidnapped.
Now
his daughter Bethany, 17, has backed the use of military force against
the terror group that used her 'truly amazing' father's life to send a
grisly warning to its enemies.
She said: 'IS need to be eradicated. They can't continue this way. They can't be doing this to people and get away with it.
'No
matter what nationality, if they are Western or not. Hundreds of
Syrians have been killed by them. They need to be stopped. If airstrikes
and ground force is what it takes, that's what it takes.'
Her
comments come as David Cameron held a War Cabinet yesterday on the
Government's plan to target Islamist fighters in northern Iraq and
received its backing.
MPs
will vote around 5pm this evening on a Commons motion authorising
British involvement in US-led bombing raids. It means RAF fighter jets
could be over Iraq within hours of the vote.
In her exclusive interview with ITV News, Miss Haines also paid tribute to the selflessness of her father, and spoke of her desire to follow him into aid work.
' He wanted to help everyone,' she said.
'It
didn't matter what race or religion. Anyone who needed help he was
there. Tragically he's lost his life doing what he loved but he wouldn't
have stopped.
'Even
if he'd come back after this he would've gone out again and again and
again. He loved helping people. He was such a bright character. Always
making people laugh, telling jokes.
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David Haines, 44, from Perth in Scotland, had been in Syria working for a French aid agency when he was kidnapped
The teenager paid tribute to the aid worker and spoke of her own desire to help others
A picture of Bethany with her father (right). She described him as a 'brilliant man'
'He was a brilliant man. And he will remembered like that by everyone who knew him and probably by people who didn't know him.
'He
will be remembered and not for the way he was shown in that video, but
for the truly amazing work he did and the bright character he was.'
The teenager says her father's fate hasn't put her off helping others.
She said: 'I'm
hoping to do some aid work after next year and do a bit of work with a
charity. Hopefully it will spark a career doing that. He'd tell me of
all the people he'd helped and I want to do that too.'
Haines is pictured on his wedding day with his four-year-old daughter from his second marriage
David Haines speaking in Croatia in 2003. His body has not been returned to his family
Miss
Haines confirms that her father's body has not been returned to them,
saying: 'No, we've not had a body. I don't know if they are trying to
prolong the pain or they don't feel they need to, but as a daughter of
someone who has been killed, you want closure.
'As
a family you want closure. They have tried to hurt us by taking away
someone we loved but they have failed. Because everyone who knows David
will have a part of him with us forever.
'I
know my dad would have been very touched and moved by the amount of
concern, support and supportive messages people have been giving to us.'
An IS militant fires a rocket
propelled grenade launcher during fighting near the Syrian Kurdish town
of Ain al-Arab, known as Kobane by the Kurds
Barrage: An IS militant fires a heavy
machine gun during the fighting. Some 140,000 mainly Kurdish refugees
have now crossed the border into Turkey after the militants moved on the
town of Ain al-Arab
Defence
Secretary Michael Fallon has warned that the air campaign against ISIS
in Iraq was for a 'long haul' of 'two of three years' at least. Mr
Cameron's official spokesman later admitted the action could take a
'very considerable time'.
It
came after the Iraqi government revealed that it had received
'credible' intelligence that ISIS militants are planning to launch
attacks on subway systems in Paris and New York.
The
video of his death provoked outrage, with Prime Minister David Cameron
calling Mr Haines a 'British hero', dedicating his life to promoting
peace in places of violent conflict and oversaw projects to save
civilians from land mines.
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