A third British hostage has appeared in a new Islamic State propaganda video just a day after more than 100 Muslim leaders pleaded with the terror group to release another UK aid worker.
The video, which has not been independently verified, shows journalist John Cantlie sat alone in a dark room.
His
voice is clear and calm as he addresses the camera in a slickly-edited
propaganda video that is markedly different to recent videos released by
the jihadi militants in recent weeks.
Appearing
to read from a script, Mr Cantlie says that he has been held prisoner
by the Islamic State before suggesting that he will appear in a series
of videos.
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Hostage: British journalist John
Cantlie sits alone at a desk in a darkened room in a slickly-edited
propaganda video released today by the Islamic State
Speaking calmly in the video, Mr
Cantlie, pictured, said that he is going to reveal 'the truth' in a
series of programmes, suggesting that more videos of Mr Cantlie will be
released
Jihadists: An undated file image
posted on a militant website shows fighters from the Islamic State
marching in the terror stronghold of Raqqa in Syria
Identifying
himself as a journalist who worked for 'some of the bigger newspapers'
in the UK, Mr Cantlie explains that he arrived in Syria in 2012 and that
he was kidnapped by the Islamic State.
He remains calm as he says that he has 'nothing to lose' before adding 'maybe I will live and maybe I will die'.
The
just over three-minute long clip released Thursday by the Islamic State
group's media arm, Al-Furqan, was different than previous videos
released by the jihadi group.
Entitled
'Lend me Your ears,' it is previewed as the first in a series of
lecture-like 'programs' in which Cantlie says he will reveal 'the truth'
about the Islamic State group.
The claim suggests that the group will release further videos of the British hostage.
It
comes just a day after more than 100 Muslim leaders signed a statement
begging the jihadi group to release British aid worker Alan Henning.
The
Islamic State, which controls territory in Syria and Iraq, has already
beheaded two American journalists and one British aid worker in recent
weeks in what it said was reprisal for U.S. air strikes against the
group in Iraq.
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