Mueller Kayla’s father denounces US policy not to pay ransom

Carl Mueller, father of Kayla Mueller -the American who died in the hands of the jihadist Islamic State (EI or ISIS, for its acronym in English) – denounced the systematic policy of your country of choice for not paying ransoms “before life American citizens.”

“We understand the policy of not paying ransoms, but otherwise any parent can understand that one would do anything to bring her daughter home. And we tried. We ask it. But put politics ahead of the lives of American citizens” Mueller said in an interview with NBC News, pointing to Barack Obama.

Unlike other Western countries, the United States has a policy of not paying ransoms to free his kidnapped citizens, reports Agence France Presse.

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The cooperating Kayla Mueller, held hostage by the Islamic state since 2013 in Syria, died in early February. The EI Group states that died during the bombing of airplanes in international coalition fighting jihadists. But the United States denies that information.

A few weeks ago, a growing number of Americans disagreed with handling by President Barack Obama of the threat of jihadist group and considered that the military attacks are not working in Syria and Iraq, according to a poll released by CNN / ORC.

57% of respondents, compared to 49% in September, said that Obama is not adequately managing the rise of the Islamic State in the Middle East, said Efe.