Britain 'Right' Not To Pay Hostage Ransom

A hostage negotiator has said the British policy of refusing to pay ransoms for hostages is the only way to deal with terrorist groups.

Dr James Alvarez said the possibility of the Government negotiating with Islamic State (IS) militants over the release of a British hostage was unlikely and that locating the captive would be extremely difficult.

He told Sky News: "David Cameron was right when he said that kidnap ransoms they go towards buying arms, they go towards funding terrorist activities and they fundamentally push foward the terrorists' agenda.

"That's exactly what we don't want to do. Not only that, if you become known as the country who pays ransoms, then no national from your country will ever be safe again."

Steven Sotloff, left, and James Foley were both murdered by Islamic State

Dr Alvarez said the Government would be exploring diplomatic avenues with IS - previously known as ISIS or ISIL and attempting to learn the location of the British hostage, whom Sky News is not identifying.

But he said the militant group, which has seized swathes of land in Iraq and Syria to form an Islamist caliphate and carried out beheadings and mass killings of captives, is seeking political concessions will not achieve.

He said: "ISIL are experts in manipulating the media and social media. This is a terrific way of getting people to pay attention.

"Sure they would like to have the millions that others have paid, but at the end of the day they're also getting lots of free publicity, they are getting their political message out, it's working for them from a recruitment perspective."

Dr Alvarez added that British jihadists had been chosen to appear in the videos showing the murder of two US journalists because they did not have the credentials to be given senior roles.

"The people who are chosen by ISIL to do the lower level jobs, like guarding prisoners and hostages, tend to be the British jihadists because they don't have the religious credentials or the military background that, say, the Chechens might," he said.

On Thursday, David Cameron said Britain will not pay a ransom for the UK hostage who is threatened with death. 

Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond said the UK was looking at "every possible option to protect" the hostage after he appeared in the video on Wednesday.

IS has beheaded two US journalists - Steven Sotloff and James Foley - in what it claims is retaliation for US airstrikes on militants in Iraq.

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