Prior to her abduction and death, Kayla Mueller worked as a humanitarian aid worker in several countries and supported a variety of human rights initiatives. On 3 August 2013, she was kidnapped by Daesh* militants in Syria.
The parents of a US humanitarian worker captured by Daesh militants have lambasted former US President Barack Obama, saying their daughter would have been alive if Donald Trump had been president at the time of her kidnapping.
Speaking at the Republican National Convention on 27 August, Carl and Marsha Mueller said that the White House delayed the rescue mission, which had been prepared by the military, and did not do enough to save their daughter.
The Muellers claimed that Obama refused to meet them until Daesh had murdered other US citizens that the group had taken hostage and said that they are yet to hear from former Vice President Joe Biden, who is a candidate in the upcoming presidential elections.
The couple then thanked the Trump administration for taking action against the terrorist group, also lauding the US soldiers who took part in the special operation against Daesh's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in October of 2019.
“The operators named themselves task force 814, after August 14, Kayla's birthday. And they named the mission Operation Kayla Mueller. To those soldiers: thank you. Kayla was looking down on you”, said Carl Mueller.
