--STORY CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES --<br/> <br />A mother's plea for her son's life.<br/> <br />Shirley Sotloff calls on the leader of the Islamic State to spare her son Steven's life.<br/> <br />Days later he is beheaded.<br/> <br />Against the backdrop of anguish and the looming threat of the Islamic State, Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron says G8 countries should never pay ransoms for hostages.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE)(English) BRITISH PRIME MINISTER, DAVID CAMERON, SAYING: (SOUNDBITE CONTINUES OVER SHOT OF MP MENZIES CAMPBELL NODDING)<br/> <br />"There's no doubt in my mind that the many tens of millions of dollars that ISIL have raised from ransom payments is going into promoting terrorism, including terrorism affecting our own country."<br/> <br />His comments come a day after Sotloff was beheaded by a man with a British accent who also issued a threat against a British hostage.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE)(English) BRITISH PRIME MINISTER, DAVID CAMERON, SAYING: (SOUNDBITE CONTINUES OVER SHOT OF MP MENZIES CAMPBELL NODDING)
