News: ISIS behead US Journalist

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James Foley, an American journalist who went missing in Syria more than a year ago, has reportedly been executed by the Islamic State, a militant group formerly known as ISIS. The group reportedly threatened to behead Steven Sotloff, another American journalist, next.

Video and photos purportedly of Foley emerged on Tuesday. A YouTube video -- entitled "A Message to #America (from the #IslamicState)" -- identified a man on his knees as "James Wright Foley," and showed his execution. It also showed another man on his knees it claimed is Sotloff, whose future the executioner said "depends" on President Obama's "next decision." Sotloff, a freelance journalist, went missing in Syria in August 2013.

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ISIS militants released gruesome video footage this afternoon of the beheading of American photojournalist James Wright Foley as a message to the U.S. to stop intervening in Iraq. Foley, a freelancer who contributed to the Global Post, was first captured in Libya in 2012, released, and then kidnapped again around Thanksgiving 2012 by unidentified gunmen in Syria. He was 39 years old.

He was held captive for 635 days.

In the video, ISIS claims that American journalist Steven Sotloff will be next, pending President Obama's "decision." Sotloff went missing in Syria last August.

In 2013, Foley's family set up a Find James Foley website for him, which states that he's the oldest of five children. His friend, journalist Clare Morgana Gillis, wrote about him for Syria Deeply last year:

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American intelligence agencies on Wednesday verified the authenticity of a video showing the beheading of an American journalist by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria amid angry outrage in the United States and Europe.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...n_5692695.html

http://gawker.com/isis-beheads-ameri...o-m-1624078717

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/21/us...mid=tw-nytimes

Topherfy

Will the US get involved now?

Badger

I will never click that link as long as I live.

Why can't bad people just disappear.

rbautz

RIP

But that won't stop the western world to hunt down these arseholes.

Jet

KareBear

Wow such monsters.
Disgusting

I'm not clicking that link tho

Dark Horse

Allstar

This is extremely disturbing but I think important to watch. You need to know what is going on and happening in the world.

Not watching this video doesn't change or undo anything.

Willy.

Adonis

WOW! I wish I didn't watch!

Mike91

I REFUSE to click that link.

So terrible.

Marq

I'm sorry, but I will NOT click that link for the life of me. Nope nope nope.

LoKoPaNdA

This is just awful, I don't think humanity has seen such awful things since Hitler. Radicalism based on religion and terrorism must stop. The video was fortunately removed.

alexanderao

Is it really him though?

Either way,

jinzo

Welp. They're asking for it...

Opacho

Could you please remove the linked video? Even though you've put warning tags it's just disrespectful to the deceased person's family and will be shortly taken off youtube.

Also, honestly, some people who wouldn't otherwise go search for it will click on only because it's there. It's just not worth it.

Just a plead

Anyway, this is horrible and I hope those people face severe consequences.

Caesar

Oh my god, why do they let things like that on youtube?

Jameson Teqkilla

Not watching

Retro

That's just... I have no words.

Ressti

I watched up until he put the knife against his throat. Not watching the bloodshed, there's no point and it's not entertaining. Seen it before and it's horrific.

He sounds delusional. Does this guy really believe that they represents Islam? Most muslims hate them. They're psychopaths who decided to form a group.