An American journalist, James Foley, who went missing in Syria more than a year ago, has reportedly
been killed by the Islamic State, a militant group formerly known as ISIS.
A YouTube video and photos purportedly of Foley
emerged on Tuesday. The video -- entitled "A Message to #America (from the
#IslamicState)" -- identified a man on his knees as "James Wright
Foley," and showed his beheading.
Foley, dressed in orange and kneeling in a desert,
reads what appears to be a coerced statement that alludes to recent American
airstrikes against the Islamic State in Iraq.
“I call on my friends, family and loved ones to rise
up against my real killers, the U.S. government. For what will happen to me is
only a result of their complacency and criminality,” Foley reads as he kneels
beside an armed militant, masked and dressed all in black. “My message to my
beloved parents: Save me some dignity, and don’t accept some minor compensation
for my death from the same people who effectively hit the last nail in my
coffin with their recent aerial campaign in Iraq. I call on my brother John,
who is a member of the U.S. Air Force: Think about what you are doing. Think
about the lives you destroy, including those of your own family … I wish I
could have the hope of freedom and seeing my family once again, but that ship
has sailed. I guess all in all, I wish I wasn’t American.”
For one American killed, 50 Iraqis are following suit
ReplyDeleteAmerica is d devil itself. Police of d world my foot.
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