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James Foley, American War Journalist, Beheaded by the Islamic State

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Unbelievable. He was captured in Syria in 2012.

VIDEO OPENS WITH A SPEECH BY PRESIDENT OBAMA ABOUT THE ISLAMIC STATE

JAMES FOLEY
I call on my friends, family, and loved ones to rise up against my real killers, the US government. For what will happen to me is only a result of their complacency and criminality.

My message to my beloved parents, save me some dignity, and don't accept some meager 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 US air force. Think about what you are doing, think about the lives you destroy, including those of your own family. I call on you John, think about who made the decision to bomb Iraq recently and kill those people, whoever they may have been. Think John, who did they really kill? And did they think about me, you, our family when they made that decision?

I died that day John, when your colleagues dropped that bomb on those people they signed my death certificate. I wish I had more time. 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.

EXECUTIONER
This is James Wright Foley, an American citizen of your country. As a government, you have been at the forefront of the aggression towards the Islamic State. You have plotted against us and have gone far out of your way to find reasons to interfere in our affairs. Today, your military air force is attacking us daily in Iraq, your strikes have caused casualties among Muslims. You're no longer fighting an insurgency, we are an Islamic army, and a state that has been accepted by large number of Muslims world wide, so effectively, any aggression towards the Islamic State, is aggression towards Muslims from all walks of life who has accepted the Islamic caliphate as their leadership, so any attempt by you Obama to deny the Muslims their rights of living in safety under the Islamic caliphate will result in the bloodshed of your people.

NEW PRISONER SHOWN - CAPTION - Steven Joel Sotloff

The life of this American Citizen Obama, depends on your next decision.
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What does this change about our involvement in the current conflict, if anything?

http://twitchy.com/2014/08/19/evil-...list-james-foley-reportedly-beheaded-by-isis/
 
Good God Almighty. What a horrific thing. Prayers to his family and for his soul. R.I.P.

Did he think by saying what he said he'd be spared? Or had he been brainwashed a la Nicholas Brady? I guess we will never know.
 
DDA said:
Good God Almighty. What a horrific thing. Prayers to his family and for his soul. R.I.P.

Did he think by saying what he said he'd be spared? Or had he been brainwashed a la Nicholas Brady? I guess we will never know.
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Apparently the captors enact fake beheadings on a frequent basis and torture the captive if they do not comply with their wishes. It gets to the point where you do not expect that this time will be THE time.
 
TWDeac said:
Apparently the captors enact fake beheadings on a frequent basis and torture the captive if they do not comply with their wishes. It gets to the point where you do not expect that this time will be THE time.
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Seriously? Ugh. That would mean he wouldn't have known those would be his last words. I really hope he went fast.
 
DDA said:
Seriously? Ugh. That would mean he wouldn't have known those would be his last words. I really hope he went fast.
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Unfortunately, no. They used what amount to a paring knife. It was not a clean death. Justice can't come swiftly enough to these barbarians.
 
Air drop humanitarian aid to ISIS controlled towns and villages. Oh, and feel free to lace the care packages with Ebola.
 
Are there details on who the 2nd guy is?
 
For all the talk about these people, they are in an alliance of convenience with other disaffected parties. The Baathists are already very unhappy with the Islamists. Of course, this happened in large part due to the intransigence of the jackass who was elected president of that country.
 
So, in the meantime and since we know how fucked up these religious zealots are, stay the fuck away from these countries. My sympathies run very shallow for people who willingly visit these places then end up getting fucked. "Hey, let's go backpacking in Iraq." In other situations, we call these people Darwin Award Nominees.
 
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