Thread for discussion of the recent execution of James Foley by ISIS and just events in the region as of recent.
James Foley was a freelance US photo journalist who went missing in Syria about a year ago. He was taken from an internet cafe in Binesh, Syria by an organized gang, along with his translator. His translator was later released. Yesterday a video was posted of a masked man beheading James Foley. The man who performed the beheading claimed his actions were in retaliation to "American Aggression Against the Islamic State". Minutes before the beheading James Foley said this (summarized) "I call on my friends and family to rise up against my real killers, the US Government, for what will happen to me is only a result of their actions. My message to my parents: save me some dignity and don't accept any meager compensation for my death, from the same people who effectively hit the last nail in my coffin, with their recent aerial campaign against Iraq. I call on my brother, who is a member of the US Air Force. Think about what you're doing, about the lives you destroy, including your own family, think about your decision to bomb Iraq recently. Think about who that really killed, and then think about me, you and our family when you make that decision. I died that day, when you dropped that bomb, you signed my death certificate. I wish I had more time, more time to see my family, but that ship has sailed. All in all, I wish I wasn't American." I can't fathom what they would have done to the poor guy if he hadn't spouted that poorly written propaganda for them. He's probably already undergone months of torture. Another thing I noticed is that the knife they used was particularly dull, that's rough. At the end of the video they present a second journalist, and says "The life of this next American citizen prisoner depends on your next decision, Obama." The one thing a lot of people seem to be noticing and are getting a bit concerned over is that the executioner actually has a London accent, and very fluent English.
Here is more details on it, link provided to me by Vince. I was just going to post the Liveleak article, but due to it having video of a beheading, Vince told me he'd rather I didn't, understandably.
http://www.france24.com/en/20140820-video-is-behead-us-journalist-foley/I won't go and lock the thread if discussion gets heated like others do, but keep the trolling out of this thread, and make derails short.
