User:RoyGoldsmith/Foley

This is my sandbox for possible changes to the James Foley (journalist) article. --RoyGoldsmith (talk) 12:30, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

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Beheading
Foley's whereabouts were unknown to most until August 19, 2014, when IS uploaded a video to YouTube entitled "A Message to America ". Though quickly deleted, it continued to circulate widely on other Internet sites. Filmed in several takes, the video starts with a preface of Obama announcing the first U.S. airstrikes against IS in Iraq. It then shows Foley kneeling in the desert next to a masked, black-clad IS fighter where Foley reads a long message expressing regret. After Foley stops, the executioner condemns the U.S. airstrikes and threatens that any aggression by America "will result in the bloodshed of your people.”

The actual beheading takes place in less than ten seconds although the entire recording uses over four and a half minutes. It does not show the actual moment of Foley's decapitation, unlike previous beheading videos which typically show the entire act. After Foley's beheaded corpse is shown, his executioner reveals that IS is holding another American journalist, Time magazine contributor Steven Joel Sotloff, and that he will be killed if President Obama does not halt air strikes against IS. A video showing the beheading of Sotloff was released on September 2, 2014.

The video of the Foley beheading was shot at an unknown desert location and media sources gave the name Jihadi John to the man who made the threats and spoke with a "Multicultural London English" accent. The video was produced and distributed by Al Hayat Media Center, a media outlet of IS that is under the authority of the IS’s official propaganda arm, the Al-Itisam Establishment for Media Production, that targets specifically Western and non-Arabic speaking audiences.

Beheading
Foley's whereabouts were unknown to most until August 19, 2014, when IS uploaded a video to YouTube entitled "A Message to America". Though quickly deleted, it continued to circulate widely on other Internet sites. The video appears to have been filmed in several takes. It does not show the actual moment of Foley's decapitation, unlike previous beheading videos which typically show the entire act. After Foley's beheaded corpse is shown, the masked man reveals that IS is holding another American journalist, Time magazine contributor Steven Joel Sotloff, and said that he would be killed if U.S. President Obama did not halt air strikes against IS. A video showing the beheading of Sotloff was released on September 2, 2014.

The video of the Foley beheading was shot at an unknown desert location, and media sources gave the name Jihadi John to the man who spoke with a "Multicultural London English" accent and made the threats. The video was produced and distributed by Al Hayat Media Center, a media outlet of IS that is under the authority of the IS’s official propaganda arm, the Al-Itisam Establishment for Media Production, that targets specifically Western and non-Arabic speaking audiences.

Beheading
Foley's whereabouts were unknown to most until August 19, 2014, when IS uploaded a video to YouTube entitled "A Message to America". Though quickly deleted, it continued to circulate widely on other Internet sites. The video appears to have been filmed in several takes and starts with a preface of Obama announcing the first U.S. airstrikes in Iraq. It next transitions to a scene somewhere in the desert where Foley is seen kneeling next to a masked IS fighter dressed in black. Foley then recites a long message of regret. After Foley stops, the executioner condemns the U.S. airstrikes and threatens that any aggression by America "will result in the bloodshed of your people.”

The actual beheading shown in the video clip takes place in less than ten seconds although the entire recording uses over four and a half minutes. It does not show the actual moment of Foley's decapitation, unlike previous beheading videos which typically show the entire act. After Foley's beheaded corpse is shown, his executioner reveals that IS is holding another American journalist, Time magazine contributor Steven Joel Sotloff, and that he will be killed if President Obama does not halt air strikes against IS. A video showing the beheading of Sotloff was released on September 2, 2014.

The video of the Foley beheading was shot at an unknown desert location and media sources gave the name Jihadi John to the man who made the threats and spoke with a "Multicultural London English" accent. The video was produced and distributed by Al Hayat Media Center, a media outlet of IS that is under the authority of the IS’s official propaganda arm, the Al-Itisam Establishment for Media Production, that targets specifically Western and non-Arabic speaking audiences.

Beheading
Foley's whereabouts were unknown to most until August 19, 2014, when IS uploaded a video to YouTube entitled "A Message to America". Though quickly deleted, it continued to circulate widely on other Internet sites. Filmed in several takes, the four and a half minute video was prefaced by Obama's announcement of the first U.S. airstrikes against IS in Iraq, then showed Foley kneeling in the desert next to a masked, black-clad IS fighter. It showed Foley reading a long message. When Foley finished speaking, the executioner condemned recent U.S. airstrikes and threatened that any aggression by America "will result in the bloodshed of your people.” After this the video appeared to show the beginning of Foley's decapitation, fading to black a few seconds later.   In this regard it differed from previous Iraqi decapitation videos that showed killings in their entirety.   The video followed up by showing Foley's beheaded corpse, after which his executioner threatened American journalist Steven Joel Sotloff, who was killed two weeks later, unless President Obama halted air strikes against IS.

The video of the Foley beheading was shot at an unknown desert location and media sources gave the name Jihadi John to the man who made the threats and spoke with a "Multicultural London English" accent. The video was produced and distributed by Al Hayat Media Center, a media outlet of IS that is under the authority of the IS’s official propaganda arm, the Al-Itisam Establishment for Media Production, that targets specifically Western and non-Arabic speaking audiences.