ISIS beheads American journalist

Jihadists have beheaded a freelance American journalist in the Middle East, western
media reported on Wednesday morning, Manila-time, citing a video posted by Islamic
tate e!tremists on the Internet"
#he journalist, identi$ed in reports as freelance writer James %oley, was &idnapped in
yria in late '()'"
*American journalist James %oley is beheaded by II on video after reading message that
his +real &iller+ is America+* ,--+s brea&ing news account said over #witter" #he cable
news channel also noted that %oley+s e!ecution video *shows another American journalist
whose life hangs in the balance,* being held hostage by II depending on the ne!t
actions of . /resident 0arac& 1bama"
#he Islamic tate insurgents purportedly released the gruesome video on #uesday" It
supposedly shows the beheading of %oley, who had gone missing in yria nearly two
years ago" #he video also showed and images of another . journalist whose life they
said depended on . action in Ira2"
#he video, titled *A Message #o America,* was posted on social media sites" 3euters
noted that *it was not immediately possible to verify its authenticity"*
%oley, who has reported in the Middle East for $ve years, was &idnapped on -ovember
'', '()', by unidenti$ed gunmen" teven otlo4, who appeared at the end of the video,
went missing in northern yria while he was reporting in July '()5"
A #witter account set up by his family to help $nd him said early on Wednesday6 *We
&now that many of you are loo&ing for con$rmation or answers" /lease be patient until we
all have more information, and &eep the %oleys in your thoughts and prayers"*
#he Islamic tate had not previously e!ecuted American citi7ens publicly" #he video was
posted after the .nited tates resumed air stri&es in Ira2 for the $rst time since the end
of the ."" occupation in '())"
#he unni militant group has declared a caliphate in parts of Ira2 and yria in areas it
controls"
#he video opened with a clip of ."" /resident 0arac& 1bama saying he had authorised
stri&es in Ira2"
*1bama authorises military operations against the Islamic tate e4ectively placing
America upon a slippery slope towards a new war front against Muslims,* words appear in
English and Arabic on the screen"
It showed blac& and white aerial footage of air stri&es with te!t saying *American
aggression against the Islamic tate*
A person identi$ed as James %oley and wearing an orange out$t is seen &neeling in the
desert as a man in blac& dress with a blac& mas& stands beside him, holding a &nife"
*I call on my friends family and loved ones to rise up against my real &illers, the .""
government, for what will happen to me is only a result of their complacency and
criminality,* the &neeling man says"
#he man in the mas& spea&s in a 0ritish accent and says6 *#his is James Wright %oley, an
American citi7en, of your country" As a government, you have been at the forefront of the
aggression towards the Islamic tate"*
*#oday your military air force is attac&ing us daily in Ira2" 8our stri&es have caused
casualties amongst Muslims" 8ou are no longer $ghting an insurgency" We are an Islamic
army, and a state that has been accepted by a large number of Muslims worldwide"*
%ollowing his statement he beheads the &neeling man"
At the end of the video, words on the side of the screen say *teven Joel otlo4* as
another prisoner in an orange jumpsuit is shown on screen"
*#he life of this American citi7en, 1bama, depends on your ne!t decision,* the mas&ed
man says"