James Foley Went Looking to Support Terrorists in Syria, Instead They Cut Off His Head August 19, 2014 by Daniel Greenfield <http://www.frontpagemag.com/author/dgreenfield/>
Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom center, is a New York writer focusing on radical Islam. He is completing a book on the international challenges America faces in the 21st century. [image: james_foley] <http://cdn.frontpagemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/james_foley.png> James Foley was one of a new breed of activists calling themselves journalists. He didn’t travel to report on a story, but to promote an agenda. And the agenda was obvious from his Twitter feed <https://twitter.com/jfoleyjourno/with_replies>. Any human life lost is tragic, but a moral individual would have much more empathy for the Syrian Christians who suffered at the hands of Foley’s favorite Jihadists than one of their pet propagandists. For the most Foley only mentioned Syrian Christians when he was promoting the myth that the Sunni Jihadists were actually a secular democracy-loving force that incorporated Christians and Kurds on equal terms. Foley came to Syria to support the Sunni Islamist rebels against the Syrian government. He was a vehement advocate and while he didn’t necessarily side with any single group, he echoed the one sided narrative rather than telling the truth about the Islamists. His Twitter feed was full of urgings to arm the Jihadists. Meanwhile he sneered at America’s War on Terror. He cheered on the Sunni Muslim terrorists fighting to ethnically cleanse the Christians of Aleppo. In the conflict between Israel and Hamas, his tweets and retweets were chock full of pro-Sunni Syrian terrorist propaganda. When Newsweek’s Muslim Rage cover story came out, Foley mocked it too. Raging Muslims. How silly and Islamophobic. About Daniel Greenfield <http://www.frontpagemag.com/author/dgreenfield/> Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is a New York writer focusing on radical Islam. He is completing a book on the international challenges America faces in the 21st century. On Wednesday, August 20, 2014 10:07:27 AM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > > > Proper and equal retaliation is to kill 1.2 billion muzzyshits. > sharia unveiled posted: " American journalist James Foley. Photo > courtesy of: Business Insider by, Armin Rosen, Amanda Macias and Brett > Logiurato | Business Insider ISIS has tried to send a warning to the U.S. > in about the most horrifying manner imaginable — by broadcasting th" > Respond > to this post by replying above this line > > New post on *sharia unveiled* > <http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/author/shariaunveiled/> ISIS > Beheads American Journalist James Foley in Syria > <http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/2014/08/19/isis-beheads-american-journalist-james-foley-in-syria/> > by > sharia unveiled > <http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/author/shariaunveiled/> > > [image: ISIS - James Foley 1] > <https://shariaunveiled.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/isis-james-foley-1.jpg> > *American journalist James Foley. Photo courtesy of: Business Insider > <http://www.businessinsider.com/>* > > *by, Armin Rosen, Amanda Macias and Brett Logiurato | Business Insider > <http://www.businessinsider.com/>* > ISIS has tried to send a warning to the U.S. in about the most horrifying > manner imaginable — by broadcasting the execution of an American citizen > captured in Syria more than 600 days ago. The video purports to show the > execution of photojournalist James Foley. The four-minute video opens > with a clip of President Barack Obama authorizing U.S. airstrikes in Iraq. > After this intro, a title screen appears with the words "a message to > America," followed by an American citizen they identify as James Foley > saying that U.S. leaders are his "real killers." Foley is apparently > executed moments later by a man in a black robe — an apparent native > English speaker who talks with a British accent — holding a knife. Caitlin > Hayden, a representative for the White House's National Security Council, > said in a statement that the U.S. intelligence community was still working > to confirm the authenticity of the video. > > "We have seen a video that purports to be the murder of U.S. citizen James > Foley by ISIL," Hayden said. "The intelligence community is working as > quickly as possible to determine its authenticity. If genuine, we are > appalled by the brutal murder of an innocent American journalist and we > express our deepest condolences to his family and friends. We will provide > more information when it is available." Foley is a Global Post > contributor, and the online publication spent "many, many, many hundreds of > thousands of dollars" to find him during his first six months in captivity, > according <http://www.wbur.org/2013/05/03/foley-family-syrian-prison> to > a report by Boston public radio station WBUR. At that point, his family > believed that Foley, who was captured in Northwest Syria on Thanksgiving > Day 2012 > <http://fox6now.com/2013/04/02/marquette-hosting-vigil-for-alumnus-james-foley-captured-in-syria/>, > > was in Syrian military detention, and being held as a prisoner of Bashar > Assad's regime. On May 3, 2013, Global Post reported > <http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/syria/130503/james-foley-american-journalist-held-syrian-government> > > that it "believe[d] the Syrian government is holding [Foley] in a detention > center near Damascus," a determined reached after "a five-month > investigation inside Syria and the wider Middle East." Although ISIS is > an offshoot of Al Qaeda and the successor organization of Al Qaeda in Iraq, > the group did not officially form until April 2013 > <http://www.trackingterrorism.org/group/islamic-state-iraq-islamic-state-iraq-and-sham-isis>, > > months after Foley was captured (Jabhat al Nusra, Syria's other major > Jihadist group, wasn't designated > <http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/12/201759.htm> a terrorist > organization by the U.S. until a month after Foley's abduction). If the man > in the video was Foley it remains to be seen how and whether he was > transferred from possible regime custody to ISIS. Foley had reported from > a number of other conflict zones, including Afghanistan and Libya, where he > was held captive by the Gaddafi regime for 44 days. Foley later published a > series of reports > <http://www.globalpost.com/series/inside-gaddafi-libya-james-foley> on > Global Post detailing his over one-month in various Libyan prisons. > > Business Insider spoke with a family member of Foley's on Tuesday > afternoon who said, "I can't confirm anything right now, but nowadays there > is nothing that surprises me anymore." American journalist Clare Morgana > Gillis <https://twitter.com/claregillis> was held captive with Foley in > Tripoli. She shares this story of their time together with Syria Deeply > <http://www.syriadeeply.org/op-eds/2013/05/1448/friend-james-foley/>: We > shared a cell for two and a half weeks, and every day he came up with lists > for us to talk through. Top 10 movies. Favorite books. The fall of the > Roman Empire and the rebirth of Western civilization. Which famous person > would you most like to meet? What’s your life story? How does war change > you? How can we be better people when we get out of here? When I was in > tears after a six-hour interrogation that ended at sunrise, he observed > matter-of-factly, “It’s their job to break you. They did it to you today, > and they’ll do it to me tomorrow. Get some sleep.” Free James Foley > <http://www.freejamesfoley.org/>, the organization established to help > secure his release, is cautioning > <https://www.facebook.com/FindJamesFoley/posts/492126484255686> on its > Facebook page to "be patient until we have more information." Global Post, > for whom Foley reported from Syria, is stressing > <http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/syria/140819/reported-beheading-james-foley-not-yet-verified> > > that the video's authenticity has not yet been verified. However, Stars and > Stripes, the U.S. military affairs-focused newspaper for which Foley > reported from Afghanistan, is reporting > <http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/former-stars-and-stripes-reporter-foley-beheaded-by-militants-1.299040> > > that Foley has been killed. > > > > source <http://www.businessinsider.com/james-foley-2014-8> > *sharia unveiled > <http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/author/shariaunveiled/>* | August > 19, 2014 at 8:32 pm | Tags: America > <http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/?tag=america>, American journalist > <http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/?tag=american-journalist>, Beheading > <http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/?tag=beheading>, Christian > <http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/?tag=christian>, Iraq > <http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/?tag=iraq>, ISIL > <http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/?tag=isil>, ISIS > <http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/?tag=isis>, Islam > <http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/?tag=islam>, islamic > <http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/?tag=islamic>, Islamic State of Iraq > and al-Sham (ISIS) > <http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/?tag=islamic-state-of-iraq-and-al-sham-isis>, > > James Foley <http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/?tag=james-foley>, Jihad > <http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/?tag=jihad>, Koran > <http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/?tag=koran>, Muhammad > <http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/?tag=muhammad>, muslim > <http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/?tag=muslim>, Obama > <http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/?tag=obama>, Persecution > <http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/?tag=persecution>, Qur'an > <http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/?tag=quran>, Sharia Law > <http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/?tag=sharia-law>, Syria > <http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/?tag=syria>, terrorism > <http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/?tag=terrorism>, Women > <http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/?tag=women> | Categories: > Uncategorized <http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/?cat=1> | URL: > http://wp.me/p2eeoq-4yd > > Comment > <http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/2014/08/19/isis-beheads-american-journalist-james-foley-in-syria/#respond> > > See all comments > <http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/2014/08/19/isis-beheads-american-journalist-james-foley-in-syria/#comments> > > > Unsubscribe > <https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=7f89380f46003915c34c2cdd2b126a38&email=bovinescatologists%40gmail.com&b=DL2-%26z%2CpR%5DBpNTkD.BcUXl%7CtX_MnYYjlOXPff%7Eh40C%2Cv%5BU%5DnX%7C> > > to no longer receive posts from sharia unveiled. > Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions > <https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=7f89380f46003915c34c2cdd2b126a38&email=bovinescatologists%40gmail.com>. > > > > *Trouble clicking?* Copy and paste this URL into your browser: > > http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/2014/08/19/isis-beheads-american-journalist-james-foley-in-syria/ > > > Thanks for flying with WordPress.com <http://wordpress.com> > > > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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