Outrage at beheading
AFP, staff reporter –
The apparent beheading by jihadists of a US journalist sparked worldwide revulsion yesterday and drew promises by outraged Western governments that they would help those fighting the terrorists.
In a video posted online on Tuesday, a masked Islamic State militant is shown beheading a man resembling James Foley, 40, who has been missing since being abducted in Syria in November 2012.
In the nearly five-minute video, titled “A Message to America”, Islamic State declares that Foley was killed because US President Barack Obama had ordered air strikes against IS in northern Iraq.
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