09-02-2014, 01:53 PM
IS Sends Second Video Message to America -- Beheads Steven Sotloff
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Mr. Sotloff is the journalist threatened at the end of the Foley decapitation video.
The Sotloff decapitation video also threatens the life of British captive, David Haines, and warns the British government "back-off and leave our people alone."
Sotloff speaks to the camera before he is killed, saying he is "paying the price" for U.S. intervention.
The masked ISIS figure in the video speaks to U.S. President Barack Obama, telling him, "Just as your missiles continue to strike our people, our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people." The video begins with a short excerpt from a speech by US President Barack Obama on the fight against terror, followed by text that reads: "A second message to America". The IS fighter, who suggests he is the same man who killed Mr Foley, then appears to behead Mr. Sotloff.
Steven Sotloff disappeared while reporting from Syria in August 2013, but his family kept the news secret, fearing harm to him if they went public. Out of public view, the family and a number of government agencies have been trying to gain Sotloff's release for the past year.
Sotloff, 31, grew up in South Florida with his mother, father and younger sister. He majored in journalism at the University of Central Florida. His personal Facebook page lists musicians like the Dave Matthews Band, Phish, Miles Davis and movies like "Lawrence of Arabia" and "The Big Lebowski" as favorites. On his Twitter page, he playfully identifies himself as a "stand-up philosopher from Miami."
He graduated from another college, began taking Arabic classes and subsequently picked up freelance writing work for a number of publications, including Time, Foreign Policy, World Affairs and the Christian Science Monitor. His travels took him to Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey -- among other countries -- and eventually Syria.
RIP Steven Sotloff.
Ref:
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/02/world/...?hpt=hp_t1
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/...07200.html
Mr. Sotloff is the journalist threatened at the end of the Foley decapitation video.
The Sotloff decapitation video also threatens the life of British captive, David Haines, and warns the British government "back-off and leave our people alone."
Sotloff speaks to the camera before he is killed, saying he is "paying the price" for U.S. intervention.
The masked ISIS figure in the video speaks to U.S. President Barack Obama, telling him, "Just as your missiles continue to strike our people, our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people." The video begins with a short excerpt from a speech by US President Barack Obama on the fight against terror, followed by text that reads: "A second message to America". The IS fighter, who suggests he is the same man who killed Mr Foley, then appears to behead Mr. Sotloff.
Steven Sotloff disappeared while reporting from Syria in August 2013, but his family kept the news secret, fearing harm to him if they went public. Out of public view, the family and a number of government agencies have been trying to gain Sotloff's release for the past year.
Sotloff, 31, grew up in South Florida with his mother, father and younger sister. He majored in journalism at the University of Central Florida. His personal Facebook page lists musicians like the Dave Matthews Band, Phish, Miles Davis and movies like "Lawrence of Arabia" and "The Big Lebowski" as favorites. On his Twitter page, he playfully identifies himself as a "stand-up philosopher from Miami."
He graduated from another college, began taking Arabic classes and subsequently picked up freelance writing work for a number of publications, including Time, Foreign Policy, World Affairs and the Christian Science Monitor. His travels took him to Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey -- among other countries -- and eventually Syria.
RIP Steven Sotloff.
Ref:
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/02/world/...?hpt=hp_t1
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/...07200.html