By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--August 20, 2014
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“Graphic footage of the execution appeared in a video titled: 'A Message to the U.S.', in which an apparently coerced James Wright Foley, 40, describes America as his true killers for using airstrikes to assist Kurdish forces in recapturing the Mosul Dam from ISIS militants. “Foley - who went missing in 2012 while working for the Global Post news agency in Syria - is then beheaded with a small knife over a period of seven minutes by a masked man dressed all in black.”The world joins Foley’s courageous mother Diane in sorrow. She and his father John had waited two years hoping for his return with a yellow ribbon hanging at their house.
“Speaking after the video emerged, Foley's mother Diane issued a statement saying that she and her husband John have 'never been prouder' of their son, who they say gave his life to expose the suffering of the Syrian people.” (Daily Mail)
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