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MickeyD
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FOLEY CAPTORS DEMANDED $132 MILLION RANSOM: EMPLOYER
Journalist James Foley's jihadist captors had demanded a ransom of 100 million euros -- $132 million -- for his release, his employer said Thursday after a video of the American's gruesome execution was made public.
"GlobalPost CEO Philip Balboni confirms that the initial ransom demand from Jim Foley's captors was 100 million euros," a spokesman for the news website told AFP.
Foley was reporting from Syria for GlobalPost and other outlets including AFP when he was abducted in November 2012, and Balboni had been closely involved in efforts to locate and free the photojournalist.
The extremist group, which calls itself the Islamic State, has marauded across large areas of Iraq in recent months. On Tuesday it published a video showing one of its members beheading Foley.
Balboni said the captors made contact with GlobalPost and the Foley family fewer than half a dozen times, and "the kidnappers never really negotiated" over their huge sum, but simply made their demand.
"We never took the $100 million figure seriously," Balboni told CNN.
Balboni said he and the family provided all information about their search for Foley and their contact with his captors to authorities at the FBI and State Department.
The US government opposes paying such ransoms, arguing that it only encourages more hostage-taking.
"We do not make concessions to terrorists. That includes: We do not pay ransoms," State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters Thursday.
Such payouts, she added, would only serve to "fund and finance exactly the groups (whose capabilities) we are trying to degrade."
Balboni referred to the release of several European hostages by Islamic State earlier this year, likely upon payment of ransoms that were "dramatically less" than what the group sought for Foley.
The family and GlobalPost were seeking to raise money "in the range" of the amount paid for the other hostage, Balboni added, without mentioning a dollar amount.
Harf referenced the other countries' ransom payments to the group, saying that in 2014 alone they amounted to millions of dollars, although she too did not provide a figure.
And she stressed that the US government "does not have contact with ISIL."
Balboni said he and the family provided all information about their search for Foley and their contact with his captors to authorities at the FBI and State Department.
After initial messages and the ransom demand, he said, the line of communication with the jihadists went cold until August 13, when they sent a terrifying message to the Foleys that their son would be killed.
The Pentagon revealed Wednesday that US special forces were sent into Syria earlier this year to try to rescue American hostages but they came up empty handed as the captives were not at the targeted location.
"This operation was a flawless operation, but the hostages were not there," Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told reporters.
Source : Sapa-AFP /mm
Date : 21 Aug 2014 22:30
Journalist James Foley's jihadist captors had demanded a ransom of 100 million euros -- $132 million -- for his release, his employer said Thursday after a video of the American's gruesome execution was made public.
"GlobalPost CEO Philip Balboni confirms that the initial ransom demand from Jim Foley's captors was 100 million euros," a spokesman for the news website told AFP.
Foley was reporting from Syria for GlobalPost and other outlets including AFP when he was abducted in November 2012, and Balboni had been closely involved in efforts to locate and free the photojournalist.
The extremist group, which calls itself the Islamic State, has marauded across large areas of Iraq in recent months. On Tuesday it published a video showing one of its members beheading Foley.
Balboni said the captors made contact with GlobalPost and the Foley family fewer than half a dozen times, and "the kidnappers never really negotiated" over their huge sum, but simply made their demand.
"We never took the $100 million figure seriously," Balboni told CNN.
Balboni said he and the family provided all information about their search for Foley and their contact with his captors to authorities at the FBI and State Department.
The US government opposes paying such ransoms, arguing that it only encourages more hostage-taking.
"We do not make concessions to terrorists. That includes: We do not pay ransoms," State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters Thursday.
Such payouts, she added, would only serve to "fund and finance exactly the groups (whose capabilities) we are trying to degrade."
Balboni referred to the release of several European hostages by Islamic State earlier this year, likely upon payment of ransoms that were "dramatically less" than what the group sought for Foley.
The family and GlobalPost were seeking to raise money "in the range" of the amount paid for the other hostage, Balboni added, without mentioning a dollar amount.
Harf referenced the other countries' ransom payments to the group, saying that in 2014 alone they amounted to millions of dollars, although she too did not provide a figure.
And she stressed that the US government "does not have contact with ISIL."
Balboni said he and the family provided all information about their search for Foley and their contact with his captors to authorities at the FBI and State Department.
After initial messages and the ransom demand, he said, the line of communication with the jihadists went cold until August 13, when they sent a terrifying message to the Foleys that their son would be killed.
The Pentagon revealed Wednesday that US special forces were sent into Syria earlier this year to try to rescue American hostages but they came up empty handed as the captives were not at the targeted location.
"This operation was a flawless operation, but the hostages were not there," Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told reporters.
Source : Sapa-AFP /mm
Date : 21 Aug 2014 22:30
MickeyD
RIP
FOLEY CAPTORS SENT TAUNTING LETTER TO FAMILY: EMPLOYER
Journalist James Foley's jihadist captors sent his family a taunting and rambling email threatening to kill him, just a week before making public a video of his execution, the American reporter's employer said Thursday.
GlobalPost said it released the full text of the email from Islamic State (IS) militants "in the interest of transparency and to fully tell Jim's story."
"We believe the text offers insight into the motivations and tactics of the Islamic State," it added.
The release comes after the GlobalPost told AFP that Foley's captors had demanded a ransom of 100 million euros -- $132 million -- for his release.
The email claims that "other governments" had accepted "cash transactions" for the release of hostages and says that the militants had offered prisoner exchanges for Foley's freedom, naming Aafia Siddiqui, the scientist jailed for 86 years for attempting to murder US military officers.
IS, which has marauded across large areas of Iraq in recent months, on Tuesday published a video showing one of its members beheading Foley.
Foley, a photojournalist, was reporting from Syria for GlobalPost and other outlets including AFP when he was abducted in November 2012.
Prior to disclosing the email, GlobalPost CEO Philip Balboni said the captors made contact with GlobalPost and the Foley family fewer than half a dozen times, and "the kidnappers never really negotiated" over their huge sum, but simply made their demand.
"We never took the 100 million (euro) figure seriously," Balboni told CNN.
The US government opposes paying such ransoms, arguing that it only encourages more hostage-taking.
"We do not make concessions to terrorists. That includes: We do not pay ransoms," State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters Thursday.
Such payouts, she added, would only serve to "fund and finance exactly the groups (whose capabilities) we are trying to degrade."
Balboni referred to the release of several European hostages by the extremist group earlier this year, likely upon payment of ransoms that were "dramatically less" than what the group sought for Foley.
The family and GlobalPost were seeking to raise money "in the range" of the amount paid for the other hostages, Balboni added, without mentioning a dollar amount.
Harf referenced the other countries' ransom payments to the group, saying that in 2014 alone, they amounted to millions of dollars, although she too did not provide a figure.
And she stressed that the US government "does not have contact with ISIL."
Balboni said he and the family provided all information about their search for Foley and their contact with his captors to authorities at the FBI and State Department.
After initial messages and the ransom demand, he said, the line of communication with the jihadists went cold until August 13, when they sent the terrifying message telling the Foleys that their son would be killed.
The Pentagon revealed Wednesday that US special forces were sent into Syria earlier this year to try to rescue American hostages but they came up empty-handed as the captives were not at the targeted location.
"This operation was a flawless operation, but the hostages were not there," Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told reporters.
Source : Sapa-AFP /dm
Date : 22 Aug 2014 03:53
Journalist James Foley's jihadist captors sent his family a taunting and rambling email threatening to kill him, just a week before making public a video of his execution, the American reporter's employer said Thursday.
GlobalPost said it released the full text of the email from Islamic State (IS) militants "in the interest of transparency and to fully tell Jim's story."
"We believe the text offers insight into the motivations and tactics of the Islamic State," it added.
The release comes after the GlobalPost told AFP that Foley's captors had demanded a ransom of 100 million euros -- $132 million -- for his release.
The email claims that "other governments" had accepted "cash transactions" for the release of hostages and says that the militants had offered prisoner exchanges for Foley's freedom, naming Aafia Siddiqui, the scientist jailed for 86 years for attempting to murder US military officers.
IS, which has marauded across large areas of Iraq in recent months, on Tuesday published a video showing one of its members beheading Foley.
Foley, a photojournalist, was reporting from Syria for GlobalPost and other outlets including AFP when he was abducted in November 2012.
Prior to disclosing the email, GlobalPost CEO Philip Balboni said the captors made contact with GlobalPost and the Foley family fewer than half a dozen times, and "the kidnappers never really negotiated" over their huge sum, but simply made their demand.
"We never took the 100 million (euro) figure seriously," Balboni told CNN.
The US government opposes paying such ransoms, arguing that it only encourages more hostage-taking.
"We do not make concessions to terrorists. That includes: We do not pay ransoms," State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters Thursday.
Such payouts, she added, would only serve to "fund and finance exactly the groups (whose capabilities) we are trying to degrade."
Balboni referred to the release of several European hostages by the extremist group earlier this year, likely upon payment of ransoms that were "dramatically less" than what the group sought for Foley.
The family and GlobalPost were seeking to raise money "in the range" of the amount paid for the other hostages, Balboni added, without mentioning a dollar amount.
Harf referenced the other countries' ransom payments to the group, saying that in 2014 alone, they amounted to millions of dollars, although she too did not provide a figure.
And she stressed that the US government "does not have contact with ISIL."
Balboni said he and the family provided all information about their search for Foley and their contact with his captors to authorities at the FBI and State Department.
After initial messages and the ransom demand, he said, the line of communication with the jihadists went cold until August 13, when they sent the terrifying message telling the Foleys that their son would be killed.
The Pentagon revealed Wednesday that US special forces were sent into Syria earlier this year to try to rescue American hostages but they came up empty-handed as the captives were not at the targeted location.
"This operation was a flawless operation, but the hostages were not there," Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told reporters.
Source : Sapa-AFP /dm
Date : 22 Aug 2014 03:53
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
2 FRENCH TEEN GIRLS PROBED AS WOULD-BE JIHADIS
Two girls, aged 15 and 17, are under investigation in France for allegedly making plans to join jihadis in Syria.
The Paris prosecutor's office said on Friday that the girls, one from Tarbes in the southwest, the other from the city of Lyon, were placed under investigation a day earlier for criminal association in relation with a terrorist enterprise, a standard charge in terrorism cases in France. The girls are under strict judicial control, according to the prosecutor's office. It wasn't clear whether they were returned to their families.
About 60 investigations are currently in progress in France concerning would-be jihadis or those who have left for the battlefields. Some 900 French are implicated in the phenomenon which has spread across Europe and is deeply worrisome to authorities.
Source : Sapa-AP /ar
Date : 22 Aug 2014 13:25
Two girls, aged 15 and 17, are under investigation in France for allegedly making plans to join jihadis in Syria.
The Paris prosecutor's office said on Friday that the girls, one from Tarbes in the southwest, the other from the city of Lyon, were placed under investigation a day earlier for criminal association in relation with a terrorist enterprise, a standard charge in terrorism cases in France. The girls are under strict judicial control, according to the prosecutor's office. It wasn't clear whether they were returned to their families.
About 60 investigations are currently in progress in France concerning would-be jihadis or those who have left for the battlefields. Some 900 French are implicated in the phenomenon which has spread across Europe and is deeply worrisome to authorities.
Source : Sapa-AP /ar
Date : 22 Aug 2014 13:25
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
700,000 IRAQIS DISPLACED IN KURDISH NORTH: UN
About 700,000 Iraqis have gathered in the Kurdish north after being driven from their homes by jihadist fighters, the United Nations said Friday as it stepped up a massive aid operation to the region.
"The Kurdistan region of Iraq is now hosting close to 700,000 displaced Iraqis, most having arrived in early June," Adrian Edwards, spokesman for the UN's refugee agency, told reporters in Geneva.
Earlier this week, the UNHCR had put the number at around 600,000, but it is unclear how many of the additional 100,000 were new arrivals and how many had arrived earlier but only been registered in recent days.
"There has been some increase in numbers, but we haven't finished registration at the moment," Edwards said.
The UNCHR was continuing its largest single aid push in more than a decade following the first aid flight to northern Iraq two days ago.
Edwards said a second Boeing 747 had delivered more tents to the regional capital Arbil on Thursday and that more flights were planned Friday and Saturday.
The planned 10-day operation aims to bring a total of 2,410 tonnes of aid by air, land and sea.
"Inside Iraq, shelter remains a top priority for displaced people, too many of whom are living in woeful conditions," Edwards said, adding that hundreds of thousands of people were living in unfinished buildings, mosques, churches, parks and schools.
He said displaced Iraqi's were moving to camps "as quickly as tents can be pitched, such is the enormity of this crisis and the desperate need for shelter."
Looking beyond the emergency aid operation, the UN is bracing to continue its mission there "for a long time to come," Edwards said, adding that planning for the coming winter was a priority.
Jihadists from the Islamic State group, which had already occupied parts of Syria, launched an offensive in Iraq in June and rapidly seized much of its Sunni heartland.
The IS militants, who are accused of multiple acts of summary execution, rape and other atrocities, have declared a "caliphate" in a region straddling the Iraq-Syria border, and have taken Iraq to the brink of breakup.
Many of those fleeing have found a haven in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, whose fighters have provided a bulwark against the jihadists.
Source : Sapa-AFP /ar
Date : 22 Aug 2014 13:24
About 700,000 Iraqis have gathered in the Kurdish north after being driven from their homes by jihadist fighters, the United Nations said Friday as it stepped up a massive aid operation to the region.
"The Kurdistan region of Iraq is now hosting close to 700,000 displaced Iraqis, most having arrived in early June," Adrian Edwards, spokesman for the UN's refugee agency, told reporters in Geneva.
Earlier this week, the UNHCR had put the number at around 600,000, but it is unclear how many of the additional 100,000 were new arrivals and how many had arrived earlier but only been registered in recent days.
"There has been some increase in numbers, but we haven't finished registration at the moment," Edwards said.
The UNCHR was continuing its largest single aid push in more than a decade following the first aid flight to northern Iraq two days ago.
Edwards said a second Boeing 747 had delivered more tents to the regional capital Arbil on Thursday and that more flights were planned Friday and Saturday.
The planned 10-day operation aims to bring a total of 2,410 tonnes of aid by air, land and sea.
"Inside Iraq, shelter remains a top priority for displaced people, too many of whom are living in woeful conditions," Edwards said, adding that hundreds of thousands of people were living in unfinished buildings, mosques, churches, parks and schools.
He said displaced Iraqi's were moving to camps "as quickly as tents can be pitched, such is the enormity of this crisis and the desperate need for shelter."
Looking beyond the emergency aid operation, the UN is bracing to continue its mission there "for a long time to come," Edwards said, adding that planning for the coming winter was a priority.
Jihadists from the Islamic State group, which had already occupied parts of Syria, launched an offensive in Iraq in June and rapidly seized much of its Sunni heartland.
The IS militants, who are accused of multiple acts of summary execution, rape and other atrocities, have declared a "caliphate" in a region straddling the Iraq-Syria border, and have taken Iraq to the brink of breakup.
Many of those fleeing have found a haven in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, whose fighters have provided a bulwark against the jihadists.
Source : Sapa-AFP /ar
Date : 22 Aug 2014 13:24
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
GUNMEN KILL AT LEAST 32 IN ATTACK ON IRAQ SUNNI MOSQUE: OFFICIALS
Gunmen opened fire on worshippers during Friday prayers at a Sunni mosque in the town of Imam Wais, northeast of Baghdad, killing at least 32 people, Iraqi officials said.
Accounts of the attack, which also wounded dozens, varied sharply, with some sources blaming Shiite militiamen and others pointing to militants from the Islamic State (IS), a Sunni jihadist group.
Source : Sapa-AFP /nsm
Date : 22 Aug 2014 14:23
Gunmen opened fire on worshippers during Friday prayers at a Sunni mosque in the town of Imam Wais, northeast of Baghdad, killing at least 32 people, Iraqi officials said.
Accounts of the attack, which also wounded dozens, varied sharply, with some sources blaming Shiite militiamen and others pointing to militants from the Islamic State (IS), a Sunni jihadist group.
Source : Sapa-AFP /nsm
Date : 22 Aug 2014 14:23
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
PARENTS HAD HOPED TO NEGOTIATE WITH FOLEY CAPTORS
The parents of slain journalist James Foley said they regarded an email they received from his captors last week as a hopeful sign they could negotiate with the Islamic militants.
Speaking on NBC's "Today," John and Diane Foley from Rochester, New Hampshire, said they had last heard from the captors via several emails in December.
John Foley said he was excited to see the latest email, even though it threatened execution, because he hoped they would be willing to negotiate.
"I underestimated that point," John Foley said of the threat. "I did not realize how brutal they were."
Foley, 40, was kidnapped in Syria in November 2012. In the last email, Foley's Islamic State captors demanded $132.5 million from his parents and political concessions from Washington. Authorities say neither obliged.
The militants revealed Foley's death in a video released Tuesday. The extremists said they killed him in retaliation U.S. airstrikes targeting Islamic State positions in northern Iraq.
The Foleys said they had set up a special email address and sent multiple messages to try to engage the captors.
"We were just anxiously waiting," Diane Foley said.
In New Hampshire, Gov. Maggie Hassan has directed flags to fly at half-staff in honor of Foley on Sunday, the day a church service is planned in remembrance of him.
"An unconscionable act of terror took him from us far too soon, but his unyielding commitment to advancing our cherished First Amendment right across the globe and the truths he unveiled will live on forever," she said in a statement.
Source : Sapa-AP /nsm
Date : 22 Aug 2014 15:09
The parents of slain journalist James Foley said they regarded an email they received from his captors last week as a hopeful sign they could negotiate with the Islamic militants.
Speaking on NBC's "Today," John and Diane Foley from Rochester, New Hampshire, said they had last heard from the captors via several emails in December.
John Foley said he was excited to see the latest email, even though it threatened execution, because he hoped they would be willing to negotiate.
"I underestimated that point," John Foley said of the threat. "I did not realize how brutal they were."
Foley, 40, was kidnapped in Syria in November 2012. In the last email, Foley's Islamic State captors demanded $132.5 million from his parents and political concessions from Washington. Authorities say neither obliged.
The militants revealed Foley's death in a video released Tuesday. The extremists said they killed him in retaliation U.S. airstrikes targeting Islamic State positions in northern Iraq.
The Foleys said they had set up a special email address and sent multiple messages to try to engage the captors.
"We were just anxiously waiting," Diane Foley said.
In New Hampshire, Gov. Maggie Hassan has directed flags to fly at half-staff in honor of Foley on Sunday, the day a church service is planned in remembrance of him.
"An unconscionable act of terror took him from us far too soon, but his unyielding commitment to advancing our cherished First Amendment right across the globe and the truths he unveiled will live on forever," she said in a statement.
Source : Sapa-AP /nsm
Date : 22 Aug 2014 15:09
MickeyD
RIP
Horrifying: Video Of ISIS Militants Executing 1500 Iraqi Army POWs
NSFW
Sensitive folks - Do NOT click on this link!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGrZ3GJkK9Q
NSFW
Sensitive folks - Do NOT click on this link!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGrZ3GJkK9Q
OrbitalDawn
Ulysses Everett McGill
ToxicBunny
Oi! Leave me out of this...
Had seen this video before...
It should have been enough for the world to actually do something, but it never really made it into the mainstream media from what I remember.....
It should have been enough for the world to actually do something, but it never really made it into the mainstream media from what I remember.....
AthenianOwl
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Nope, I will not watch this video. Nope.
Fury05
Expert Member
I would not wish this on anyone normally but may those murderers burn in hell. F**** me!
MickeyD
RIP
Looked back to 1 August in this thread and could not find it...
AthenianOwl
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FSUK ME!!! FSUK MY CUROSITY!
TOO HORRIFIC! ISIS MUST BE WIPED OUT AT ALL COSTS!!!! THEY SHOULD BE KILLED WITH PORK-SMEARED BULLETS!!!
ToxicBunny
Oi! Leave me out of this...
Arthur
Honorary Master
The beheaded US journalise Foley had been kidnapped before, in Libya - he recounts that experience in this talk. He was also a man of prayer.
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
don't think anyone posted it here
enjoy your virgins you useless mudderfsck