Disturbing footage of the execution appeared on Tuesday in a video
titled 'A message to the US', in which an apparently coerced Foley, 40, recites
a pre-prepared script presumably given to him by his captors which he delivers
unflinchingly to the camera.
Kidnapped in Syria on Thanksgiving 2012 while working for the
GlobalPost agency, Foley brands the US government his real killers and
denounces the country of his birth, while his soon-to-be murderer stands over
him dressed in black robes and armed with a small knife and gun.
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Wearing an orange jumpsuit, with his head shaven, Foley's voice is
strong, but he often pauses to take deep breaths and appears to struggle at
times to swallow as he battles against fear.
The executioner, who speaks directly to the camera in what appears
to be a British accent, then blames President Barack Obama for Foley's death
before he brutally beheads the brave reporter in front of the camera. In a
chilling warning at the end of the grisly film, the executioner parades another
American journalist, Steven Joel Sotloff, who went missing in August 2013,
saying: 'The life of this American citizen, Obama, depends on your next
decision.'
Speaking after the video emerged, Foley's mother Diane issued a
statement saying that she and her husband John have nothing but admiration for
the bravery of their 'extraordinary' son, who they say gave his life to expose
the suffering of the Syrian people.
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