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James Wright Foley (1972-2014)

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Rest In Peace, Jim 🕊️

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James Wright Foley

James Wright Foley (October 18, 1973 – August 19, 2014) was an American journalist and video reporter. He was working as a freelance war correspondent during the Syrian Civil War when he was abducted on November 22, 2012 in northwestern Syria. In August 2014, Foley became the first American citizen to be killed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL / ISIS / Islamic State).[1]

Before journalism, Foley was an instructor for Teach For America. In 2009, he became an embedded journalist with USAID-funded development projects in Iraq, and in 2011, he wrote for military newspaper Stars and Stripes in Afghanistan, and GlobalPost in Libya, where he was captured by Gaddafi loyalist forces and held for 44 days. When he was captured in Syria the following year, he was working for Agence France-Presse and GlobalPost.

Early life and education 

Foley was a native of Rochester, New Hampshire,[2] and attended Kingswood Regional High School in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.[3]He was the oldest of five children born to John and Diane Foley.[4] He was a Catholic.[5][6]

Foley graduated from Marquette University, a private, Jesuit Catholic institution, in 1996,[7] from the MFA Program for Poets & Writersat the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2003,[8] and from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism in 2008.[9]

Career 

Foley began his career as a teacher in Arizona, Massachusetts, and Chicago for Teach For America (TFA). In the mid-2000s he changed careers to photojournalism.[10] In 2009, Foley worked for USAID-funded development projects in Baghdad, Iraq. He helped organize conferences and training seminars for a program designed to rebuild Iraq’s civil service, crippled by decades of isolation and autocratic administration. In 2010 he left Iraq and applied for military embed-journalist accommodation status in Afghanistan to become a freelance journalist.[11] He was an embedded journalist with US troops in Iraq, where his brother was serving as an officer in the United States Air Force.[11] In January 2011, Foley joined Stars and Stripes as a reporter on assignment in Afghanistan. Two months later he was removed from his post after being detained by US military police at Kandahar Air Field on suspicion of possessing and using marijuana. On 3 March 2011, Foley admitted that he had marijuana in his possession and resigned his position.[12][13][14]

In 2011, while working for GlobalPost, Foley went to Libya to cover the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, embedding himself with rebel fighters (Libyan Civil War).[10]

2011 Libya capture ordeal[edit]

In April 2011, Foley and three other journalists were detained near Brega, Libya, by forces loyal to Gaddafi; fellow photojournalist Anton Hammerl was killed in the attack in which Foley was captured.[15][16] Foley was released from jail 44 days later [16] He returned to Milwaukee to thank the community for praying for his safe return.[17] In an interview, Foley said, "You go through different emotions when you're in captivity... These weird extreme ideas of where you are based on this capture. You don't want to be defined as that guy who got captured in 2011. I believe front line journalism is important [without it] we can't tell the world how bad it might be."[18] He also wrote an article for Marquette Magazineabout how rosary prayers helped get him through his captivity.[19][20] His experience of being captured did not deter him, he quickly returned to Libya, and was at the scene ofMuammar Gaddafi’s capture with GlobalPost correspondent Tracey Shelton on October 20, 2011.[21]

Foley continued working as a freelancer for GlobalPost and other media outlets like Agence France-Presse during the Syrian Civil War.[22]

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‘Evil': American journalist James Foley reportedly beheaded by ISIS

‘Evil': American journalist James Foley reportedly beheaded by ISIS

http://twitter.com/#!/green_lemonnn/status/501830605932224513

Absolutely awful news. Media are reporting that journalist James Foley, captured in 2012, has been beheaded by ISIS.

http://twitter.com/#!/Hadas_Gold/status/501831570538655746

We will not link to the video here. (Update: YouTube has taken down the video after determining that it was “a violation of YouTube’s policy on violence.” Good.)

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New Post has been published on Uncle Sams Misguided Children

New Post has been published on http://misguidedchildren.com/foreign-affairs/2014/08/is-the-video-of-the-journalist-beheading-real-or-fake/29244

Is the video of the Journalist beheading real or fake?

According to an International Forensic Science group in Britain, it appears as though the video of Journalist James Foley’s beheading may have been staged. The Brit in the video may not have been the killer. There is no doubt, however, that James Foley is dead.

There have been articles about whether or not ISIS used a “green screen” to film it. There have been arguments over who really killed Mr. Foley. There are those who just can’t believe that the IS could create a video in HD. There are even those who believe that Mr. Foley is still alive somewhere in Syria (the ultimate conspiracy theory).

The Telegraph reported,

“After enhancements, the knife can be seen to be drawn across the upper neck at least six times, with no blood evidence to the point the picture fades to black,” the analysis said.

Sounds allegedly made by Foley do not appear consistent with what may be expected.

During Foley’s speech, there appears to be a blip which could indicate the journalist had to repeat a line.

One expert commissioned to examine the footage was reported as saying: “I think it has been staged. My feeling is that the execution may have happened after the camera was stopped.”

Upgraded ability

ISIS has upgraded their video production routines over the last few months. What were once rough and unprofessional, they are now showing signs of exceptional skill. Whoever is helping them is doing a bang-up job of propaganda and slick production methods.

Vice News  stated in an article from July:

In addition to the blatant propaganda vibe, the videos have strikingly high production quality — they are shot in HD and include sophisticated graphics and logos. Most of the content is in English, suggesting that they are specifically designed as a recruitment tool for Western audiences.

One Mujatweet video shows smiling ISIS members handing out candy and ice cream to cheering children; others include images of militants fighting in Syria set to a song extolling the group’s virtues.

The Bottom Line

The arguments back and forth over whether the video was staged or not are irrelevant.  The fact is that James Foley died a horrible death, off camera or on camera, at the hands of a jihadist with a bloodlust.  Let’s focus on THAT.

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You Know How James Foley Died. This Is How He Lived.

When we think of James Wright Foley now, one image is seared into our collective memory: a screenshot from a video, a prisoner on the verge of death. It's a horrifying picture, the final scene in Foley's tragic journey from documenting war to becoming its victim. So take a look at Foley's life from childhood to his time reporting in the Middle East here. 

The Foley family requests that any donations be made to The James Foley Scholarship.