launched a raid in Syria in an attempt to free Foley and Sotloff earlier this summer, Pentagon officials said after Foley’s death, but American forces did not find the captives at the target location. Prior to their deaths, the prisoners are made to watch several videos showing the alleged mutilation of the bodies of dead ISIS fighters by members of the Iraqi army and allied Shi’a militias.
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ISIS has for months been mounting attacks and capturing territory across Iraq and along the Iraq-Syria border, even in the face of American airstrikes. GRAPHIC: WATCH FULL ISIS VIDEOS HERE NSFW. Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.” “Steven was a valued contributor to TIME and other news organizations, and he gave his life so readers would have access to information from some of the most dangerous places in the world. “We are shocked and deeply saddened by reports of Steven Sotloff’s death,” TIME editor Nancy Gibbs said in a statement.
“We will not be intimidated, we will not forget,” Obama added, “and our reach is long, and justice will be served.” will not rest until Sotloff’s killers are brought to justice. “Whatever these murderers think they’ll achieve by killing innocent Americans like Steven, they have already failed,” Obama said, pledging that the U.S. President Barack Obama condemned the killing Wednesday during a press conference in Estonia, saying the nation’s thoughts are with Sotloff’s family. Sotloff, a freelance journalist who had written for TIME among other outlets, had been held by ISIS since he was taken captive in Syria more than a year ago. “We take this opportunity to warn those governments that enter this evil alliance of America against the Islamic State to back off and leave our people alone,” the militant says. “So just as your missiles continue to strike our people, our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people.” “You, Obama, have but to gain from your actions but another American citizen,” the masked killer says into the camera, addressing President Barack Obama.