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| Islamist militants 'kill reporter James Foley on video' | Islamist militants 'kill reporter James Foley on video' |
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| The Islamic State militant group has released a video online purporting to show the killing of a US journalist. | The Islamic State militant group has released a video online purporting to show the killing of a US journalist. |
| The victim was identified by the militants as James Foley, a video and photojournalist who was seized by armed men in Syria in late 2012. | |
| The video has not been independently verified. | |
| The White House said it was working to establish the video's authenticity, but if it was genuine, the US would be "appalled by the brutal murder". | |
| On Facebook, Foley's family wrote: "We know that many of you are looking for confirmation or answers. Please be patient until we all have more information, and keep the Foleys in your thoughts and prayers." | |
| Foley has reported extensively across the Middle East. | |
| In the video, titled A Message to America, a man who the IS said was James Foley is shown being held by a masked militant. | |
| The militant, who speaks with a British accent, says the journalist's death is the direct result of US bombing of IS targets in Iraq. | |
| The US has recently carried out a number of air strikes against IS militants, who have swept through large swathes of north-western Iraq. |