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James Foley beheading: President Obama says US will continue to fight Islamic State, following murder of American journalist James Foley beheading: President Obama says US will continue to fight Islamic State, following murder of American journalist
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President Barack Obama has branded Islamic State (IS) fighters a “cancer” in the Middle East, and said the US will not be swayed from carrying out airstrikes against the group after it beheaded an American journalist.President Barack Obama has branded Islamic State (IS) fighters a “cancer” in the Middle East, and said the US will not be swayed from carrying out airstrikes against the group after it beheaded an American journalist.
In his strongest condemnation of the Sunni militants formerly known as Isis, Mr Obama said the group believes they are at war with the West, but are in fact terrorising their own neighbours.In his strongest condemnation of the Sunni militants formerly known as Isis, Mr Obama said the group believes they are at war with the West, but are in fact terrorising their own neighbours.
Mr Obama added that he had spoken with the family of James Foley, the 40-year-old freelance reporter who was filmed being murdered in the desert by a black-clad fighter.Mr Obama added that he had spoken with the family of James Foley, the 40-year-old freelance reporter who was filmed being murdered in the desert by a black-clad fighter.
Mr Obama's remarks came shortly after the White House announced that the video had been authenticated by the US intelligence community. The President's remarks came shortly after the White House announced that the video had been authenticated by the US intelligence community.
Separately, Mr Foley's parents confirmed on a Facebook page dedicated to their son’s release that the 40-year-old reporter had died. “We have never been prouder of our son Jim,” the page read. Separately, Mr Foley's parents confirmed on a Facebook page dedicated to their son’s release that Mr Foley had died. “We have never been prouder of our son Jim,” the page read.
During the address in Massachusetts, Mr Obama said: “ISIL speaks for no religion…No just God would stand for what they did yesterday and what they do every single day,” referring to the group’s advance across Syria and Iraq, which has seen it kill by the thousands. During the address in Massachusetts, Mr Obama said: “ISIL [IS] speaks for no religion…No just God would stand for what they did yesterday and what they do every single day,” referring to Mr Foley's murder and the group’s advance across Syria and Iraq, which has seen it kill by the thousands.
Calling their ideology “bankrupt”, he added that IS offers “nothing but an endless slavery to their empty vision and the collapse of any definition of civilized behaviour”.Calling their ideology “bankrupt”, he added that IS offers “nothing but an endless slavery to their empty vision and the collapse of any definition of civilized behaviour”.
“One thing we can all agree on is that a group like ISIL [IS] has no place in the 21st century,” Obama said.“One thing we can all agree on is that a group like ISIL [IS] has no place in the 21st century,” Obama said.
”The United States of America will continue to do what we must do to protect our people. We will be vigilant and we will be relentless,” Mr Obama said of the situation. But the President made no reference to the threat from the militant who appeared to have beheaded Mr Foley that he would soon murder another journalist Steven Sotloff. Making no reference to the threat from the militant who appeared to have beheaded Mr Foley that he would soon murder another journalist, Steven Sotloff, Mr Obama said the US will "do what [it] must" to protect its people.
“When people harm Americans, anywhere, we do what's necessary to see that justice is done,“ he said. James Foley in Syria, 2012 The beheading appeared to mark a turning point in the growing US focus on Islamic State as a potential threat to American interests.
The beheading appeared to mark a turning point in the growing US focus on Islamic State as a potential threat to American interests. Following Mr Obama’s address, US officials said that military planners are considering sending more American forces to Iraq to provide additional security around Baghdad. A senior US official said the number of troops currently under discussion would be fewer than 300.
Since the video was released Tuesday, the US military has pressed ahead by conducting nearly a dozen airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq. Since the video was released Tuesday, the US military has pressed ahead by conducting nearly a dozen airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq, as part of its attempt to protect the religious minority Yazidis in Iraq, and prevent the takeover of the Mosul Dam. The US fears a breach in its structure could end up flooding Baghdad, where the US embassy is situated.
The United States has launched dozens of airstrikes against Islamic State targets in order to protect the religious minority Yazidis in Iraq and prevent the takeover of the Mosul Dam out of concern that a breach in the structure could end up flooding Baghdad, where the US embassy is situated. "We will be vigilant and we will be relentless. When people harm Americans, anywhere, we do what's necessary to see that justice is done,“ President Obama said.
Following Mr Obama’s address, US officials said that military planners are considering sending more American forces to Iraq to provide additional security around Baghdad.