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| Iraq |
| ISIL demanded $100 million ransom for Foley |
| 2014-08-22 |
| [Iran Press TV] The ISIL terrorist group originally pressed the United States to provide a multimillion-dollar ransom before decapitating American journalist James Foley in a gruesome video posted online. The faceless myrmidons had demanded a ransom of $100 million but the US refused to pay, according to The New York Times ...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... . A grisly video uploaded on YouTube Tuesday and later confirmed as "authentic" by the White House shows an ISIL hard boy executing Foley in retaliation for US The video, dubbed "Message to America," came almost a month after US President Barack Obama We're gonna punish our enemies and we're gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us... authorized the use of force against ISIL in northern Iraq. It is not clear when the terrorist group made its ransom demand for Foley's release. The journalist was on assignment for AFP and the Boston-based media company Global Post when he disappeared in Syria on November 22, 2012. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 About 1470. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-08-22 20:22 |
| #5 How much is that in Hellfire missiles? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-08-22 18:58 |
| #4 He was a journalist, right? 'Ransom of Red Chief' comes to mind - no way ISIS should expect to actually get PAID to let poor Foley go... |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2014-08-22 15:35 |
| #3 Maybe the 5 out of Gitmo were the actual plan but they were freed before ISIS could demand them. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2014-08-22 14:30 |
| #2 Maybe they could've offered five more out of Gitmo? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-08-22 08:45 |
| #1 I'll bet they'd settle for $10M. |
| Posted by: gorb 2014-08-22 01:20 |