The Islamic State has released a video showing the decapitation of another American journalist, Steven Sotloff.
IS threatened Sotloff’s life in their first video of their killing of journalist James Foley.
In the video the militant states:
“I’m back, Obama, and I’m back because of your arrogant foreign policy towards the Islamic State, because of your insistence on continuing your bombings and [unclear] on Mosul Dam, despite our serious warnings,” he says, waving a knife. ”You, Obama, have but to gain from your actions but another American citizen. So just as your missiles continue to strike our people, our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people.”
Now they are threatening yet another life, identified as a Briton, David Cawthorne Haines.
Following is a transcript of the video:
A Second Message to America
I am Steven Joel Sotloff. I’m sure you know exactly who I am by now and why I am appearing before you. And now this time for my message:
Obama, your foreign policy of intervention in Iraq was supposed to be for the preservation of American lives and interests, so why is it that I am paying the price of your interference with my life. Am I not an American citizen? You’ve spent billions of U.S. tax payers dollars and we’ve lost thousands of our troops in our previous fighting against the Islamic State, so where is the people’s interest in reigniting this war?
Form what little I know about foreign policy, I remember a time you could not win an election without promising to bring our troops back home from Iraq and Afghanistan and to close down Guantanamo. Here you are now, Obama, nearing the end of your term, and having achieving none of the above, and deceivingly marching us the American people in the blazing fire.
[Executor]
I’m back, Obama, and I’m back because of your arrogant foreign policy towards the Islamic State, because of your insistence on continuing your bombings and [unclear] on Mosul Dam, despite our serious warnings. You, Obama, have but to gain from your actions but another American citizen. So just as your missiles continue to strike our people, our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people…
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.
another faked video.
i’ve seen videos of the islamic state beheading people. the thing about this one is that it’s censored. where is the rest of the video? this could just as easily be propaganda to play off the emotions of Americans which isn’t very hard to do since americans are conditioned to be emotional and don’t ask questions KONY comes to mind.
The journalist are as much as our military as the military. They risk their lives right along with our military. How can this not be reason to wipe ISIS out? Obama needs to understand that they will “use” him until all is accomplished and then he will be the last to die at their knife after he watches his family. He needs to treat each execution as though it were his own…
Obama if you cannot handle the job of being a President then step aside and let a real President move in the White House!
Our citizens die for nothing! Who will protect them?
Pull us out drop a $#%&!@*in nuclear bomb be done with it save lots money ammunition price will drop we all are happy Boom
In the pursuit of personal gain Our president forgot about our citizens. I hope this is the last his mistake. We need no victims, no more! Mr. Obama, please, wake up!!
Any coward can hide behind a mask or gun!
STOP fooling around with these COWARDS!! SQUASH THEM LIKE THE BUGS THEY ARE!! 3 CARRIERS, ROUND THE CLOCK AIRSTRIKES! They can do NOTHING but RUN OR DIE!
Prayers for the family! Stop these terrorists before they kill anymore innocent people. Don’t let them scare us away from justice for these people