Nothing to be concerned about. The State Department assures us that the Islamic State is not at war with the U.S., and that the beheading of Foley has nothing to do with the U.S. And they must know, right?
“Full text of the last email the Islamic State sent to the Foley family,” Global Post, August 21, 2014:
BOSTON, Mass. — American journalist James Foley was murdered by Islamic State militants, who on Aug. 19 publicized the killing in a graphic video uploaded to YouTube.
On Tuesday, Aug. 12, Foley’s parents received an email from their son’s captors stating that Foley would be “executed.” The Foley family, GlobalPost, government authorities and private security consultants had been investigating Foley’s whereabouts and attempting to secure his release since he was kidnapped on Thanksgiving Day nearly two years ago.
The terrorist group declared Foley’s death would be in retaliation for recent US airstrikes against the Islamic State in Iraq.
The Islamic State, which is now holding three American hostages in Syria, has since threatened to kill one of them, freelance reporter Steven Sotloff, if the US continues its bombing campaign in Iraq.
The Foley family has agreed to release the email from Foley’s captors. GlobalPost has chosen to publish it in full in the interest of transparency and to fully tell Jim’s story. We believe the text offers insight into the motivations and tactics of the Islamic State.
In addition to the extreme views it espouses, the email contains factual inaccuracies. For example, the Foley family was not “given many chances to negotiate” for Jim’s release. After more than a year without contact, the Foleys received their first message from Jim’s captors on Nov. 26, 2013, asking for money, fast. After the militants had proved to the Foleys and investigators that they were in fact holding Jim, they made their sole demand for a ransom of 100 million euros (about $132 million) or the release of unspecified prisoners held by the United States.
The next time the Foley family heard from the captors was on Aug. 12, 2014. They received this email:
HOW LONG WILL THE SHEEP FOLLOW THE BLIND SHEPPARD?
A message to the American government and their sheep like citizens:
We have left you alone since your disgraceful defeat in Iraq. We did not interfere in your country or attack your citizens while they were safe in their homes despite our capability to do so!
As for the scum of your society who are held prisoner by us, THEY DARED TO ENTER THE LION’S DEN AND WHERE EATEN!
You were given many chances to negotiate the release of your people via cash transactions as other governments have accepted,
We have also offered prisoner exchanges to free the Muslims currently in your detention like our sister Dr Afia Sidiqqi, however you proved very quickly to us that this is NOT what you are interested in.You have no motivation to deal with the Muslims except with the language of force, a language you were given in “Arabic translation” when you attempted to occupy the land of Iraq!
Now you return to bomb the Muslims of Iraq once again, this time resorting to Arial attacks and “proxy armies”, all the while cowardly shying away from a face-to-face confrontation!Today our swords are unsheathed towards you, GOVERNMENT AND CITIZENS ALIKE! AND WE WILL NOT STOP UNTILL WE QUENCH OUR THIRST FOR YOUR BLOOD.
You do not spare our weak, elderly, women or children so we will NOT spare yours!
You and your citizens will pay the price of your bombings!
The first of which being the blood of the American citizen, James Foley!
He will be executed as a DIRECT result of your transgressions towards us!
Awake says
In other news, Obama lipped out a birdie putt on the 15th hole of the golf course of his choice, right after his lip service comment on the inferno known as Islam in the Middle East, currently, and aided by his hand.
John C. Barile says
Remember, it was elements of the Free Syrian Army–the darlings of Obama, Cameron, McCain and Lindsay–who took Mr. Foley prisoner, then handed him over to ISIS as a peace offering!
Champ says
According to obama we are not at war with islam, but newsflash obama, islam is at war with us …
Oh and obama also claims that IS has *no religion or theology* either, so as an American citizen I take great comfort knowing that obama-the-liar is at the helm ..NOT!
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
… took Mr. Foley prisoner, then handed him over to ISIS as a peace offering!
Back in the day native Americans shared a peace pipe, smoking for having things turn out. Now, the Moslems make peach among themselves by smoking Infidel meat. Smoked meat, but not smoked pork. Beef.
Has it been a long enough decent interval since Foley’s throat was slashed to talk frankly? My bet is that his reporting from there was wrong, twisted by devices such as equivalency and other excuses, such as past colonialism and Islamophobia. I bet Foley had Moslem friends over there. My guess is that his reportage was along the lines of that from Lara Logan. But *she* got a happier fate.
Shane says
It’s clear that we need to coordinate the war on ISIS with President Assad of Syria. NO matter how bad Assad is, he is not as bad as ISIS. Destroy ISIS now.
jihad3tracker says
Listen closely : CAIR, Keith Ellison, Andre Carson, Reza Aslan, Nathan Lean, Linda Sarsour —
James Foley knew he was about to be killed, but he remained composed until the final moments.
I and my buddies are going to find out if YOU SEDITIONISTS AND TRAITORS are just as courageous as James.
That is not a threat — it is a promise.
John C. Barile says
I share your outrage, my buddy–but we just don’t do veiled threats–not even against more-or-less complicit Ikhwanists and Islamizers. Stifle it.
jihad3tracker says
Yes, JCB, and all the others who jumped on me — you are right. Apology herewith offered. I always am and intend to remain a nice guy.
But yesterday’s “news conference” by Hagel and Dempsey (31 minutes), sitting together at what looked like an old-fashioned high school desk, was just too much. Check it out, and be sure to have a bucket handy to vomit into.
John C. Barile says
Just don’t couple threats with names.
boakai ngombu says
what is the proper response for a growing sense of betrayal caused by such sedition and traitorous activity of the “leaders” and academe and MSM?
Bezelel says
I was taught in primary school that democracy means ballots instead of bullets. That is why I support voter ID.
http://obamavoterfraud.blogspot.com/
Deb says
Amen to that!!
Deb says
@jihad3tracker – Amen to that!!
Jax Tolmen says
@jihad3tracker
I’ve been monitoring your posts lately, as I’m sure many others are. That’s something to be very mindful of when you post things like that – they will find out who you are and you will be prosecuted.
That not withstanding, if you’re for the cause that strongly – then you know that making posts like that is only going to hurt the movement. The last thing the counter – jihad movement needs is ammo for the MSM to label us as “right wing terrorists”.
A day may come where the enemies of freedom are cast forcefully from the West. Today is not that day. Public opinion is getting there – but it isn’t there yet.
The wolf doesn’t howl before it strikes, it leaps from the shadows. Might be best to keep that in mind.
Rajivi says
“A day may come where the enemies of freedom are cast forcefully from the West. Today is not that day. Public opinion is getting there – but it isn’t there yet.
The wolf doesn’t howl before it strikes, it leaps from the shadows. Might be best to keep that in mind.”
Well said…Jax Tolmen
No Fear says
That is exactly what ISIS wants…an emotional violent reaction instead of a considered, effective reaction. Don’t return violence for violence. Use your brains instead. If the counter jihad resorts to petty revenge then I want no part of it.
enwhitenment says
Jihad3tracker, heed the warnings of others here to avoid prosecution as well as persecution.
The governments need to step up against Isis, boko haram, al shabaab, al qaeda and the many splinter groups.
The moderates may not openly support isis but if you believe that the koran is fact not fiction then you will likely support the vision of the future they wish to force upon the worlds people.
Despite the fact that it was muslims that enslaved Africans and the Europeans were merely the buyers, there is a push by islamists to convince people of colour that islam is their saviour and white people their enemy in reality the opposite is true.
I cannot give you a date or a place but rest assured that the person that needs to know is aware of what is happening.
Many more innocent people are going to lose their lives and that is what the governments must act upon to minimise the numbers but they cannot stop the march.
All religions will shortly have to accept that they are not perfect and many judgements have been made already that will deliver justice to the deceivers.
Lack of moral judgement , greed and a lack of real honesty have over the last millennium eroded humanity to where we are now.
I do not promote or support any version of gods word nor does my name here have any reference to skin colour.
Lets just say that there is a super hero who is currently working out just who is pulling the strings, he has already dealt with Mahdi and is soon to kick some serious ass.
Don’t bother asking me how I know as I will not tell you nor show you any sign if I did then elements of all religions would try to silence me .
You can’t die twice and I have already died once in this lifetime so expect things to be different than how they are written.
Don’t make threats Jtracker just protect yourself and family.
And get ready to see things that even hollywood has not thought of.
History is full of innocent souls that deserve to have their time again and that time is closer than you can envisage.
DavidE says
Sorry to be this morbid but if we are not at war with ISIS and this is a criminal act, maybe Mr. Foley’s family can collect on any life insurance policy that he had purchased.
duh_swami says
Man, that inner spiritual struggle jihad is powerful, ainit?
Look what it has done for ‘John the Butcher’, and thousands of other jihadi’s who excel at that inner spiritual stuff.
I tried that once and had an overwhelming urge to set cars on fire, It was difficult, but I managed to control myself by drinking copious amounts of beer. So no more inner spiritual struggle jihad for me. I’m leaving that for the experts.
John C. Barile says
Maybe you should try the “Lesser Jihad,” instead.
/sarc
pumbar says
I know what you mean, my mate went out on an inner spiritual struggle to put in some time at the gym and ended up blowing himself up on a moped in Syria. Dangerous stuff. I’m leaving that for the ex-pats!
Myxlplik says
I’m sorry to say, but I’ve read the sort of things Foley was tweeting about just before his capture & this guy got a lethal dose of the Arab Spring cool-aid.
As far as these Islamic scum are concerned, I don’t think most Americans even know what a Caliphate is, so it’s kind of hard to threaten us. Mostly, the average American is too ignorant to even hear it.
If you come here with some Beslan style thing, then you’ll probably get to see how sane Russians are.
Bleet – bah – bah
Myxlplik says
And by the way Mr. Caliphate Muslim our children already attack their own schools with guns, for kicks and giggles, so I doubt you and you reasons are going to shock us. We are pretty okay with our kids shooting the place up, but you, we’ll take offense to. Our response will not be measured :).
Kepha says
Well, we are getting tired of our shepherds who are misleading us with lies about how peaceful and wonderful Islam is. Mr. ISIS, I hope that the next time you strike, we will have a leader who will be very, very, very generous in granting your wish for martyrdom; and may you make the jackals and wild dogs in your countries morbidly obese.
voegelinian says
“I’m sorry to say, but I’ve read the sort of things Foley was tweeting about just before his capture & this guy got a lethal dose of the Arab Spring cool-aid.”
I haven’t seen those; but it wouldn’t surprise me in the least. Our ambassador in Libya, Stevens, was also a PC MC idiot, starry-eyed in his belief in “dialogue” with the “locals”. It’s like all these flittering moths keep flying close to the flame of the Dar-al-Islam (that land that some Jihad Watchers think is mythical and doesn’t exist), only to get burned to a crisp in their flirtatious fluttering.
Beagle says
“…while cowardly shying away from a face-to-face confrontation!”
The guy has a point. Our politicians are afraid of their own shadows. If however the US declared war (remember that?) on the IS and turned the DoD loose, it would get ugly so fast for them they would run back to London. But to support that we’d need allies in the region. Drat, politicians again.
I don’t mean to suggest declaring war solves the intractable problems in the Middle East or would create a free democratic civil society. It wouldn’t . But the US could obliterate the IS, and should.
“GOVERNMENT AND CITIZENS ALIKE! AND WE WILL NOT STOP UNTILL (sic) WE QUENCH OUR THIRST FOR YOUR BLOOD.”
Though this is not a technical declaration of war in a Westphalian sense, though certainly it is in a vampiric one, I think the new White House / State Department talking point that the US is not involved in a war with the IS expired at roughly the same time it was floated. Next!
Saleem Smith says
The Islamic State Muslims know EVERYTHING about Islamic theology.
They have spent their entire lives studying it. Everything that they are doing, including the beheadings, sex slavery, crucifixions for apostasy and heresy, ect. is grounded firmly in the texts and teachings of Islam.
We ex-Muslims living with Islam’s formal and informal death penalty for apostasy know that Mohammedanism is a cruel and deadly fraud.
The 164 jihad verses in the Qur’an make jihad warefare a central tenet of the Islamic creed. At least 75% of the Sira (biographies of Muhammad and quotes attributed to him) is about jihad.
The largest part of the Islamic texts (the Qur’an, hadith and sira) relate to the treatment of unbelievers, kafirs. Approximately 67% of the Qur’an written in Mecca is about the unbelievers, or politics. Of the Qur’an of Medina, 51% is devoted to the unbelievers.
Mohammed preached his religion for 13 years and garnered only 150 followers. But when he turned to politics and war, in 10 years time he became the first ruler of Arabia by averaging an event of violence every 7 weeks for 9 years. His success did not come as a religious leader, but as a political leader.
Political Islam asks: What is the real jihad? The jihad of inner spiritual struggle, or the jihad of war?
Statistical analysis of the Bukhari hadith (considered by Muslims to be the most authentic of the hadith collections) show that Muhammad repeatedly speaks of jihad. In Bukhari, 97% of the jihad references are about war, and 3% are about the inner struggle. So the statistical answer is that jihad is 97% war and 3% inner struggle.
There are 146 references to Hell in the Qur’an. Only 6% of those in Hell are there for moral failings ” murder, theft, etc. The other 94% of the reasons for being in Hell are for the intellectual sin of disagreeing with Mohammed, a political crime.
Here is a recent statement from a group of Bangladeshi apostates living in the UK explaining the reasons why they have abandoned Islam:
“One who claims to be a messenger of God is expected to live a saintly life. He must not be given to lust, he must not be a sexual pervert, and he must not be a rapist, a highway robber, a war criminal, a mass murderer or an assassin. One who claims to be a messenger of God must have a superior character. He must stand above the vices of the people of his time. Yet Muhammad’s life is that of a gangster godfather. He raided merchant caravans, looted innocent people, massacred entire male populations and enslaved the women and children. He raped the women captured in war after killing their husbands and told his followers that it is okay to have sex with their captives (Qur’an 33:50). He assassinated those who criticized him and executed them when he came to power and became de facto despot of Arabia. Muhammad was bereft of human compassion. He was an obsessed man with his dreams of grandiosity and could not forgive those who stood in his way…
The statement continues,
Muhammad was a narcissist, like Hitler, Saddam or Stalin. He was astute and knew how to manipulate people, but his emotional intelligence was less evolved than that of a 6-year-old child. He simply could not feel the pain of others. He brutally massacred thousands of innocent people and pillaged their wealth. His ambitions were big and as a narcissist he honestly believed he is entitled to do as he pleased and commit all sorts of crimes and his evil deeds are justified.”
http://www.faithfreedom.org/
Muhammad the prophet of Islam may have never even existed. Regardless, what are considered by Muslims to be the most authentic texts of Islam (the koran, hadith and sira) record Muhammad as being a Malignant Narcissist.
The term narcissism signifies “a mental disorder characterized by an exaggerated sense of self-importance, and a selfish need for attention and admiration from others. Malignant Narcissist is a form of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), which is characterized by suspiciousness to the point of paranoia, feelings of grandiosity, absurd claims about oneself and sadistic cruelty accompanied by a complete lack of remorse.”
Centurion_Cornelius says
WoW!
Great post, Saleem. Humanity and civilization are deeply indebted to you.
NOTICE, Friends how effectively Saleem uses his own experiences to explain this horror called jihad?
The political elites, media and complicit apologists for the jihad murder/mayhem/rape/pillage could not utter this, since Saleem spoke the TRUTH from his HEART.
Knowledge, education, wisdom, compassion, all the elements of a civilized society crumble to dust before these monsters of jihad.
Will the Western World have another Tours, France? OCT 732 AD. Who will be our Charles Martel? The jihadis called this: معركة بلاط الشهداء. Who remembers their leader, Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiq? May he be called a Plague on history forever!
No Fear says
Another great post from S.
voegelinian says
“Political Islam asks: What is the real jihad? The jihad of inner spiritual struggle, or the jihad of war? ”
I’m not sure why the need here for this redundancy, “Political Islam”.
enwhitenment says
Thank you Saleem you have saved me a lot of searching.
Kameel says
Many Muslims are faithful to the Koran. I only read the Koran in English few years ago thanks to the internet and few books. I am over 30 years old from Muslim background, you could call me ex if you want, my language is not Arabic so no one ever understood Koran in my country, many adults believed what they heard from other adults, children study but no one is translated for them, I remember memorizing so many Surah when I was a child but I never asked question or no one translated. For the last few years my eyes are open “Knowledge is a power” thank God. I was so ignorant of things and I am not happy about this, now I read the translation book I don’t want anyone to fool me and telling me this and that. There is some parts which is peaceful in the book but sometimes it skips to other parts teaching Anti Semitism and Anti Christianity, no one can hide that, reading it I didn’t see anything about wearing Head veils or Burka it only says women should be modest, but when someone see women wearing a veil are they modest or they are sexy? I don’t see modest. It says also you could marry 4 wives, I don’t want any lefty or any Imam argue with me about this. Lately they been making up stories. People should read before they say something, the Pope should read it, the politicians should read, the Muslim people should read in a language they understand. Thank you Saleem I like what you write but I think it is easier for people to understand 1 book before they read other books, the most important book is very important.
No Fear says
It is re-assuring to know that America is NOT fighting against ISIS “the Islamic State which has nothing to do with Islam”.
Paddy O'Connor says
Let us focus all our anger on going out to bring more people into the counterjihad movement. We will need all the help we can get in the coming months and years. They wont fall out of the sky! So let’s all get busy on that.
Chris Williams says
“Here is a recent statement from a group of Bangladeshi apostates living in the UK explaining the reasons why they have abandoned Islam:”
Thank you Saleem for your statistical analysis and for your reporting of the statement from the Bangladeshi group – an interesting and important statement, and not before time, I think. The coercive and bloodthirsty foundations of the Islamic ideology have to be exposed from within. Does this group have a web site?
voegelinian says
Whatever happened to Wetwork56…? The guy who thought Krauthammer was such a good commentator?
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/08/uk-muslim-hackers-target-celebrity-and-business-bank-accounts-to-fund-islamic-state/comment-page-1#comment-1103741
(scroll down for my correctives)
paddy says
I’m so sorry about the deaths of everybody involved in this bloodbath and my heartfelt condolences to those who have lost a loved one… but the wording of this e-mail reduced me to laughter…
Lets face it…we are dealing with a bunch of mercernary, murderous, thieving psychotic youths. There parents have failed them, their peers have failed them, their education has failed them. But they have sought some kind of salvation through either homegrown (UK) islamic brainwashing and/or endless websites promoting sexual gratification in the hereafter as a reward for the maximum carnage and grief they can make whilst sharing this planet with other life.
What do these people want? They come across as spoilt brats.
‘If you dont give us what we want, we will kill, rape, steal and generally just scare people until we get it because we’ve got guns and god on our side’.
If you want your own little piece of heaven on earth then you have to work at it.
OOPS…I forgot..your muslims…and all muslims do is take…parasites.
Kepha says
Paddy, good send-up of that great roaring engine of an excuses industry that seeks to “understand” these poor, miserable yoots. I speak as someone with a Ph.D. in one of the social sciences.
Semper Talis says
This barbaric atrocity is another proof, that Islam is nothing than a terrible hindrance in the development of mankind. It contributed nothing to the development of our species. It is high time to get rid of this ball and chain at the body of our human race. We carried this burden for 1400 years. It is simply enough now !! Time is up !
Or to say it in the famous words of good old Cicero (slightly modified):
Quo usque tandem abutere, I S L A M, patientia nostra?
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
A message to the American government and their sheep like citizens:
While they proudly admit to their bloodthirst, these guys have good content. Albeit, I would’ve preferred a hyphen in this accurate description, as in sheep-like.
But that’s a matter of form, but hey the reason these “insurgents” will win is because of our strong preference of form over substance. We’re worried about how things will work out for Kanye and Kim, not Caliph al-Baghdadi.
How many of us sheep have read the Holy Ko-Ran? As many as those who’ve read the Bible? And who is to relay what is in it, Bob Scheiffer and Charlie Rose?
No Fear says
CAIR has put out a statement condemning the beheadings saying that Mohammed was basically a really nice guy and that Islam is a religion of peace……
Yet anyone who picks up a Quran can read verses like 47:4 which calls for beheadings during wartime……all the violent verses of the Quran were “channelled” (i.e. invented) by Mohammed. How can they seriously suggest that the Quran and Hadith portray Mohammed as a nice guy? Are they serious? Are they having a laugh at the stupidity of their own members? Mohammed is portrayed as a homicidal monster in their own texts! Yet they say he was a nice guy! Go figure …
No Fear says
At least CAIR did condemn the beheadings. I give them some credit for that.
In my previous post when I said “Are they having a laugh at the stupidity of their own members?” I suppose I was asking how anyone, including their own members, could believe that Mohammed was a nice guy given what is said about him in the source texts.
NDB says
“We have met the enemy and he is us.”
– Walt Kelly
The Levite says
People of London, say hello to your lovely neighbors…..
Rajivi says
“…the beheading of Foley has nothing to do with the U.S. ”
It is reported in India TV, that IS asked for the release of Lady Al Quaida, a Dr A Siddiqui, who is serving a 26 yrs jail term in US along with other 600 Muslims in exchange of J Foley, and as this was rejected by US, he was beheaded. Any body can confirm this?
AnneM says
Proves that I am RIGHT about both ISLAM and ISIS which are both from SATAN the devil!
AnneM says
Allah = Satan the devil.
GbA says
The freedom that has blessed America has spawned problems. Long ago, our government should have limited the influx of Muslims into this country. Muslims have boldly acknowledged their plans to establish a caliphate here, to destroy all infidels or convert them. We are so immersed in our freedom of choice that we overlooked the facts that are now beheading innocents. But for those who believe in the power of prayer, it is never too late to pray.
Bezelel says
I’ve noticed these swine always like to read something before the stoning and beheadings. That must make it official and justified, in their minds. I don’t care for how it is playing out but their behavior is turning even some of the libtards against them.
Cindy says
These people are vile and vulgar. We will never be able to get them to want freedom, they do not!!!!!! They need to be bombed from the air. The whole area!! Don’t tell me innocent kids either, how many pics of kids, little kids with guns or the head of a dead person. And you say innocent??? No, they raise them to hate!!! They have kids from 5-7 years old wanting to see the US destroyed. We must defend ourselves, and put an end to them.
GP says
Dear Islamic nutburger,
There are more of us and I believe that we are now thirsty to spill your wretched devil’s blood. Remember what Isoroku Yamamoto said after the attack on Pearl Harbor: “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.” We will wade through you.
We are going to open the big can of whoop ass and hand out virgins to all of you filthy evil murderous bastards, they will be waiting for you in HELL. Inshallah