There are currently 39 journalists still missing worldwide, including 20 in Syria. One of those is Joel Sotloff, who appeared in the beheading video of James Foley. ISIS says they will kill him next if America doesn’t back off.
“The life of this American prisoner, Obama, depends on your next decision,” said the ISIS executioner.
Sotloff, 31, is a freelance journalist from Miami, kidnapped near the Syrian-Turkish border on Aug. 4, 2013. He attended the University of Central Florida before turning to freelance journalism in the Middle East. His work has been featured in Time, World Affairs and the Christian Science Monitor.
His more notable pieces include one about the fundamentalist attack against moderate Islam as seen through the eyes of a shop keeper. He final published piece was about attacks upon the Benghazi police.
When Obama denounced Foley’s murder there was no mention of Sotloff. Given the ruthlessness of his captors who have murdered thousands in cold blood and buried hundreds of people alive, including children, it will take a miracle to bring Sotloff home.
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