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James Foley

American journalist · United States · Journalists · Lived 1973 to 2014 · aged 40

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James Wright Foley was an American journalist and video reporter. While working as a freelance war correspondent during the Syrian Civil War, he was abducted on November 22, 2012, in north-western Syria.

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James Wright Foley was an American journalist and video reporter. While working as a freelance war correspondent during the Syrian Civil War, he was abducted on November 22, 2012, in north-western Syria. He was murdered by decapitation in August 2014 purportedly as a response to American airstrikes in Iraq, thus becoming the first American citizen to be murdered by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

Country
United States
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1973 to 2014 · aged 40

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