Islamic State claims it beheaded American photojournalist James Foley

Militant group posts video purporting to show beheading of American photographer.

via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/islamic-state-claims-it-beheaded-american-photojournalist-james-foley/2014/08/19/42e83970-27e6-11e4-86ca-6f03cbd15c1a_story.html?wprss=rss_world

Foley, 40, was working in Syria for the Boston-based news Web site Global­Post when he disappeared on Thanksgiving Day in 2012.