ISIS Pressed for Ransom Before Killing Journalist – NYTimes.com

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Before Killing James Foley, ISIS Demanded Ransom From U.S.

The militants had pressed the United States to provide several million dollars for the release of James Foley, an American journalist killed in retaliation for recent airstrikes in Iraq.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/21/world/middleeast/isis-pressed-for-ransom-before-killing-journalist.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The United States — unlike several European countries that have funneled millions to the terror group to spare the lives of their citizens — refused to pay