{"id":16164,"date":"2014-09-03T10:52:44","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T10:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/obama-says-beheadings-will-not-intimidate-us\/"},"modified":"2014-09-03T10:55:29","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T10:55:29","slug":"obama-says-beheadings-will-not-intimidate-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/obama-says-beheadings-will-not-intimidate-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Says Beheadings will not Intimidate US"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-6848 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/rerer.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>{{President Barack Obama has vowed the US will not be intimidated, after Islamic State militants released a video showing the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff.}}<\/p>\n<p>Mr Obama warned: &#8220;Our reach is long and justice will be served.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another US journalist, James Foley, was similarly killed last month.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, the UK held a meeting of its emergency Cobra committee after threats to kill a British hostage who was also shown in the latest video.<\/p>\n<p>Islamic State has seized large swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria in recent months, declaring a new caliphate, or Islamic state, under leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.<\/p>\n<p>The US has launched more than 120 air strikes in the past month to try to help Kurdish forces curb the IS advance.<\/p>\n<p>After the latest video emerged, Mr Obama ordered the deployment of another 350 troops to Baghdad to protect US diplomatic facilities.<\/p>\n<p>{{&#8216;They have failed&#8217;}}<\/p>\n<p>US National Security Council spokesperson Caitlin Hayden said that US intelligence agents had &#8220;analysed the recently released video showing US citizen Steven Sotloff and has reached the judgment that it is authentic&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Estonia, Mr Obama said the beheading was a &#8220;horrific act of violence and we cannot begin to imagine the agony everyone who loves Steven is feeling right now. Our country grieves with them&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-6847 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/rere-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>wirestory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{{President Barack Obama has vowed the US will not be intimidated, after Islamic State militants released a video showing the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff.}} Mr Obama warned: &#8220;Our reach is long and justice will be served.&#8221; Another US journalist, James Foley, was similarly killed last month. 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