When Steven was captured the internet was quickly scrubbed of anything that could have suggested he was Jewish let alone Israeli (the grandson of Holocaust survivors), and a gag order was placed in order to stop the publication of his ethnic and national identity in an effort to save his life, or at least not give ISIS an additional reason to execute him. Can you think of any other ethnic group or nationality that has to do that? Syria has, in fact, been the most dangerous country on the planet for journalists for two years now. The Committee to Protect Journalists estimates that at least 70 other journalists have been killed covering the brutal conflict; more than 80 have been kidnapped. Most of them were Syrian. We mourn them, too. Let his death serve as an urgent reminder to our government and the leaders of other nations — especially those who have shamefully paid ransom to release other hostages, only to further enrich these awful captors and encourage more kidnappings and murders. It’s past time to have a plan to deal with ISIS. It won’t help Steven Sotloff, but perhaps it will save and protect others. Here Ben Taub writes an account of Sotloffs last days as free man and tries to piece together how he was abducted. thedailybeast/articles/2014/08/21/was-u-s-journalist-steven-sotloff-a-marked-man.html
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 16:54:18 +0000
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