President Obama denounces execution of U.S. journalist by Islamic militants

By Balitang America Staff, ABS-CBN North America Bureau

August 20, 2014

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – President Barack Obama assured the American people that his administration will do what it takes to protect people from terrorist acts.

This comes after ISIS militants beheaded one American journalist and threatened to kill another if U.S. military operations in Iraq don’t stop.

“Today, the American people will all say a prayer for those who love Jim,” said President Obama. “All of us feel the ache of his absence. All of us mourn his loss. We keep in our prayers those other Americans who are separated from their families. We will do everything that can to protect our people and the timeless values that we stand for.”

President Obama says the United States will continue to confront Islamic militants in the wake of the murder of American journalist James Foley, by the terror group ISIS, which posted a grisly video of his beheading.

Obama pledged the United States will do what is necessary to see that justice is done to those who harm Americans.

Meantime, the U.S. government has expanded its surveillance of its citizens, according to classified government documents obtained by the intercept.

The report shows that nearly half of the people on the U.S. government’s watch list of terrorist suspects are not connected to any known terrorist group – while other suspects belong to terrorist groups like al Qaeda and Taliban.

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