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ISIS Executes Kenji Goto

ISIS released its official video today in which "Jihadi John", the black-clad ISIS executioner, beheads Japanese journalist Kenji Goto. (I'm not linking to the video and please do not post link in comments.)

The video does not show the actual moment of beheading, but it does show Goto's head laying on his body afterwards.

There is no mention of the Jordanian pilot in the video.

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    Outrage (5.00 / 1) (#4)
    by lentinel on Sun Feb 01, 2015 at 06:23:38 AM EST
    has been expressed, according to the papers I read, by Paris, London, Washington and Japan.

    If there is outrage coming from any countries in the region, it is not being reported with the same intensity. Is there any fury being expressed by Jordan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates?

    Once again, it appears to me that we are taking sides in a civil war.

    The more we bomb, with the inevitable result of massive civilian casualties, and increasing presence of foreign troops on their soil, the more we are sinking into a conflict which I fear will cause us much grief.

    At this point, without someone in the region who champions the same cause as we with the same intensity, we just