Beheaded Journalist James Foley’s Mother Says He’d Be ‘Devastated’ by Revenge Killing of ‘Jihadi John’

Diane Foley responds to reports on drone strike death of ISIS militant who beheaded her son: “Jim was a peacemaker”

A screen grab from the ISIS video shows James Foley moments before he was beheaded (YouTube)
A screen grab from the ISIS video shows James Foley moments before he was beheaded (YouTube)

As reports surfaced Friday on the presumed death of “Jihadi John,” the ISIS militant who beheaded journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff in 2014, Foley’s mother speculated that he would be “devastated” about the revenge killing.

“Jim would have been devastated with the whole thing. Jim was a peacemaker; he wanted to figure out why this was all happening,” Diane Foley told ABC News.

The British-born ISIS fighter (real name: Mohammed Emwazi) is presumed dead after a drone strike in Syria on Thursday night. He was responsible for the killing of journalists and human aid workers throughout the Middle East.

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