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IS demands $1 mn to release beheaded journalist's remains

The Sunni jihadi organization Islamic State (IS) wants $1 million for releasing the remains of the slain U.S. journalist James Foley, media reported Thursday. Sources in contact with the IS said that the militant group was willing to provide a DNA sample from Foley’s remains to facilitate the deal, Buzzfeed News reported. If true, the attempted sale would highlight the ruthlessness behind IS’s hostage-taking enterprise that has provided the militant […]