All the media attention on gangsta Michael Brown funeral today took away from James Foley’s memorial service in New Hampshire. The beheaded journalist was remembered in New Hampshire this weekend in a memorial service. The national media basically ignored this story and no Obama officials were sent to this service. Three Obama White House officials were sent to the gangsta’s funeral.
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Friends and family gathered for a Mass of Remembrance for James Foley, the journalist from New Hampshire who was slain by Islamic State militants after being held in captivity for nearly two years.
James Foley was kidnapped on Thanksgiving Day 2012 while covering the Syrian uprising. The Islamic State posted a Web video Tuesday showing his murder and said it was in retaliation for U.S. airstrikes in northern Iraq.
“He was just a beautiful man,” said parishioner Mary Rose Reddy. “He was such a witness and it was an honor to know him.”
Those attending included Foley’s supervisor, Phil Balboni, of Global Post. Foley was on assignment in Syria when he was captured nearly two years ago.
“I think we’ve reached a turning point and I think Jim did not give his life in vain,” Balboni said.
Balboni said Foley’s death will highlight the atrocities at the hand of the Islamic militant group ISIS.
“I think Jim’s sacrifice has awakened the world and America that something needs to be done about this group,” Balboni said.