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Read the Article and answer the following Prompts using the Article as your resource
Please answer with complete sentences and state your opinion.
1. Should the US pay a ransom for Americans helped hostage? Yes or No -
2. Explain your reasoning to this question
3. What are the terrorists threatening to do in the wake of this latest execution?
4. How much blame does Youtube have in this situation? Explain your reasoning
5. What else are the terrorists demanding from countries of hostages besides money?
6. How has Al Qaeda benefited from the kidnappings?
7. What is the reason the US does not pay the ransoms demanded by terrorists?
8. Who is the “Sheikh of the Slaughterers” - what method does use to execute his captives?
9. What is the irony of this situation - between Al Qaeda and the “Sheikh of the Slaughterers”
10. How much money did they want to ransom Mr. Foley?
11. What is the symbolism of the "orange jumpsuits"?
Yes
ReplyDeleteI think they should because they people who are holding them hostage would return them.
They are threatening to kill Steven J. Sotloff, the decision is on Obama.
Youtube doesn’t really have any blame to do with this because they can’t actually filter every video that is posted when its posted.
They are demanding Prison Swaps
They have earned at least $125 million in ransom payments
The US doesn’t pay because it only makes the problem worse and it’ll just continue.
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, he personally decapitated his foreign captives
100 million euro ransom, approximately $132 million
A reference to prisoners held at the United States detention center in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
1-2) No, even though it is an american held hostage we should never give in and pay the ransom because the loss of a life through violence is a terrible but our debt is even worse. Paying different terrorist to release an American is like saying “Hey, if you want some money just kidnap an American they’ll give you any amount you want.”
ReplyDelete3) ISIS is threatening to kill a second hostage.
4) Youtube should receive no blame in this situation they had no part in giving the video it’s popularity. As a nation we have given this video the amount of attention ISIS wanted.
5) They want the release of Aafia Siddiqui along with a long list of demands.
6) The kidnappings was the main source of income for Al Qaeda.
7) They say that paying the ransom only perpetuates the problem.
8) The Sheik of Slaughterers is a terrorist known for murders, bombings, and beheadings. They forced Foley to dress in a telltale orange jumpsuit and beheaded him on camera.
9) The Sheik of Slaughterers murdered people very gruesomely however Al Qaeda did not want to be so gory as they did not want too much bad publicity.
10) They requested a multimillion-dollar ransom for Mr. Foley.
11) The orange jumpsuit is a sign of a prisoner.
1. Should the US pay a ransom for Americans helped hostage? Yes or No. Yes and no.
ReplyDelete2. Explain your reasoning to this question. No the US should not pay the ransom because just like the Europeans, there going to keep kidnapping people and asking for money. Also yes because they are killing people and it doesn't look like its going to stop.
3. What are the terrorists threatening to do in the wake of this latest execution? to kill at least three others it holds if its demands remain unmet.
4. How much blame does Youtube have in this situation? Explain your reasoning. Youtube has half the blame for the exposure, there should be something to monitor videos before you are able to post them, not a couple days later when half the world has seen the video, but youtube doesn't have blame for the actual killing.
5. What else are the terrorists demanding from countries of hostages besides money? the release of Aafia Siddiqui along with a long list of demands.
6. How has Al Qaeda benefited from the kidnappings? they have earned at least $125 million in ransom payments.
7. What is the reason the US does not pay the ransoms demanded by terrorists? Paying ransoms only perpetuates the problem.
8. Who is the “Sheikh of the Slaughterers” - what method does use to execute his captives?
9. What is the irony of this situation - between Al Qaeda and the “Sheikh of the Slaughterers”. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, he personally decapitated his foreign captives.
10. How much money did they want to ransom Mr. Foley? 100 million euro, approximately $132 million.
11. What is the symbolism of the "orange jumpsuits"? Its a mocking reference to prisoners.
1-2. yes and no. first they need to ask the family if they want their loved one back. if they do then pay the ransom. if they want him to die a martyr then the us could sit back and do nothing.
ReplyDelete3. the terrorist are threatening to kill another US citizen depending on what Obama does.
4. They have no blame because if this did not get out the family would not know that there loved one had died.
5. the terrorist also want members of their organization.
6. Al Qaeda then puts the hostages up for ransom. this way they get money.
7. They do not pay the ransom because there is no guarantee that the hostages will be released.
8. He is a person in Al Qaeda who personally decapitates his hostages. he put them in orange jumpsuits and mocked them.
9. they both put the hostages in orange jumpsuits.
10. 132 million.
11.Sheikh of the Slaughterers
1. Should the US pay a ransom for Americans helped hostage? Yes or No -
ReplyDelete- No
2. Explain your reasoning to this question
- I think its unnecessary to pay that amount of money. It would be a waste.
3. What are the terrorists threatening to do in the wake of this latest execution?
- Trade captives for large cash payments
4. How much blame does Youtube have in this situation? Explain your reasoning
- The video of his execution was uploaded, Youtube could have prohibited it from happening and removed it from the site.
5. What else are the terrorists demanding from countries of hostages besides money?
- Prisoner swaps, they want their people free.
6. How has Al Qaeda benefited from the kidnappings?
- Their prisoners have been freed.
7. What is the reason the US does not pay the ransoms demanded by terrorists?
- Paying ransoms only perpetuates the problem.
8. Who is the “Sheikh of the Slaughterers” - what method does use to execute his captives?
- If the US doesn’t want to pay then free their prisoners.
9. What is the irony of this situation - between Al Qaeda and the “Sheikh of the Slaughterers”
- Basically it was a favor for favor situation . If they paid or freed their prisoners they wouldn’t kill James Foley.
10. How much money did they want to ransom Mr. Foley?
- $132 million
11. What is the symbolism of the "orange jumpsuits"?
- Represents jail because that’s what prisoners wear.
1. I’d say no.
ReplyDelete2. Only reason I say no is because people can start to used it as a weakness. May say it as if thats an easy way to gain money from the United states and we’re already in debt, why give away money we don’t have? If in the case if we had the leader of our country I’d feel we try to compromise with the terrorists and try to keep as much money as we can. If were trying to free someone I feel we shouldn’t give away money, I think we should fight their freedom.
3. To kill another hostage they’ve taken.
4. Honestly I think that Youtube does and doesn’t have as much blame on the situation. I say this because honestly putting videos online is Youtube’s purpose although it may have made it public and worse for the situation which gives it some blame I don’t believe it should take full blame.
5. For different swaps of the prisoners.
6. They’d made $125 million dollars in ransom payments. Thats how they got there money.
7. While government insisted that paying ransoms were an easy way of making the problem worse. They assumed that for the captured hostages there was a little chance of them being released. It was hard for them to run away. Either they were killed of the were held there.
8. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is or was the leader of Al Qaeda. Later he became known as the “Sheikh of the Slaughterers”. The method he used for killing them was by shooting them and he dressed them in orange jumpsuits as if they were in jail like how our country dresses our prisoners.
9.The Sheik of Slaughterers wanted to make a show out of killing the hostages. Though Al Qaeda did not want to be as violent, they got straight to the point.
10. 100 million euros or $132 million U.S. dollars.
11. Our ways of our country, they mocked the government with the way we dressed our prisoners.
1. Yes.
ReplyDelete2. it would be showing that they care about all of our americans that came or went to another country for us the people to see what was going on.
3.They have threatened to kill a second hostage steven J sotloff.
4. I think youtube should get 50% of the blame because they let people upload what they want but at the same time youtube is useful.
5. To do prison swaps.
6. In the five years they have earned 125 million on ransom.
7. They say it perpetuates the problem so they don’t do it either they escape or the get held hostage and die.
8. He personally decapitated his foreigns.
9.They both grabbed foreigns.
10.132 million dollars.
11.Prison Inmates.
1. The U.S. should not pay a ransom for Americans held hostage.
ReplyDelete2. I don’t think that the U.S. should pay a ransom for Americans held hostage because the U.S. does not negotiate with terrorists.
3. ISIS is threatening to kill three other hostages if it’s demands are not met.
4. YouTube has some blame for giving terrorists a tool for ransoms.
5. Terrorists are also demanding prisoner swaps alongside money.
6. The al-Qaeda has earned over $125 million from ransoms in the past five years, which could be used to fund terrorist activities and weapons.
7. The U.S. does not pay the ransoms because it does not negotiate with terrorists.
8. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is the “Sheikh of Slaughters”. He made his victims wear orange jumpsuits, like prisoners in Guantanamo Bay.
9. Ayman al-Zawahri advised Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to stop the executions because they were so graphic.
10. ISIS wanted to ransom Mr. Foley for $132 million.
11. The symbolism in the orange jumpsuits is a contrast to the al-Qaeda members held in Guantanamo Bay.
1. Yes and No
ReplyDelete2. - I say yes and no because we want the americans to come home but they are asking for a lot of money that we actually don’t have.
3. - they threatened to kill another hostage
4. - i don’t think youtube has any blame even though sometimes people upload stuff they shouldnt.
5. - they want a neuroscientist that has ties to al qaeda to be released
6. - they get money from the countries who they’ve kidnapped a person from.
7. - they want to win their freedom.
8. - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi . he personally decapitates them.
9. - the Sheikh of the Slaughters was the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq before they regrouped in Syria.
10. -100 million euros
11. - it was a reference to prisoners in the USA the other guy the isis want released is incarcerated and they want him released. if he gets released, they let the american go.
1. no
ReplyDelete2. 100 Million dollars is crazy to give away and the US doesn’t negotiate with terrorist
3. to kill another prisoner
4. Youtube is free and filters all accounts for any violence and bad things on its website but how can you blame them when the video was posted it went viral because of the widespread variety of people watching youtube videos everyday
5. prisoner swaps
6. They gun money to funds for their army and weapons
7. because the reasons they might use the money for , and to win their freedom
8. decapitates them
9. they wanted to get their freedom
10. ransom of 132Million
11. a prisoner
1. no
ReplyDelete2. because they're TERRORISTS and terrorists probably won't keep their word
3. to kill more prisoners
4. YouTube didn't see it coming either so it's not their fault
5. prisoner swaps
6. guns and people and terrorist stuff
7. they can use the money for better stuff
8. he's a terrorist who murders his victims via means of decapitation
9. Shiekh of the Slaughters was leader of Al Quaeda before they went back to Syria
10. 132 million dollars
11. the prisoners are what the orange jumpsuits symbolize
1. Should the US pay a ransom for Americans helped hostage? Yes or No -No they should not
ReplyDelete2. Explain your reasoning to this question. Becasue if we give them what they want then they will use that in their advantage.
3. What are the terrorists threatening to do in the wake of this latest execution? kill another reporter
4. How much blame does Youtube have in this situation? Explain your reasoning most of it becasue they let the viewers see it.
5. What else are the terrorists demanding from countries of hostages besides money? to kill the other captives
6. How has Al Qaeda benefited from the kidnappings? he has people to do it for him
7. What is the reason the US does not pay the ransoms demanded by terrorists? they might use it to their advantages
8. Who is the “Sheikh of the Slaughterers” - what method does use to execute his captives? the method they gunn use is to decaptivate them.
9. What is the irony of this situation - between Al Qaeda and the “Sheikh of the Slaughterers” because he made a joke about taking his passport
10. How much money did they want to ransom Mr. Foley? 132million
11. What is the symbolism of the "orange jumpsuits"? a convict
1. Should the US pay a ransom for Americans helped hostage? Yes or No - No
ReplyDelete2. Explain your reasoning to this question Because it could be considered a Terrorist Act
3. What are the terrorists threatening to do in the wake of this latest execution?Killer another hostage
4. How much blame does Youtube have in this situation? Explain your reasoning Youtube doesn't carry any blame because they don't control what people post
5. What else are the terrorists demanding from countries of hostages besides money? A Pakistani Neuroscientist
6. How has Al Qaeda benefited from the kidnappings?they would get the money to make a formidable army
7. What is the reason the US does not pay the ransoms demanded by terrorists? Because they fear of what they would do with the money
8. Who is the “Sheikh of the Slaughterers” - what method does use to execute his captives? Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq he decapitates them
9. What is the irony of this situation - between Al Qaeda and the “Sheikh of the Slaughterers” the shiekh of slaughterers used to be the leader of al Qaeda but that was before they regrouped in Syria
10. How much money did they want to ransom Mr. Foley? 100 million which is the same as 132 million us dollars
11. What is the symbolism of the "orange jumpsuits"? It is a mockery of the american Jail system
1.No
ReplyDelete2. If we waste money on the people who have been taken hostage we won’t be able to focus on the people who are actually kidnapping Americans. We don’t negotiate with terroist.
3. They threaten to kill other prisoners.
4. Youtube is not to blame for this because they have filters it was us who keep viewing and criticizing it.
5. Prisoner exchanges
6. They want guns and money.
7. They could use the US
8. He hated them.
9. They really wanted to be free.
10. 132 million
11. One of the prisoners.
1. No
ReplyDelete2. They want too much money.
3. They are threatening to kill more people.
4. Youtube has a little of the blame for the exposure it had and allowing it to stay on as long as it did.
5. The release of Aafia Siddiqui,
6. gained money off of it
7. It only worsens the problem
8. Us dont wnna pay for the prisoners.
9. If they would have payed james foley wouldnt have been dead.
10. $132 million US dollars.
11. Sign of a prisoner
9. If they would have payed, james foley wouldnt have been dead.
Delete1. No
ReplyDelete2. Paying them the money would give them more funding.
3. Threatened to kill a second hostage, Steven J. Sotloff, a freelance journalist for Time magazine who is being held alongside Mr. Foley.
4. None, because they couldn’t personally say it’s okay to post or not post but the period of time in which it was left up there is under their control.
5. Release of the foreigners, starting with money but also prisoner swaps, including the liberation of Aafia Siddiqui, an M.I.T.-trained Pakistani neuroscientist with ties to Al Qaeda currently incarcerated in Texas.
6. Kidnapping became the main source of revenue for Al Qaeda and its affiliates, which have earned at least $125 million in ransom payments in the past five years alone, according to an investigation by The Times.
7. Because they believe it only perpetuates the problem and that captured Americans have little chance of being released.
8. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and his method was him forcing his victims to wear don orange jumpsuits.
9. It was too brutal for Al Queda.
10. $132 million.
11. Our prisoners.
1. Should the US pay a ransom for Americans helped hostage? Yes or No - Yes
ReplyDelete2. Explain your reasoning to this question: There is no reason to let simple innocent americans be slaughtered.
3. What are the terrorists threatening to do in the wake of this latest execution? They are threatening to execute another reporter from TIME magazine.
4. How much blame does Youtube have in this situation? Explain your reasoning. None. There is no reason youtube should be blamed, it is just a platform. The video could have been posted on any other site.
5. What else are the terrorists demanding from countries of hostages besides money? They want prisoner swaps of high ranking Al Qaeda members.
6. How has Al Qaeda benefited from the kidnappings? They have recieved 125 million over the past 5 years.
7. What is the reason the US does not pay the ransoms demanded by terrorists? They have a policy on not paying ransoms to terrorists.
8. Who is the “Sheikh of the Slaughterers” - what method does use to execute his captives? He often dresses the victims in orange jumpsuits and doesn’t shoot them, he brutally tortures them.
9. What is the irony of this situation - between Al Qaeda and the “Sheikh of the Slaughterers”: Sheikh of the Slaughterers was a leader in Al Qaeda who broke off and started a separate terror organization ISIS. ISIS was actually kicked out of the terror circuit because they were too brutal.
10. How much money did they want to ransom Mr. Foley? 132 million
11. What is the symbolism of the "orange jumpsuits"? They are a reference to prisoner uniforms from Guantanamo bay.
1.Yes and No
ReplyDelete2. It would feel like a good thing to do but at the same time it's not like they could do it freely if they wanted to
3. Execute more people
4. None, youtube removed the video
5. They wanted a prisoner
6. They kidnapped several western people in order to get money out of the american government
7. Because they are afraid of what they will do with the money
8. A terrorist group that kidnaps western journalist and uses "graphic" killing methods to execute them, but later decided to just shoot them
9. The Sheikh use to be the leader of Al Qaeda
10. $132 million
11. To reference them to the prisoners in America
1. No
ReplyDelete2. Paying the ransom would only give them more funding and ability to ranson more people.
3. To kill Steven J. Sotloff.
4. None, they removed it when they noticed it.
5. A prisoner swap.
6. Many countries will pay money to Al Qaeda for ransom.
7. It would help fund them.
8. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq. He dresses them in orange jumpsuits in reference of prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay.
9. “Sheikh of the Slaughterers” execution style was too brutal for Al Qaeda.
10. $132 million
11. It symbolizes orange jumpsuits worn in Guantanamo Bay.
1. Should the US pay a ransom for Americans helped hostage? Yes or No -
ReplyDeleteI believe we should pay a ransom for for our hostage.
2. Explain your reasoning to this question.
He is a citizen of our country so why wouldn’t we want to help him? If he was a government official we would pay his ransom.
3. What are the terrorists threatening to do in the wake of this latest execution?
ISIS is threatening to kill at least three others it holds if its demands remain unmet.
4. How much blame does Youtube have in this situation? Explain your reasoning.
I believe youtube does not have any blame at all in this situation. Anyone can upload videos to youtube, you just have to make an account. But youtube needs to have more strict guidelines to what you can post, other than that youtube has no blame.
5. What else are the terrorists demanding from countries of hostages besides money?
They are also demanding prisoner swaps, including the liberation of Aafia Siddiqui, an M.I.T.-trained Pakistani neuroscientist with ties to Al Qaeda currently incarcerated in Texas.
6. How has Al Qaeda benefited from the kidnappings? They have made over 125 million dollars in ransom payments by kidnapping Europeans.
7. What is the reason the US does not pay the ransoms demanded by terrorists?
They think that paying ransoms would escalate the problems. And in my mind more kidnappings would occur.
8. Who is the “Sheikh of the Slaughterers” - what method does use to execute his captives?Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, became known as the “Sheikh of the Slaughterers” because he personally decapitated his foreign captives.
9. What is the irony of this situation - between Al Qaeda and the “Sheikh of the Slaughterers”
Al Qaeda said the “Sheikh of the Slaughters” tactics were so brutal that they were expelled from Al Qaeda.
10. How much money did they want to ransom Mr. Foley?
THey wanted 100 million euro which is 132 million dollars.
11. What is the symbolism of the "orange jumpsuits"?
They symbolism of the orange jump suits is the prisoners we have in guantanamo Bay (the prisoners are terrorists).
1.-2. yes to get the americans back
ReplyDelete3. they threaten to kill more people
4. Youtube is not the blame!!!! youtube is a social site for everyone
5. prisoner exchange
6. he over 125 million
7. its a policy, and they believe it would increase more problems
8. Abu Musab al Zarqawi, beheaded the people
9. both killed innocent ppl badly
10. 132 million for ransom
11. prisoner
1. I believe that the US should pay a ransom for Americans held hostage.
ReplyDelete2. I believe that the US should pay a ransom for Americans held hostage because I believe that every life counts and to just let someone die would give America a bad name.
3. What the terrorists are now threatening to do now is to execute another reporter as well.
4. I think the only blame YouTube has is that they allowed ISIS to post it because no
5. Besides money, ISIS is also demanding prison swaps.
6. Al Qaeda has benefited from these hostages because the European that are captured are the main source of revenue for AL Qaeda and its affiliates.
7. The US does not pay the ransoms demanded by terrorists because they it will only “perpetuate the situation.
8. “Sheikh of the Slaughters” is Abu Musab al-Zarqawi who is the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq and he executed his prisoners by decapitating him.
9.
10. ISIS wanted to ransom Mr. Foley 100 million euro.
11. The orange jumpsuits symbolizes prisoners.
1. No.
ReplyDelete2. I think they should to rescue them
3. They are trying to pay the ransoms demanded by terrorists.
4. I’d say that Youtube get half the blame for the execution video because they will eventually deleted them after it uploaded. They’ll take half blame for exposing it online.
5. They want the members of their organization, prisoners swaps
6. Al Qaeda held the other hostages in custody.
7. Its a policy
8. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is the leader of the Al Qaeda. Then later known as the “Sheikh of the Slaughterers”
9. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi brutally killed the people
10. $132 million for ransom
11. prisoners
1. Should the US pay a ransom for Americans helped hostage?
ReplyDeleteYes
2. Explain your reasoning to this question
If it was your mother or father you would want them freed.
3. What are the terrorists threatening to do in the wake of this latest execution?
They are going to kill another one if they don't het the money.
4. How much blame does Youtube have in this situation? Explain your reasoning
They shouldn't be blamed because they have no control over what is posted they can only review after it is posted.
5. What else are the terrorists demanding from countries of hostages besides money?
Freedom of one of the old Al-Queda old technisions.
6. How has Al Qaeda benefited from the kidnappings?
They were getting money.
7. What is the reason the US does not pay the ransoms demanded by terrorists?
They would buy more weapons and take more people.
8. Who is the “Sheikh of the Slaughterers” - what method does use to execute his captives?
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, He cuts there head off
9. What is the irony of this situation - between Al Qaeda and the “Sheikh of the Slaughterers”
Sheikh was kicked out of Al Qaeda.
10. How much money did they want to ransom Mr. Foley?
$132 million
11. What is the symbolism of the "orange jumpsuits"?
That's what they use in the american jail system at a jail in Cuba.
1. If they sent the person out there to do it (it’s their job), then yes.
ReplyDelete2. Up there :)
3. Kill another American journalist.
4. You can’t blame YouTube. It’s an open website to everyone. We praise them when we find talent somewhere rare, now we just have to feel sympathy. It’s not their fault though.
5. They want prisoners that’s in America.
6. They’re getting paid for it all.
7.
8. He personally kills them, execution style.
9. They do similar things.
10. 32 million, I believe. (Doing this from memory since last Thursday.)
11. It represents the orange jumpsuits the American prisoner
1. Yes
ReplyDelete2. Maybe if they start meeting their demands maybe they will stop trying to kill so many americans
3. They threatened to kill the other reporter that was with Mr. Foley
4. I would say none, because it just the way people spread things through the internet.
5. The release of foreigners and prisoner swaps
6. With their kidnapping the are in $125 million in ransoms
7. Because even if they do pay it their is a little chance of them being released. Some will succeed in running away, and fewer was rescued by special operations or some was just killed.
8. Group of people killing their hostages personally. They mock the prisoners in US jails and put them in orange jumpsuits.
9. The irony with them is that it happened twice to Foley
10. 100 million ransoms
11. It is a mocking reference to prisoners held at the US detention center in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba
1. If all other options to save a captive citizen have failed, I believe the U.S should pay ransoms.
ReplyDelete2. I think all other options should be explored before paying, because we do not want to fund the terrorist organization.
3. They are threatening to kill even more American citizens.
4. Youtube does not have any blame. They did nothing wrong, it was the terrorist organization that misuse the website.
5. The terrorist are demanding the release of their prisoners.
6. Al Qaeda benefits from the revenue from each ransom.
7. The U.S does not want to fund a terrorist organization
8. He was an ISIS prisoner who was killed by the U.S, he would savagely slaughter captives.
9. The irony is, they do not agree on several points
10. ISIS asked for $100 million for Mr. Folley
11. The irony or the orange jumpsuit is, that’s what American prisoners where
1. Yes
ReplyDelete2. Because they are citizens and some might have not volunteered to go over there. Also they might have families.
3. They are threatening to kill another journalist.
4. I don't think Youtube is to blame because there is no monitoring system.
5. They want the freedom of one of the members.
6. They earned at least $125 million in ransom.
7. Government official insist that paying ransoms only perpetuates the problem, because the policy means that captured have little chance of being released.
8. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is the Sheikh of slaughterers. He forces his victims in orange jumpsuits and he personally executes them.
9. Its become so cruel and brutal that they expelled him from the terror network.
10. $132 million
11. A mocking to the way the U.S. puts prisoners in the jumpsuits.
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ReplyDelete1.maybe
ReplyDelete2.do to fact that we may just be paying for there weapons to attack us so even if we payed he would probably be killed with the rest of the americans
3.kill three others
4.a good amount, its a way for terrorist to strike fear into the citizens of america
5.prisoner swaps
6. money
7. it powers some problems
8. Musab Abu al-Zarqawi personally decapitates his captives
9. they said he was too brutal
10.132 million
11. they look like US prisoners
1.no
ReplyDelete2.because if they did it would give terrorists more reason to kidnap.
3.to kill another
4.none, youtube wasnt meant for publishing beheadings.
5.prisoner swaps
6.brought terror and a little leverage
7.because its always been that way, us just doesn't negotiate with terrorists, more terrorists would kidnap people to make more money or get things they want.
8.they are more terrorist and they just shoot them.
9.Mr. Zarqawi’s Iraq-based fighters regrouped in Syria in 2011, where they eventually rebranded themselves as ISIS. Their tactics proved so brutal that Al Qaeda formally expelled them from the terror network this year.
10.130 million
11.to be like the american prisoners and the one in cuba
1. Maybe
ReplyDelete2. We should try to save them that is a definite yes. But if anything extreme were to happen to the demands then it would be hard to know what the right thing to do is, it’s an iffy situation.
3. To kill hostages
4. I really don’t think YouTube should have any blame for this. What you post on YouTube is your video, not YouTube’s video.
5. Prisoner swaps
6. Money
7. If the terrorists get the required things then it basically gives them power over us.
8. He is the leader. He decapitates his victims.
9. It was too brutal for them.
10. 32 million
11. A mocking reference to prisoners held at the United States’ detention center in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
1. Yes
ReplyDelete2. I said yes because I think that the US should be helpful to the Americans held hostage.
3. They are threatening to kill at least three other people they hold if their demands remain unmet.
4. I think Youtube has a lot of blame in this situation because when they posted the video of the execution of Mr. Foley people would not stop talking about what happened.
5. They now have threatened to kill a second hostage, Steven J. Sotloff, and a freelance journalist for Time magazine.
6. The have benefited by earning at least $125 million in ransom payments.
7. The US believes that if they pay the ransoms that are demanded by the terrorists, only perpetuates the problem.
8. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, became known as the “Sheikh of the Slaughterers.” He personally decapitated his foreign captives.
9. The irony between Al Qaeda and “Sheikh f the Slaughterers” is that the leader of Al Qaeda, “Abu Musab al-Zarqawi” is known as the “Sheikh of the Slaughterers.”
10. Before they killed Mr. Foley, they asked for a 100 million euro ransom, which is $132 million in US.
11. The symbolism of the “orange jumpsuits” is a mocking reference to prisoners held at the United States’ detention center in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
1. Should the US pay a ransom for Americans helped hostage? Yes or No -
ReplyDeleteYes and No
2. Explain your reasoning to this question
Yes because it is the right thing to do and you should provide for your citizens in the country. No, because it is your decision to take a risk to go to a country that is very dangerous like Syria and Iraq.
3. What are the terrorists threatening to do in the wake of this latest execution?
To abduct more american citizens if they don’t get their ransoms.
4. How much blame does Youtube have in this situation? Explain your reasoning
Youtube should advise every video before letting someone post on the site, killing shouldn’t be allowed access.
5. What else are the terrorists demanding from countries of hostages besides money?
The policy of not making concessions to terrorists
6. How has Al Qaeda benefited from the kidnappings?
They get their money that the country gave them in exchange for the prisoner’s freedom.
7. What is the reason the US does not pay the ransoms demanded by terrorists?
That will just feed into the problem and just give the capturers more thought that they could do this over and over again, and continue to get more and more money.
8. Who is the “Sheikh of the Slaughterers” - what method does use to execute his captives?
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, personally decapitated his foreign captives.
9. What is the irony of this situation - between Al Qaeda and the “Sheikh of the Slaughterers”
Al Qaeda don’t kill their prisoner’s as graphic as the Sheikh of Slaughterers do so.
10. How much money did they want to ransom Mr. Foley?
100 million euros, 132 million us dollars
11. What is the symbolism of the "orange jumpsuits"?
Orange jumpsuits are like prisoner attires, they wanted to mock that symbolism and use it for their prisoners.