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    ISIS Beheads Second Journalist According to Video

    The ultra-extremist Islamic State has released a video that appears to show the beheading of Steven Joel Sotloff, a 31-year-old American journalist. His life was threatened two weeks ago in the execution video of reporter James Foley.

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    By Warren Olney • Sep 2, 2014 • 1 min read

    The ultra-extremist Islamic State has released a video that appears to show the beheading of Steven Joel Sotloff, a 31-year-old American journalist. His life was threatened two weeks ago in the execution video of reporter James Foley. Aki Peritz is a former CIA counterterrorism analyst and co-author of Find, Fix, Finish: Inside the Counterterrorism Campaigns that Killed bin Laden and Devastated Al Qaeda.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      KCRW

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      Gideon Brower

      Independent Producer

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      Aki Peritz

      George Washington University

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    The "Teacher Wars" in America's Public Schools
    1. 1:15ISIS Beheads Second Journalist According to VideoYou’re reading this
    2. 8:05The Most Noble Profession of Teaching is Now the Most Embattled
    3. 43:54Recapping Virginia’s McDonnell Corruption Trial
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