DUBAI - The Islamic State militant group released a video on Sept. 2 purporting to show the beheading of a second American hostage, journalist Steven Sotloff, raising the stakes in its confrontation with Washington over U.S. air strikes in Iraq.
Reuters: Islamic State issues video of beheading of US hostage
Steven Sotloff is the other U.S. journalist shown in the James Foley execution video. In the last moments of the horrifying footage, the executioner says: \"The life of this American citizen, Obama, depends on your next decision.\"
