Wednesday 20 August 2014 15.26 Islamic State insurgents have posted a video purportedly showing the beheading of US journalist James Foley.
The video also shows images of another US journalist whose life the insurgents said depended on how the United States acts in Iraq.
The video, titled "A Message To America," presented President Barack Obama with bleak options that could define the country's next phase of involvement in Iraq and the public reaction to it, potentially deepening his hand in a conflict he built much of his presidency on ending.
Mr Obama held back from making a public statement about the beheading until the video could be formally authenticated.
"If genuine, we are appalled by the brutal murder of an innocent American journalist and we express our deepest condolences to his family and friends," White House National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said in a statement.
The video's grisly message was unambiguous, warning of greater retaliation to come against Americans following nearly two weeks of US air strikes that have pounded militant positions and halted the advance of Islamic State, which until this month had captured a third of Iraq with little resistance.
Mr Foley, 40, was kidnapped by armed men on 22 November 2012, in northern Syria while on his way to the Turkish border, according to Global Post, a Boston-based online publication where Mr Foley had worked as a freelance.
He had reported in the Middle East for five years and had been kidnapped and released in Libya.
Steven Sotloff, who appeared at the end of the video, went missing in northern Syria while reporting in July 2013. He has written for TIME among other news organisations.
The video injected an unpredictable element into President Obama's deliberations on how far to proceed with US air strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq, though aides said his vow not to put US combat forces on the ground in Iraq still held.
On a Facebook page for Mr Foley, a message from his mother Diane Foley said: "We have never been prouder of our son Jim. He gave his life trying to expose the world to the suffering of the Syrian people.
"We implore the kidnappers to spare the lives of the remaining hostages. Like Jim, they are innocents. They have no control over American government policy in Iraq, Syria or anywhere in the world."
Islamic State had not previously executed US citizens publicly. The video was posted after the United States resumed air strikes in Iraq this month for the first time since the end of the US occupation in 2011.
YouTube takes action over video
YouTube is taking action to remove any video of James Foley's murder on its site and close accounts belonging to terrorist organisations, it said.
The company, part of Google, spoke after a campaign was launched on Twitter encouraging users not to share videos by the Islamic State.
Using the hashtag #ISISmediablackout they urged people instead to share photos of the photojournalist before his capture in Syria in 2012.
Police in Britain have warned that "viewing, downloading or disseminating extremist material within the UK may constitute an offence under Terrorism legislation".
This afternoon a YouTube spokesman said: "YouTube has clear policies that prohibit content like gratuitous violence, hate speech and incitement to commit violent acts, and we remove videos violating these policies when flagged by our users.
"We also terminate any account registered by a member of a designated foreign terrorist organisation and used in an official capacity to further its interests."
Twitter's chief executive Dick Costolo has earlier said the firm was taking action against accounts which spread the video, writing: "We have been and are actively suspending accounts as we discover them related to this graphic imagery. Thank you."
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