Cheat Sheet - The British Jihadists Who Murdered James Foley

Read This, Skip That .... August 21, 2014 MONSTERS 1. The British Jihadists Who Murdered James Foley Just weeks before James Foley was abducted in 2012, alleged members of a jihadi kidnapping network tied to ISIS were arrested and charged in Britain. Josh Rogin and Eli Lake report that the London legal case was viewed among extremist groups in Syria as a call to action to accelerate abductions. Read it at The Daily Beast TOUGH JOB 2. U.S. Tried to Rescue Foley A U.S. Special Operations team tried and failed to rescue James Foley and other Americans held captive in Syria in a secret mission earlier this summer. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby released a statement, saying the U.S. "attempted a rescue operation recently to free a number of American hostages held in Syria by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)." However, it "was not successful because the hostages were not present at the targeted location." According to senior administration officials, several dozen commandos were dropped into a remote part of Syria where American intelligence believed many of the hostages were being held. They exchanged gunfire with militants. One American was wounded, but all team members made it out alive. Read it at New York Times TARGET ACQUIRED 3. SWAT Lobby Takes a Shot at Congress The real battle over the militarization of the police force will take place on Capitol Hill. Tim Mak reports that national police organizations are ramping up their lobbying, even making the case to keep mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles. Read it at The Daily Beast SPEAKING OUT 4. Holder: I Am Also a Black Man Speaking to the family of Michael Brown, Attorney General Eric Holder discussed his own interactions with police that made him feel "angry and upset." Holder detailed a time he was pulled over in Georgetown while he was a federal prosecutor and asked "Where are you going?" He also related the time when he had his car searched during a traffic stop on the New Jersey Turnpike. "I remember how humiliating that was and how angry I was," he said. Holder, who is the first African-American to hold his post, declared, "I am the attorney general of the United States. But I am also a black man." Read it at Washington Post IT'S ALIVE 5. When Patients Rise From the Dead There have been about 40 known cases of the Lazarus phenomenon, in which a patient believed to be dead spontaneously starts circulating blood. Sandeep Jauhar reports on the mystery of why certain deaths are "reversible." Read it at The Daily Beast ON TARGET Israel Kills 3 Hamas Commanders In air strike. BACK OFF Cop Removed for Making Death Threat Pointed gun at Ferguson group. PETTY Russia Shuts Down McDonald's Franchises After random checks. UGH Archdiocese Opposes Ice Bucket Challenge Could fund stem cells. LITTLE LEAGUE Mo'ne Davis Gets SI Cover Age 13. VULTURE NFL Wants Super Bowl Halftime Performers to Pay HUFFINGTON POST Judge Blocks Bobby Jindal's Move To Scrap Common Core Tests ROLLING STONE 5 Things You Didn't Know About Human Trafficking GET The Cheat Sheet A speedy, smart summary of news and must-reads from across the Web. You'll love the featured original stories on politics, entertainment, and more from The Daily Beast's diverse group of contributors. GET Culture Beast Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast. What Is TV's Funniest Show? by Kevin Fallon The Ukrainian Face Collector by Nina Strochlic Europe's Ebola-Fueled Racism by Barbie Latza Nadeau

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