A mother's plea for her son's life. Shirley Sotloff calls on the leader of the Islamic State to spare her son Steven's life. Days later he is beheaded. Against the backdrop of anguish and the looming threat of the Islamic State, Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron says G8 countries should never pay ransoms for hostages.
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Entities 0 Name: Shirley Sotloff Count: 1 1 Name: Islamic State Count: 1 2 Name: Britain Count: 1 3 Name: David Cameron Count: 1 4 Name: Steven Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/Y96SPt Title: Steven Sotloff beheaded by Islamic State - latest - Telegraph Description: Matthew Olsen, director of the national counter-terrorism centre, laid out a detailed assessment of the jihadists' strength, saying the group took in $1 million (£600,000) a day from oil sales, ransoms, and smuggling. "It views itself as the new leader of the global jihadist movement," Mr Olsen said.
