Islamic State militants have released a video purporting to show the beheading of a US journalist.<br /><br />The individual was named by an IS member as James Foley who went missing in Syria nearly two years ago.<br /><br />Foley’s military brother was mentioned in a denouncement of the West.<br /><br />The man carrying out the execution apparently spoke with a British accent. <br /><br />The militants said they were taking revenge for recent US air strikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq.<br /><br />The footage claimed to have been released by the IS also shows another prisoner identified by the militants as American reporter Steven Sotloff
