The Story
Based on his groundbreaking reporting for Vanity Fair, Hunting Season is awardwinning journalist James Harkins harrowing investigation into the abduction, captivity, and execution of James Foley, at the hands of the masked militant known as Jihadi John (Mohammed Emwazi), and the fate of more than twodozen other ISIS hostages.On August 19, 2014, the jihadist rebel group known as ISIS uploaded a video to YouTube. Entitled Message to America, the clip depicted the final moments of American journalist James Foleys lifeand the gruesome aftermath of his beheading at the hands of a masked executioner. Foleys murderand the choreographed killings that would followcaptured the worlds attention, and the Islamic States kidnapping campaign exploded into war. Hunting Season is a riveting account of how the worlds newest and most powerful terror franchise came to target Western hostages, who was behind it, and why almost no one knew about it until it was too late.
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Based on his groundbreaking reporting for Vanity Fair, Hunting Season is awardwinning journalist James Harkins harrowing investigation into the abduction, captivity, and execution of James Foley, at the hands of the masked militant known as Jihadi John (Mohammed Emwazi), and the fate of more than twodozen other ISIS hostages.On August 19, 2014, the jihadist rebel group known as ISIS uploaded a video to YouTube. Entitled Message to America, the clip depicted the final moments of American journalist James Foleys lifeand the gruesome aftermath of his beheading at the hands of a masked executioner. Foleys murderand the choreographed killings that would followcaptured the worlds attention, and the Islamic States kidnapping campaign exploded into war. Hunting Season is a riveting account of how the worlds newest and most powerful terror franchise came to target Western hostages, who was behind it, and why almost no one knew about it until it was too late.
