Text of President Barack Obama's remarks about American journalist James Foley, as provided by the White House. Foley was killed by Islamic State extremists shown in a video released Tuesday. The extremists called the beheading retribution for recent U.S. airstrikes in Iraq: Today, the entire world is appalled by the brutal murder of Jim Foley by the terrorist group, ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant). Jim was a journalist, a son, a brother and a friend.