Separately, in a joint statement with Foley’s father John tweeted by Nicolas Henin, a French journalist and former Islamic State captive, Diana Foley said: “We are deeply disturbed by the unsolicited use of Jim for Le Pen’s political gain and hope that the picture of our son, along with two other graphic photographs, are taken down immediately”.
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According to reports, Le Pen’s tweets were addressed to local BFM TV journalist Jean-Jacques Bourdin, whom she accused of likening her party Front National (FN) to ISIS.
Foley’s parents John and Diane want Le Pen to remove the “shamefully uncensored” image of their son, and for her to stop using his image for political gain.
Last August, IS released a video of the killing of James Foley, who went missing in Syria in 2012.
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The family of U.S. reporter James Foley are urging French far-right leader Marine Le Pen to take down tweets of gruesome photos of him and others executed by Islamic State extremists.
Prosecutors in the Paris suburb of Nanterre say they are investigating Ms le Pen for sharing violent images. Nevertheless, two different tweets with images of ISIS executions remained visible on her Twitter account.
Marine Le Pen has proven she is aligned with the ISIL Islamo-fascists, by promoting the violence and murder they fetishize, and insulting the victims of terrorism. It can be accessed by anyone on Google.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls responded on his own Twitter account with the words “Madame Le Pen: inflaming public debate, political and moral failing, non-respect for victims”.
“I did not know it was a photograph of James Foley”, said Ms Le Pen in explanation.
However, Bourdin dismissed Le Pen’s allegations and called her reaction “hysterical”.
Interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve, asked about the tweets in parliament, told MPs he has taken the case to a section of the judicial police that deals with illicit content on the internet so it can look into the matter “as it does each time these photos are diffused”.
He said that the photos were “Daesh propaganda and a disgrace, an abomination and an absolute insult to all victims of…”
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“We are only showing the hate-filled ignominy of those who (compare) us with killers”, he is reported as saying.
