Very interesting, al-Nusra, another organization with a penchant for nabbing and holding Westerners,
has released journalist, Peter Theo Curtis, in what could be interpreted as a move to distance themselves from ISIS and their recent atrocities. (ISIS and al_Nusra aren't cooperative organizations and have clashed before.)
Al-Nusra had Curtis for two years.
Curtis' release comes just five days after ISIS militants released a video of one of its militants beheading American journalist James Foley.
"Particularly after a week marked by unspeakable tragedy, we are all relieved and grateful knowing that Theo Curtis is coming home after so much time held in the clutches of (al-Nusra Front)," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said in a statement.
When asked about the death of James Foley, an American journalist killed by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria last week, Nancy Curtis began to weep. "I feel so bad for their family. Diane (Foley's mother) has become a good friend of mine, and I'm just so heartbroken for their loss."
Interestingly, this comes as a huge relief for another captive journalist, Matthew Schrier,who was imprisoned in the same cell with Peter Theo Curtis and escaped with Curtis' help. (Curtis boosted him through a window and got stuck when Schrier tried to pull him through.)
I can only imagine the elation and relief that Schrier must feel after some pretty crushing guilt.
