Finding where James Foley was executed is less interesting. It is most likely just outside Raqqa. Not much you can do with the location (and they likely know it

Finding where James Foley was executed is less interesting. It is most likely just outside Raqqa. Not much you can do with the location (and they likely know it). When they were AQI, the beheadings were conducted in homes and buildings in areas under US control as part of an insurgency - so finding where they were was essential.