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Islamic State of Iraq' airs murders
 An al-Qaida-affilated organization posted an online video Saturday of the execution-style shooting of 18 Iraqi security troops kneeling on the ground near a citrus grove. The three-minute video, on a Web site previously used by the Islamic State of Iraq, claimed the 18 kidnapped government security forces were slain in retaliation for the alleged rape of a Sunni woman by members of the Shiite-dominated police. The video's authenticity could not be immediately verified.The tape firsts depicts the 18 men, some in Iraqi military uniforms, blindfolded, hands tied behind their backs and lined up in three rows before a screen. The men in the front row are kneeling. Armed masked men were seen pointing machine-guns at the captives. Male voices chant repeatedly in Arabic during the video: "At your service, sister" a likely reference to the revenge for the allegedly raped Sunni woman. Another male voice is heard reading from the Islamic State of Iraq's statement posted on the same Web site Friday, saying the group's court has ordered the 18 security troops executed because Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government failed to meet the group's demands to hand over the officers who allegedly assaulted the Sunni woman in Baghdad last month, and to release all Sunni women detainees from Iraqi prisons. Posted by: Fred 2007-03-04 |
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