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American Hostage Beheaded
Militants loyal to top al-Qaeda suspect Abu Musab al-Zarqawi have released a video which apparently shows a US citizen being beheaded in Iraq. The man in the video - which appeared on an Islamist website - says he is from San Francisco, but it is unclear if and when he was taken hostage. Zarqawi's militants have previously released footage of three male hostages being decapitated. They were an American, a South Korean and a third said to be a Bulgarian."I am from San Francisco, California," says the young man in the video, who was dressed in a plain beige T-shirt as he sat on a chair in a dark room with his hands behind his back. "We need to leave this country alone. We need to stop this occupation." He adds: "I have been offered for exchange for prisoners here in Iraq" - apparently referring to previous demands by kidnappers to release hostages in return for freeing Iraqi prisoners. "We need to leave this country right now. If we don't, everyone is gonna be killed in this way. After that, he is shown on the floor with a knife at his neck before the apparent execution takes place. The 55-second video, entitled "Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Slaughters an American", also reportedly shows graphic images of Iraqi adults and children allegedly dismembered and disfigured by US military action. It is not clear when the recording was made. Unlike previous videos of hostage killings, it does not show any militants. Posted by: Paul Moloney 2004-08-07 |
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