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| Zark posts Iraqi contractor snuff film online |
| 2005-10-18 |
| A VIDEO showing a man said to have been an abducted Iraqi contractor being shot dead was posted on an Islamic militants' website by al-Qaeda in Iraq yesterday. The video showed a man with his hands tied behind his back lying on his side on a dirt track. A person standing off-camera then shot the victim, who was identified by his Iraqi planning ministry identity card and his gun licence as Mohammed Mahmoud Alwan. After the execution, the camera panned to a sign reading in Arabic: "God's verdict has been carried out against a contractor working for the Crusaders." No details were provided as to when the execution took place, and it was impossible to verify the authenticity of the video, but it was posted on a website known as a clearing house for militants. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #5 Tibor, I'm just a simple American girl. I wouldn't dare compare myself to the eminent Professor Cole. I can't keep track of all the subtleties he discerns, so I just believe what the Armed Forces spokesman tells me. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-10-18 11:31 |
| #4 TW wrote: "Zarkawi is following instructions, then, to shoot captives rather than saw off their heads with inadequately sharpened swords." But TW, I thought the Zawahiri letter was a fake? After all, that's what "Middle East expert" Juan Cole says. It must have been a coincidence that Zarq started shooting rather than beheading his victims. |
| Posted by: Tibor 2005-10-18 09:50 |
| #3 I figure that Zarq will eventually give up the ghost at the hands of another muslim...and end up starring in his own snuff film...any bets? |
| Posted by: anymouse 2005-10-18 07:48 |
| #2 No chanting "Allahu Ahkbar"? |
| Posted by: Cromomble Shing8279 2005-10-18 07:25 |
| #1 Zarkawi is following instructions, then, to shoot captives rather than saw off their heads with inadequately sharpened swords. I suppose that will get his victims to paradise more quickly and comfortably. FWIW |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-10-18 05:02 |