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| American Hostage Beheaded |
| 2004-08-07 |
| 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 |
| #9 Whoa sounds like he just needs a few friends sg. I'll be avilable in 2037. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-08-07 2:55:02 PM |
| #8 Oh man, I went to high school with this guy. He was resonably smart (as in book smart), but not many people took him seriously. So in order to get attentition, he became very gifted at doing things to make people talk about him. This is just one more step along that line. |
| Posted by: sg 2004-08-07 2:41:11 PM |
| #7 .com----a posthumous Darwin Award. I like it. We can present it to his ____________, being from San Francisco and all...... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-08-07 1:44:01 PM |
| #6 "I am from San Francisco, California" Well of course you are. Too bad it was a fake, son, cuz you certainly deserve a posthumous Darwin Award. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-08-07 11:48:56 AM |
| #5 Deport him to a middle eastern country. Let's see if he can get back with his head attached. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-08-07 11:42:12 AM |
| #4 Its a fake - guy wanted to make political points. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5629119/ |
| Posted by: Oldspook 2004-08-07 10:24:26 AM |
| #3 Here's a case where reality SHOULD follow "art". The dumbass. |
| Posted by: GK 2004-08-07 9:10:01 AM |
| #2 It is a fake. |
| Posted by: crazyhorse 2004-08-07 8:32:45 AM |
| #1 We can not leave Iraq no matter how many people are beheaded. Iraqi resistance forces can be defeated with more troops and more resolve. It is obvious that the interim Iraqi government is helpless in controlling the situation there. |
| Posted by: Bill 2004-08-07 8:00:13 AM |