Baghdad, 5 Oct. (AKI) - After months of respite, insurgents in Iraq have resurrected the gruesome and violent practice of carrying out beheadings on camera, in the form of a new video issued over the Internet by the Ansar al-Sunna Army. The victims are two Iraqi men, Shakir Mahmoud Jasim and Riad Najim Abdullah, both from the capital Baghdad and accused of being spies working for the Americans. More specifically Ansar al-Sunna accuse them of running a network of informers which has helped American soldiers with the raids and arrests carried out against guerrillas working in the capital.
The first part of the video shows the two men undergoing an interrogation in which they admit to having worked as 'spies'. "I ask Allah to forgive those who help the Americans and I advise them to stop this collaboration," says Jasim. The two Iraqi hostages say in the video that they worked in the al-Doura neighbourhood of Baghdad, gathering information for US command, though they appear harrowed and their answers follow questions put to them by more than one terrorist, presumably seated behind the camera.
The video, which lasts seven minutes, ends with the two men having their throats slit at night in the open. While cutting their throats the insurgents shout 'Allah is great' and, in the former style of members of al-Qaeda, the heads of the two Iraqis are propped up on their bodies as a sign of victory. |