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First civilian killed Monday; no word
on fate of British hostage
Jack Hensley is shown in this image from a video posted on an Islamist Web site on Saturday.
MSNBC News Services
Updated: 3:52 p.m. ET Sept. 21, 2004
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A posting on an Islamic Web site claimed Tuesday that an al-Qaida-linked group has slain a second American hostage in Iraq. The claim that Jack Hensley, a civilian contractor, had been killed could not be verified immediately.
The posting came as the militant group’s 24-hour deadline passed. It had demanded the release of all Iraqi women from U.S. custody.
“The youths of Tawhid and Jihad killed the second American hostage after the end of the deadline,” the statement said. It was signed with the pseudonym Abu Maysara al-Iraqi.
The same group said Monday that it had beheaded another American hostage, Eugene Armstrong. A video showing Armstrong's killing was later made available and Armstrong's body was found on a street in Baghdad.
The Tawhid and Jihad militant group, led by Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, claims to have abducted the two Americans along with Briton Kenneth Bigley. There was no word on Bigley’s fate.
The United States has offered $25 million for information leading to al-Zarqawi’s capture.
Al-Zarqawi on tape
A CIA official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the agency’s technical analysis determined with a “high degree of confidence” that the voice on the video showing the beheading of Armstrong is that of al-Zarqawi and that he personally killed Armstrong. A text on the video also claims that al-Zarqawi himself killed the American.
In New York, President Bush told the visiting Iraqi prime minister on Tuesday that “we will not allow these thugs to decide your fate.”
Speaking before the latest development, Bush expressed “heartfelt condolences” to Armstrong’s family and said “we all stand in solidarity with the American that is now being held captive.”
Armstrong’s body was found a few blocks from where he lived in the leafy west Baghdad neighborhood of Mansour, officials and witnesses said. Iraqi police found the corpse near a highway overpass and informed U.S. troops, the officials said on condition of anonymity.
In another hostage-taking, a Turkish man was freed Tuesday after the Turkish construction company he works for said it was halting operations in Iraq. Another Turkish company said Tuesday it would do the same in a bid to try to save the lives of 10 employees kidnapped by militants.
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on fate of British hostage
Jack Hensley is shown in this image from a video posted on an Islamist Web site on Saturday.
MSNBC News Services
Updated: 3:52 p.m. ET Sept. 21, 2004
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A posting on an Islamic Web site claimed Tuesday that an al-Qaida-linked group has slain a second American hostage in Iraq. The claim that Jack Hensley, a civilian contractor, had been killed could not be verified immediately.
The posting came as the militant group’s 24-hour deadline passed. It had demanded the release of all Iraqi women from U.S. custody.
“The youths of Tawhid and Jihad killed the second American hostage after the end of the deadline,” the statement said. It was signed with the pseudonym Abu Maysara al-Iraqi.
The same group said Monday that it had beheaded another American hostage, Eugene Armstrong. A video showing Armstrong's killing was later made available and Armstrong's body was found on a street in Baghdad.
The Tawhid and Jihad militant group, led by Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, claims to have abducted the two Americans along with Briton Kenneth Bigley. There was no word on Bigley’s fate.
The United States has offered $25 million for information leading to al-Zarqawi’s capture.
Al-Zarqawi on tape
A CIA official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the agency’s technical analysis determined with a “high degree of confidence” that the voice on the video showing the beheading of Armstrong is that of al-Zarqawi and that he personally killed Armstrong. A text on the video also claims that al-Zarqawi himself killed the American.
In New York, President Bush told the visiting Iraqi prime minister on Tuesday that “we will not allow these thugs to decide your fate.”
Speaking before the latest development, Bush expressed “heartfelt condolences” to Armstrong’s family and said “we all stand in solidarity with the American that is now being held captive.”
Armstrong’s body was found a few blocks from where he lived in the leafy west Baghdad neighborhood of Mansour, officials and witnesses said. Iraqi police found the corpse near a highway overpass and informed U.S. troops, the officials said on condition of anonymity.
In another hostage-taking, a Turkish man was freed Tuesday after the Turkish construction company he works for said it was halting operations in Iraq. Another Turkish company said Tuesday it would do the same in a bid to try to save the lives of 10 employees kidnapped by militants.
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