Us Hostage Beheaded in Iraq; Fears Grow Over Fate of British Engineer
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AN American hostage in Iraq was last night beheaded by a man believed to be Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the main al Qaeda ally in Iraq.
Eugene Armstrong, a construction contractor, was kidnapped along with Kenneth Bigley, a 62-year-old engineer from Liverpool, and another American, Jack Hensley, in Baghdad last Thursday. Their captors had threatened to kill the three unless US authorities freed women prisoners in Iraqi jails.See the full content of this document
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Us Hostage Beheaded in Iraq; Fears Grow Over Fate of British Engineer
A video posted on an Islamist website showed a masked man hacking Mr Armstrong's head off with a knife. A US official said Mr Armstrong's body had been recovered.
In the video, five armed and masked men stood around the hostage, who ...See the full content of this document