Unidentified organization announces beheading of one American in Iraq
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/13/2004

An electronic website calling itself ( Islam partisans forum ) " Muntada Ansarr al-Islam" showed a video tape for armed persons while they were executing one American by beheading him.

It was stated on the web that the operation came in revenge for the Iraqi prisoners in Abu Ghreib Jail. The website said that " Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi himself beheaded the American by sword." Before his execution, the man who was shown in the video tape of a bad quality said that his name is Nick Burg and he is from Philadelphia. He was depicted later laying on the ground and five veiled men were standing behind him after his head was separated from his body and was raised high before the Camera.

The statement which was read by one of the five men, threatened the Americans to send the coffins, one by one, in the same way. The beheaded American ( 26 year old) a businessman from West Chester town in Pennsylvania was seized on Saturday on one of the bridges in Baghdad.

The statement of the group said:" we proposed to the American administration to exchange this prisoner by some prisoners in Abu Ghreib prison and they refrained. we say the honor of Muslims, males and females in Abu Ghreib prison and others are sacrificed by our bloods and own selves. You will receive from us only coffins, one by one, with beheaded persons the same way." One American official said that the CIA is studying the video tape in order to get evidences that lead to persons responsible for beheading the American. The spokesman for the White House threatened to bring them before justice.

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