Russian Diplomats Executed in Iraq
This came over the Reuters newswire about an hour ago:
Video shows Russian hostages killed Sun Jun 25, 2006 4:28 PM BST DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iraqi al Qaeda-led group said on Sunday it had killed four Russian embassy staff it had taken hostage, according to a statement posted on the Internet. The statement said the posting included footage of the “execution”. The group had demanded that Russia withdraw its troops from Chechnya and release all Muslim prisoners. The Web posting showed video footage of the killing of two men it said were Russian hostages and the beheaded body of a third man. It showed two militants beheading one of the men and the shooting of a second, after showing four men speaking in Russian in video statements dated June 13, 2006. In Moscow, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman could not immediately confirm the report of the deaths. The four embassy staff were kidnapped and a fifth was ..read more
