This morning there was word of a deadline extension and negotiations. All for naught…
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) – An Iraqi militant group has beheaded its South Korean hostage (Kim Sun-il), Al-Jazeera television reported Tuesday. The South Korean foreign ministry issued a statement confirming the report.
Kim’s body was found by the U.S. military between Baghdad and Fallujah, west of the capital, at 5:20 p.m. Iraq time, said South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman Shin Bong-kil.
The South Korean embassy in Bagdad confirmed that the body was Kim by studying a picture of the remains it received by e-mail, Shin said.
“It breaks our heart that we have to announce this unfortunate news,” he said.
Al-Jazeera said it had received a videotape showing that Kim Sun-il had been executed.
Kim, 33, worked for a South Korean company supplying the U.S. military in Iraq and was abducted last week, according to the South Korean government.
Kim was shown in the videotape kneeling, blindfolded and wearing an orange jumpsuit similar to those issued to prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The tape showed five hooded men standing behind Kim, one reading a statement and gesturing with his right hand. Another captor had a big knife slipped in his belt.
The video as broadcast did not show Kim being executed.Sounds like a carbon copy of the Nick Berg murder.
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i think that it’s all a load of rubbish with the beheading crap and all and us over here in new zealand have to watch it and cringe all the time, and i want it to stop i know i’t not as easy to be done as said but i hate having to explain this shit to my kids
When is enough, enough? How many more years is this going to drag on? How many more beheadings are we going to see and hear about? How many more billions of dollars are going to be spent?
It’s time to get tough, people. That entire region of the world has not learned to adapt in modern-day civilization. Why is everybody walking on eggshells? Sure, there are some decent people in Iraq and that part of the world in general, but it’s mostly desert. Get them before they get us. Fly over the populated areas and drop flyers saying “Hey. Whoever doesn’t want to die, get out now.”, and send the bombers in there and blow the shit out of the entire area.
We don’t want to nuke it, of course not. Because of the ‘precious’ oil reserves, right?! Dammit, If Ford or GMC would find a way to make cars that run on water or something, we wouldn’t have to take this shit.
These door-to-door searches and “precision strikes” only cause more death for our soldiers. Say whatever you want about me, the enemy is out there. And they would love to kill you. Get them before they get us. Fuck ’em.
Yippee Ki-Yay, mother fucker.
Sarge
“Get the liberal media out of Iraq and let the miltary do their job and take care of these matters without the eye of scrutiny from the left. The general public should be on a “need to know basis””
Hahahaha.. You mean rely on the brain washing right wing media that would say nothing negative about the war? I wonder who is messed up more. the terrorists or you. the nazi’s relied on the kind of media you want in Iraq during the battle of Stalingrad. people need to know the facts. welcome to the real world lady!