The video bore the title "Abu Musab al-Zarqawi shown slaughtering an American." It was unclear whether al-Zarqawi -- an associate of Osama bin Laden -- was shown in the video, or was claiming responsibility for ordering the execution.
His body was found on Saturday.
It must be the most cruel irony that the murderers alleged this was retaliation for the prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib.
Update 2: Considering that this man was a contractor, which is "mercenary" in orwellian lingo, I wonder what Kos will say about his murder? "Screw him"?
Update 3: You can download the whole horrible original from this page. Bandwidth and stomach permitting, of course. Thanks to dbates in comments.
Update 4: Uh-oh, seems every site that hosts the sick video chokes today. Here is a link that still works, via Spartacus.
Testimonies from former star terrorist trainee Shadi Abdallah to German authorities are providing new insights on al-Qaeda and other terrorist organisations, showing how Bin Laden's al-Qaeda and Abu Musab al Zarqawi's Al Tawhid competes as much as they cooperate, for funds and people.
There is unity, but there is also bickering over status in their own terror league.
"This is a very important document," says Bruce Hoffman, a terror expert at RAND Corp. in Washington. "It confirms that Zarqawi was running a parallel organization - not completely divorced from Al Qaeda, but separate. And that [Zarqawi] competes with Osama bin Laden and sees himself as somewhat of an emulator, or even a successor in the Muslim world."
Cheack it out.
Update: A comment directed me to Regnum Crucis, which argues that Shadi Abdullah is a fraud with very little credibility.
A terrorist leader named Ammari Saifi, also known as Abderrezak al-Para because he was trained as an Algerian Special Forces paratrooper, took 32 European tourists hostage near the Libyan border and transported some of them to northern Mali.
To free the hostages, United States military officials say, Germany paid him a ransom of nearly $6 million — equivalent to a quarter of Niger's defense budget — making him instantly one of the most powerful Islamic militants in North Africa.
He is a leader of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, or G.S.P.C., which was formed in 1998 and has many links with Al Qaeda.
I wrote an angry reply last August when I learned that the Germans had paid a ransom to the terrorists to free the hostages. Thanks to this stupidity, we have a well-funded extremist causing much more havoc than he ever could do earlier.
The 17-year-old boy, whose name is being withheld by the Herald/Review because he is a minor, has been charged with felony assault, misdemeanor indecent exposure, disorderly conduct and felony public sexual indecency with a minor after he allegedly attacked a 16-year-old junior varsity player, striking him in the head with his penis as they returned from a game against Mountain View High School in Marana.
Somehow, I think this story will not make him less popular with the girls.
Once the bus was again on the road,the boy charged and other varsity players allegedly assaulted the boy, dragging him to the back of the bus where the assailant then struck the boy in this head with his penis, police said.
Photos of the victim, whose name was withheld, show extensive bruises and dozens of cuts along his back and shoulders.
