Kim Sun-il has been beheaded today by an Iraqi militant group, despite negotiations from South Korea. There were no photos or video of Kim Sun-il's beheading released to the public.
Hundreds of South Koreans went to the streets on Monday, according to news reports, to attempt to get their government to save Sun-il's life by rescinding their commitment to send 3,000 troops to Iraq. Their voices were not heard; nor were the Koreans negotions with the Iraqi militant group known as Monotheism and Jihad successful. Sun-il was beheaded anyway.
Just like Nick Berg's photos and video, Sun-il was dressed in orange prison fatigues, he was blindfolded, and he probably knew his fate. One aspect of this beheading is different though, there have been no photos or video of the beheading.
The AP report out of The Guardian explained that Al-Jazeera had received the videotape that showed that Kim Sun-il had been beheaded, but failed to show or release the contents. If they ever will be released to the general public, as they should be, only time can tell.
Kim's body was found hours after his beheading between Baghdad and Fallujah. He was found by American troops.
The South Korean consul in Iraq and Kim Chun-ho, president of Gana General Trading the company that employed the victim, were travelling to the site 35km west of Baghdad to collect the remains, Mr Shin said. Gana is a supplier to the US military.
Listen to this odd detail of how the South Korean embassy in Baghdad confirmed the body was Kim's. And I quote the Guardian --
The US military first identified the remains as an Asian man and notified the South Korean military in Iraq of the finding. Later, the South Korean embassy in Baghdad confirmed that the body was that of Mr Kim by checking a picture of the remains that it received by email, Mr Shin said.
Don't you find it odd that they confirm the identity of a person via "a picture" sent by email? I mean, it didn't say that Kim Chun-ho, president of Gana General Trading, confirmed the body was Kim Sun-il's and then the embassy confirmed that. You'd think the S. Korean embassy would want the body in its hands before it made such an important comment such as this.
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