A VIDEO showing a man said to have been an abducted Iraqi contractor being shot dead was posted on an Islamic militants' website by al-Qaeda in Iraq yesterday.
The video showed a man with his hands tied behind his back lying on his side on a dirt track. A person standing off-camera then shot the victim, who was identified by his Iraqi planning ministry identity card and his gun licence as Mohammed Mahmoud Alwan. After the execution, the camera panned to a sign reading in Arabic: "God's verdict has been carried out against a contractor working for the Crusaders."
No details were provided as to when the execution took place, and it was impossible to verify the authenticity of the video, but it was posted on a website known as a clearing house for militants. |