Iraqi officials recovered a decapitated corpse in
western Baghdad on Wednesday and turned it over to the United States,
which was investigating if it was the body of kidnapped American Jack
Hensley -- purportedly slain the day before by al-Qaida-linked
militants. The discovery came as Iraq's Justice Ministry promised to
release one of two high-profile women prisoners. Officials denied the
decision was linked to demands by militants who claimed responsibility
for the slaying of Hensley and another American -- and are threatening
to execute a Briton captured with them unless all female Iraqi
prisoners are freed. The United States said it wasn't aware of such a
decision. The brother of the British hostage, Kenneth Bigley, recorded
a message to be broadcast on Arabic language TV station Al-Jazeera
urging his captors to free him in response to the expected release of
the Iraqi woman. [more ]
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