A militant Iraqi group said it had killed 12 Nepali hostages and showed
pictures of one being beheaded and others being gunned down in the
worst violence against captives since a wave of kidnappings erupted in
April. The announcement of the killings, made in a statement posted on
an Islamist Web site Tuesday, came as France intensified its efforts to
save two French reporters held hostage in Iraq by a separate militant
Islamic group. The Nepalis were kidnapped earlier this month when they
entered Iraq to work as cooks and cleaners for a Jordanian firm. The
killing of men from a tiny country that had nothing to do with the
invasion or occupation of Iraq will send shockwaves through foreign
companies doing business here. "We have carried out the sentence of God
against 12 Nepalis who came from their country to fight the Muslims and
to serve the Jews and the Christians ... believing in Buddha as their
God," said the statement by the military committee of the Army of Ansar
al-Sunna. [more ]
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