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al-Qaida: Egyptian envoy has been killed
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-07-08 07:07 Iraq's al-Qaida group killed Egypt's top envoy to
Baghdad Ihab el-Sharif on Thursday, four days after he was kidnapped by the
group in Baghdad, according to a videotape posted on an Islamic web site.
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A video grab Egypt's envoy to Iraq Ihab
el-Sherif at is shown speaking while blindfolded at an unknown location in
Iraq in a video released July 7. (Reuters)
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al-Qaida Organization for Holy War in Iraq announce that the judgment of God has
been carried out against the ambassador of infidels, ambassador of Egypt," said
the group led by the most wanted man in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
The videotape did not show the execution of el-Sharif, who identified himself
as the head of the interests section in Iraq and said he worked previously as an
employee in the Egyptian embassy in Israel.
The authenticity of the videotape could not be immediately verified.
The al-Qaida wing in Iraq said in an Internet statement on Wednesday that it
would kill el-Sharif for being convicted of apostasy.
It added that
the religious court of al-Qaida had decided to hand over el-Sharif to its
fighters "to carry out the punishment of apostasy", referring to the death
penalty.
Earlier the group posted web pictures of identification cards of the Egyptian
envoy as proof it had kidnapped him.
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