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...For a better society... Friday, July 30 2004 Vol 17 No.30 News Editorial Politics Opinion Foreign News Fashion Metro Sports Features Columnists View from America Business Money/Market Maritime Aviation Motoring Rail/Road Iraq: 2 Pakistani hostages beheaded CHINWE MADUAGWU,with agency report TWO Pakistanis taken hostage last Friday in Iraq have been beheaded even as a Somalian truck driver was abducted by members of the Tawhid and Jihad militant group. This is the first time citizens from a Muslim country are being executed. A videotape from a group calling itself the "Islamic Army in Iraq" showed the bodies of the Pakistanis, Azad Hussein Khan and Sajid Naeem. The two were kidnapped by the militants who had threatened to kill them unless their Kuwaiti employers leave Iraq. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has condemned the killings, saying the perpetrators had "caused harm to humanity and Islam." Pakistan’s Charge d’Affaire in Baghdad, Muhammed Iftikhar Anjum, also condemned the killings and requested that the bodies of the men be handed over to them. His words: "I now request that the bodies may not be desecrated and handed over to us for burial as per Isalmic traditions." Also, inside Pakistan, families of the two men are said to be shocked even as they have accused the Pakistani government of not doing enough to secure their release. Mr. Khan’s sister-in-law was quoted as saying the deaths were "an overwhelming tragedy for us," while his brother-in-law, Abdul Razaq said Pakistan should have ruled out sending troops to Iraq. "If the government of Pakistan had tried, this tragedy could’ve been averted. The government should have categorically said it would not send troops to Iraq," he said. Reports said though various groups in Iraq have killed several foreign hostages, this is the first incident in which citizens from a Muslim country have been executed. Reports said video tape of the Somalian held by his captors was aired by Arabic TV Station Al-Jazzera and showed three masked and armed militants standing behind a seated man waving a passport. They said Al-Jazeeria identified the hostage as Ali Ahmed Mousaa whom the militants have threatened to kill within 48 hours if the Kuwaiti company he works for does not leave Iraq. � 2004 @ Champion Newspapers Limited (All Right Reserved). Powered By dnetsystems.net dnet�

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