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From: tsigprofit6/25/2006 6:59:09 PM
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Group claims Russian hostages slain
(I wonder what the Russians will do about this? I remember a radio report that told the story of how the Iranians took both US and Russian hostages in the late 70s. The Russians apparently sent the Iranians some boxes with their beheaded comrades a few days later - and somehow they decided to release all Russians that were kidnapped.
Violent - yes - but it seems we need a better way of retaliating for things like this - mass armies going in is not working...will be interesting to see the Russian response..)

Sunday, June 25, 2006; Posted: 6:24 p.m. EDT (22:24 GMT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A group linked to al Qaeda said it has killed four Russian diplomats it had held hostage, according to a statement and video on a Web site Sunday.

The group -- the Mujahedeen Shura Council -- said it had beheaded three of the men and shot one to death.

A video also posted on the Web site appeared to show one of the men being beheaded, another man already beheaded and a third man being shot in the head. The fourth man did not appear in the video.

Russian officials were trying to verify the development.

The same group posted a statement last Monday demanding Moscow withdraw its troops from Chechnya and "release all our brothers and sisters" from prison within 48 hours.

In the statement last week, the group added, "God enabled the lions of unification to capture four Russian diplomats in Iraq and kill a fifth," alluding to an attack June 3, when a car belonging to the Russian Embassy in Iraq came under fire.

cnn.com
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