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To: Alighieri who wrote (190814)	6/18/2004 2:22:33 PM
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Al Qaeda Beheads U.S. Hostage in Saudi, Site Says Fri Jun 18, 2004 01:57 PM ET DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda militants said they beheaded a U.S. engineer they had held hostage in Saudi Arabia since last week and displayed his severed head in pictures posted on an Islamist Web site Friday. Al Qaeda had said the Saudi government had until Friday to free jailed militants or it would kill Paul Marshall Johnson. "As we promised the mujahideen we have beheaded the American hostage Paul Marshall after the deadline that the mujahideen gave to the tyrannical Saudi government passed," a statement signed by the Organization of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula said on al Islah Web site. The Web site showed pictures of what appeared to be Johnson's severed head resting on his body. Johnson, an employee of U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin, was the first Westerner to be kidnapped in a wave of militant attacks in the kingdom that began more than a year ago. Al Qaeda said it carried out the attacks and kidnapping to avenge U.S. abuse of Muslim prisoners. Tuesday, the group released a video on a Web site showing a blindfolded Johnson. Saudi officials had said the kingdom would not give in to the group's demands. Johnson's kidnapping, which follows a spate of suicide bombings and shootings in the past six weeks, has raised the stakes in al Qaeda's war against the Saudi government. reuters.com