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To: bentway who wrote (48424)	5/28/2005 5:11:28 PM
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Undies on the head - human pyramids - naked detainees - Oh the horror! !!!!!!! "Surely the brutal torture Saito went through while in Ansar al-Sunnah’s custody could not have helped out matters." Video: Terrorists Murder Hostage Akihiko Saito Posted by James Joyner at 06:51 Akihiko Saito, a Japanese man working as a U.S. Defense Department contractor in Iraq, has been murdered by the so-called Army of Ansar al-Sunnah. The group has posted a video on its website with what purports to be Saito's body. <<< Iraq militant group says Saito died after being injured in shooting (Japan Today) Akihiko Saito, a Japanese security consultant who has been missing in Iraq since an Iraqi militant group ambushed a convoy he was riding in earlier in May, has died from injuries after being shot, according to the group. The Sunni militant group, the Ansar al-Sunnah Army, has posted on its website an image of what appears to be a dead man, whom it claims is Saito, along with images of his passport and ID card. >>> Digger has a photo of Saito's ID card, which is a U.S. DoD Common Access Card for contractors, similar to the one I carry. He also has several gruesome photos as well as the four minute video. Chad Evans, who was apparently the first in the blogosphere to link the video, observes, <<< I am sad to hear the loss of Saito, however I do believe it was better he died from wounds suffered in the attack than at the hands of Ansar al-Sunnah’s own Islamic trials. Surely the brutal torture Saito went through while in Ansar al-Sunnah’s custody could not have helped out matters. >>> Indeed. Ansar al-Sunnah carried out several gruesome beheadings of hostages, so death by bullet is indeed preferable. Rusty Shackleford had extensive coverage of Saito being taken hostage on May 9. mypetjawa.mu.nu Update: He's got more on the latest developments now. mypetjawa.mu.nu outsidethebeltway.com