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November 3, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041102/wl_nm/iraq_japan_hostage_video_dc_1

Zarqawi Group in Iraq Shows Beheading of Japanese Hostage

(Reuters/Yahoo) A group in Iraq led by al-Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi showed the beheading of Japanese hostage Shosei Koda while he was lying on top of a U.S. flag in an Internet video posted Tuesday. Japanese officials confirmed Sunday that Koda's body and severed head were found in Baghdad. Zarqawi's group gave Tokyo a 48-hour deadline last Tuesday to withdraw its forces from Iraq, a demand the Japanese government refused.

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