American hostage killed in Iraq
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A video grab image on an Islamist internet site shows American hostage Eugene Armstrong prior to his execution September 20, 2004.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - An al-Qaida-linked group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed Tuesday to have killed the second of two American hostages - back-to-back slayings that have notched up the Jordanian militant's ruthless campaign of terror.    The claim, posted on an an Islamic Web site, could not immediately be verified...
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British hostage Kenneth Bigley kidnapped on Sept. 16 by militants in Iraq has been murdered by the captors, Bigley&#39;s brother confirmed Friday.
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DUBAI - An Italian hostage identified as Salvatore Santoro has been killed by an Islamist group in Iraq, Al Jazeera television reported yesterday, quoting a statement from the group and showing footage of the man.
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Al Jazeera television said on Thursday an  Iraqi group had killed an Italian hostage who appeared in video  footage aired by the Arabic channel.
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Six American troops, five Iraqi police officers and a senior judge were killed during a deadly 24-hour period of violence spanning Monday night and Tuesday, and a video broadcast on Arab satellite television showed an American hostage pleading for his life with a rifle pointed at his head.
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British hostage Kenneth Bigley has been killed by his captors in Iraq, Abu Dhabi television reported Friday. The British Foreign Office said it could not confirm the report.
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A militant group headed by al Qaeda ally  Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has killed a second American captive in  Iraq after the lapse of a 24-hour deadline on Tuesday, Arabic  television channel Al Jazeera said.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - The militant group lead by al-Qaida ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi posted a gruesome video on a Web site Monday showing the decapitation of a man identified as American civil engineer Eugene Armstrong and said a second hostage - either an American or a Briton - would be killed in 24 hours.    The grisly beheading was the latest killing in a particularly violent month in Iraq, with more than 300 people dead in insurgent attacks and U.S...
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CAIRO, Egypt - A Web site posting Monday claimed that an American hostage has been "slaughtered" in Iraq and that two other captives would soon be killed. The claim could not be verified...
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - A U.S. air strike aimed at  foreign militants led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi killed 11 people  in the Iraqi city of Falluja Friday and insurgents later said a  British hostage held by Zarqawi's group had been beheaded.
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A video viewed by Reuters news agency shows the beheading of a man identified as British hostage Kenneth Bigley. However, the British government and the US military haven&#39;t confirmed on Friday reports of his death.
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An American hostage being held in Iraq has been beheaded, according to a statement by the group holding three Westerners. The statement said: âGod protect him, has beheaded the first American.
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Militants in Iraq have killed the second of two US civilians they were holding hostage, according to a statement on an Islamist website.
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BAGHDAD - Gunmen in Baghdad have killed a Muslim cleric who was a member of a group which interceded in the past to win the release of foreign hostages, hours after a radical Islamic group released footage showing the beheading of an American civilian.
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Dubai - A message posted on an Islamist website said on Monday the militant group of al-Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had killed one of two Americans it was holding hostage.
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The British engineer kidnapped three weeks ago in Iraq, Kenneth Bigley, has been killed by his captors. Mr. Bigley&#39;s family Friday confirmed reports that the 62-year-old hostage was murdered by the Muslim extremist group that was holding him.