Leader of al-Qaida in Iraq makes first appearance in video

[ECH1969]

What could be the first public appearance of the new leader of al-Qaida in Iraq has been posted on the Internet, showing him executing a Turkish hostage.

Abu Ayyoub al-Masri succeeded Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was slain in a US airstrike June Seventh. The new leader is also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajer.

The video shows three men in masks standing behind a blindfolded hostage. The militant in the middle, identified as al-Masri, reads a statement criticizing companies and people that cooperate with the US military. Then he shoots the hostage three times in the head.

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[razors edge]

1. I'm ready for my close up...

[FloridaPat]

2. Funny how we never see these films from al-Qaida in their full

form. I watched the beheading film and there were a lot of questions as to who those overweight folks were, since most people in the middle east are thin. And now we have all these people are are now running al-Qaida in Iraq. Sure. This is all science fiction - badly written. I just don't believe anything anymore.