Video Is Said to Be Polish Hostage’s Beheading in Pakistan

[Coventina]

Source: New York Times

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — A graphic video delivered to reporters on Sunday appeared to show the execution of a Polish engineer by Pakistani militants who had held him captive for more than four months.

The seven-minute video appears to show the engineer, Piotr Stanczak, sitting on the floor flanked by two masked men. Off camera, a militant briefly engages him in conversation before three others behead him. One of the hooded men then addresses the camera, blaming Pakistan for the execution because it had not agreed to demands to release Taliban prisoners.

If confirmed, Mr. Stanczak’s death would appear to be the first killing of a Western hostage in Pakistan since Daniel Pearl, a Wall Street Journal reporter, was beheaded in 2002.

Pakistan has had a rash of kidnappings and attacks on foreigners in recent months, mostly attributed to militants from Al Qaeda and the Taliban trying to destabilize the secular government and punish it for supporting the American-led war next door in Afghanistan.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/world/asia/09taliban.html?ref=world

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:puke:

[Xenotime]

1. How many innocent people has the US killed over there?

We expect them to just sit by and do nothing. I feel for the suffering of Mr. Stanczak's family. But, how much more suffering has been inflicted by our drones from some operator in Kansas?

[Coventina]

2. This guy had nothing to do with the WOT

He was an employee of the Pakistani government.

[sharp_stick]

3. WTF does that have to do with

some guy getting his head hacked off by religious nutcases? You claim to feel the suffering of his family, that is total shit.

What an absolutely pathetic reply.

[leftynyc]

6. The was NOT a US military person

Or a person having anything to do with our government. He was brutally murdered by some animals and you can't even bring yourself to keep politics out of it - nice job.

[INDIA]

8. And by not "sitting around" you mean "chopping the heads off innocent people"

Go Freedom Fighters! right?

:eyes:

What is it about so called progressives apologizing for violent fundamentalist assholes? I used to think it was because Bush was in office. Now I'm not so sure...

[Coventina]

4. Video of Beheading of Pole Held by Taliban Is Real, Official Says

Source: New York Times

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A video that purported to show the beheading of a Polish geologist abducted by the Taliban in northwestern Pakistan is authentic, the Polish foreign minister said Monday before he condemned the killing and demanded that the killers be brought to justice.

A huge embarrassment for the Pakistani government, the killing was the first of a Western citizen here since 2002, when Daniel Pearl, a Wall Street Journal correspondent, was killed in the southern port city of Karachi.

The release on Sunday of the video showing the Pole’s gruesome death prompted grim concerns for the safety of John Solecki, an American and an official of a United Nations refugee agency who was abducted in the southwestern city of Quetta on Feb. 2. A shadowy Baluch separatist group has claimed responsibility for his kidnapping.

The Pole, Piotr Stanczak, was taken captive Sept. 28 from a northern town, Attock, after an ambush. The Taliban, who demanded the release of dozens of their imprisoned companions, later claimed responsibility.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/world/asia/10pstan.html

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Gee, so sorry the Pakistani government is "embarrassed".

:puke:

[leftynyc]

5. Prayers for his family

I doubt they'll ever have a decent night's sleep ever again.

[truebrit71]

7. Good thing Pakistan is our ally...

...:eyes: :sarcasm: