http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=13&u=/ap/20041106/ap_on_re_mi_ea/copycat_beheadingsANKARA, Turkey - It was called "Operation Baghdad" and, to be sure, the headless bodies of the three police officers recalled the violence in that city. But these attacks happened in Haiti, not in Iraq (news - web sites).
The brutal beheadings in Iraq appear to have inspired militants in other parts of the world who are drawn to the shock value of the horrifying attacks and the intense publicity they attract.
Thailand and the Netherlands are two other countries where suspected extremists recently beheaded or slit the throats of their victims in what appear to be copycat attacks.
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It achieves results and it makes the headlines," Allaf added. "People are talking about groups that we've never heard about before."