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Beheaded American had refused to leave Iraq

An American civilian who was beheaded in a grisly video posted on an al-Qaida-linked Web site had been warned to leave Iraq but refused, US officials said today.

Beheaded American had refused to leave Iraq

Wed, 12 May, 2004 - 10:22

An American civilian who was beheaded in a grisly video posted on an al-Qaida-linked Web site had been warned to leave Iraq but refused, US officials said today.

The masked men who butchered him claimed they were angered by coalition abuses of Iraqi prisoners.

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