Extremist group says video shows killing of American hostage

An extremist group, the Islamic Army of Iraq, today claimed on a website posting that it had killed an American adviser taken hostage in Iraq, and said it would publicise a video showing the killing.

The group did not identify which American hostage it was referring to, but last week, an internet statement in the name of the Islamic Army claimed that the abductors of American Ronald Allen Schulz had killed him.