Iraqi executions shown on Internet video

The al-Qaida affiliated Islamic State of Iraq posted today a video of the execution of 18 Iraqi security troops, shot in the back of their heads while kneeling on the ground in a field.

The three-minute video, posted on a website known to be used by the Islamists, said the 18 kidnapped government security forces were murdered in retaliation for the alleged rape of a Sunni woman by members of the Shiite-dominated police.