Kidnapping and murder of Kenneth Bigley
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Kenneth Bigley, a 62-year old man from Liverpool in England, was kidnapped in Iraq in September 2004, along with two Americans, Jack Hensley and Eugene Armstrong. A video was released on September 22 by his captors (led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi) showing Bigley pleading for his life, begging British Prime Minister Tony Blair to help him and release the female detainees held by the coalition. His kidnapping has received international attention, and a delegation of British Muslims has travelled to Iraq on his behalf.
On September 25, 2004, a statement that Bigley had been executed appeared on the Islamist web site alezah.com. The UK Foreign Office questioned the credibility of that claim. [1]
See also
- 2003 invasion of Iraq
- Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse
- Human rights situation in post-Saddam Iraq
- Decapitation
External links
- Excerpt of the video showing Bigley pleading for his life
- New York Times story on the kidnapping
- BBC profile of Kenneth Bigley
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