Iraq terror group posts killing tape
Ap, Baghdad
An al-Qaeda-affiliated group said Saturday it killed 18 kidnapped government security forces in retaliation for the alleged rape of a Sunni woman by members of the Shia-dominated police, posting an online video of the officers being shot in the back of their heads while kneeling in a field. The authenticity of the three-minute video, posted on a Web site previously used by the Islamic State of Iraq, could not be immediately verified. The group also said it had killed 14 policemen, whose bodies were found Friday in the northeast province of Diyala, in retaliation for the alleged rape. Some of the victims were decapitated, according to an Associated Press photographer. Meanwhile, gunmen rounded up two Sunni families that had received death threats for joining US-organised talks with local Shias, hauling away the men and boys and killing all six Saturday as suspected insurgents expanded a campaign of fear against opponents.
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