al-Qaida-Linked Group Airs Shootings
An al-Qaida-affilated organization posted an online video Saturday of the execution-style shooting of 18 Iraqi security troops kneeling on the ground near a citrus grove. The three-minute video, on a Web site previously used by the Islamic State of Iraq, claimed the 18 kidnapped government security forces were slain in retaliation for the alleged rape of a Sunni woman by members of the Shiite-dominated police. The video’s authenticity could not be immediately verified. Full Story