June 22, 2004
South Korean Hostage Kim Sun-il Beheaded
Korean hostage Kim Sun-il has been decapitated by terrorists holding him in Iraq.
Kim Sun-il had been held hostage by suspected Al Qaeda-linked abductors, who originally said they'd kill him Tuesday but then extended that deadline during negotiations, according to Ahmed al-Ghreiri, an employee with the NKTS security firm that is acting as an intermediary.Those gutless bastards. Damn.But his captors apparently changed their mind and executed Kim anyway, Al-Jazeera reported.
Kim's body has been found by US forces west of Baghdad.
Al Jazeera reportedly has a video tape of the murder, which they have not broadcast yet.
The pan-Arab station said it had received a videotape showing that Kim Sun-il had been executed.My prayers go out to Kim's family in this terrible time.Al-Jazeera, which had not broadcast the tape, said the execution was carried out by the al-Qaida-linked group Monotheism and Jihad.
5P ET Update: Based on the initial web releases of videos of the Nick Berg and Paul Johnson beheadings, any video of Kim Sun-il's decapitation -- if it is leaked to the web -- most likely will show up at either Northeast Intellegence Network, Consumption Junction (NSFW), or Ogrish (NSFW).
Well, if ever anyone thought one could talk sense into these folks, one has but to look at this. Not even going to try debating philosophy with them, thats for sure, and I don't know what the heck do philosophers talk about.
Posted by: Lola at June 22, 2004 01:18 PMMike,
Don't forget that Monotheism and Jihad is the group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the man who brought you such beheadings as Nick Berg
what do you all mean?
Posted by: ally at June 22, 2004 03:01 PMQuotation marks around "Monotheism and Jihad" might be a good idea to make it clear this is a professed name, not a conjunction of two religious concepts...
Posted by: McGehee at June 23, 2004 11:43 AMThe score is 3-0, three heads to none. Its time to fight violence with violence. Its the only way to get this enemies attention.
Posted by: skeeter at June 23, 2004 09:41 PM"Its time to fight violence with violence"
Don't be foolish. History has shown time and time again that fighting violence with violence doesn't work.
Posted by: Dionyseus at June 25, 2004 11:32 PM Kim Sun-il was a Christian murdered by Islamic extremists .Do we not have Christian extremists to take revenge. Is the Christian God a wimp? Is it time for a new Crusade?
John
nuke um all
Posted by: rob at July 12, 2004 06:48 PM
Hey man,
This is crazy man.All I am saying is that,Let's add more armies in Iraq for now,And return home all civilian workers untill we wipe out all these senseless terrorists.