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Web posting claims kidnapped Egyptian envoy to Iraq killed

(Cairo, Egypt-AP) July 7, 2005 - An Internet posting claims an Egyptian diplomat kidnapped in Iraq has been killed.

A Web posting signed by al-Qaida in Iraq says "the verdict of God" has been carried out against the Egyptian. The Web posting had video of a blindfolded man identifying himself as the diplomat. The video does not show him being executed.

The claim has not been confirmed. The envoy (Ihab al-Sherif) was kidnapped in Baghdad Saturday.

Posted 9:50am by Bryce Mursch