Hassan apparently slain

[W*GS]

Margaret Hassan, the CARE head in Iraq, was apparently slain recently, as a video of a hooded murderer shooting a woman in the head was received at al-Jazeera.

Disgusting.

[Billy Clyde Puckett]

Barbarians

[orangeatheist]

Hmmmm....and somehow we evil Americans need to feel ashamed when a soldier wastes a terrorist who cowered in a Mosque, a day before firing bullets at our Marines, part of a culture that shoots aide workers in the head and lops off the noggins of truck drivers and businessmen. Yep. Gotta hate those godless Americans.

[W*GS]

My sentiments exactly, orangeatheist.

[Hercules Rockefeller]

If Hassan was the body of the Western women they found yesterday (apparently there are 2 kidnapped Western women), she was disembowled as well.

[mosca]

the woman they found (disemboweled, face badly beaten, and missing all 4 arms and legs) was a blonde... likely she's the other missing western female, not hassan.

[Hercules Rockefeller]

They should show portions of the execution around the world. People need to see who they are. Barbarians execute women, and to go after an aid worker who is there to help takes them even lower.

[Pezman]

Just sad... I hope she did not suffer with those murderers. Very sad indeed.

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Margaret Hassan, the CARE head in Iraq, was apparently slain recently, as a video of a hooded murderer shooting a woman in the head was received at al-Jazeera.

Disgusting.

Aid Worker Hassan Believed Slain in Video
By MARIAM FAM, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Margaret Hassan, the British aid worker kidnapped after decades of helping Iraqis, is believed to have been murdered by her captors, a British government official said Tuesday, based on a video that showed a hooded militant shooting a blindfolded woman in the head.
No other female hostage is known to have been killed in the wave of kidnappings that have beset Iraq (news - web sites).

More than 170 foreigners have been abducted this year, and at least 34 killed. One woman — a Polish-Iraqi citizen — remains captive.

Hassan's family in London said the longtime director of CARE in Iraq was likely the victim, and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said analysis of the video received by Al-Jazeera television showed Hassan has "probably been murdered, although we cannot conclude this with complete certainty."

CARE said it was in mourning for the 59-year-old Briton, a veteran humanitarian worker known around the Mideast for her concern for Iraqis — particularly during the years of U.N. sanctions, whose effects on children she vocally denounced.

"To kidnap and kill anyone is inexcusable," Straw said. "But it is repugnant to commit such a crime against a woman who has spent most of her life working for the good of the people of Iraq."

In an emotional appeal on Al-Jazeera, Hassan's Iraqi husband, Tahseen Ali Hassan, said he had heard of the video but did not know whether it was authentic.

"I appeal to those who took my wife (to tell me) what they did with her. ... I want my wife, dead or alive. If she is dead, please let me know of her whereabouts so I can bury her in peace," he said, his voice choked with tears.

The video shows a hooded militant firing a pistol into the head of a blindfolded woman wearing an orange jumpsuit, said Al-Jazeera spokesman Jihad Ballout. The station received the tape a few days ago but had not been sure of its authenticity until recently, he said.

"We invited British diplomatic officials to come and view it," he told The Associated Press. "It's now likely that the image depicts Mrs. Hassan."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=1&u=/ap/20041117/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_hostage

[Crushaholic]

Just sad... I hope she did not suffer with those murderers. Very sad indeed.

In a very morbid way, it was more humane than the other executions. I can't see a more cruel way to die than to have your head sawed off while you're still alive. I'm still mad as hell that it happened and it's a damn tragedy...