Ronald Schulz, an American electrician working in Iraq, has reportedly been murdered by an Islamist terrorist group.
U.S. hostage killed, Iraq militant group says (MSNBC)
An Iraqi insurgent group said Thursday in an Internet posting that it killed a U.S. security consultant it had taken hostage. The claim’s authenticity could not be immediately verified. The Islamic Army in Iraq said it had killed “the American security consultant for the Housing Ministry,†after the United States failed to respond to its demand of the release of Iraqi prisoners.
Thursday’s statement, posted on an Islamic militant Web forum, did not identify the hostage and provided no evidence he had been killed, but said pictures of the slaying would be released later. “War criminal Bush continues with his arrogance and no one has any value unless they serve his criminal interests, therefore the American security adviser pig at the Housing Ministry has been killed,” the statement said. The group issued a video two days earlier showing the hostage, identified as Ronald Schulz, 40, an industrial electrician based in Anchorage, Alaska. The man on the video was a blond, Western-looking man sitting with his hands tied behind his back.
Update 24: Iraq Insurgents Claim to Kill U.S. Hostage (AP/Forbes)
An Iraqi insurgent group said Thursday in an Internet posting that it killed a kidnapped U.S. security consultant. The claim’s authenticity could not be immediately verified.
It was the first time in more than a year that an insurgent group announced the slaying of an American hostage. Thursday’s statement, posted on an Islamic militant Web forum, did not identify the hostage and provided no evidence he had been killed, but said pictures of the slaying would be released later.
Rusty Shackleford, as usual, is right on top of this.
