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Egyptian envoy killed, says Al-Qaeda

Rory Carroll and Julian Borger

BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON: Al-Qaeda in Iraq on Thursday killed a kidnapped Egyptian envoy after releasing a video of him wearing a blindfold. An internet posting showed Ihab al-Sherif (51), identifying himself as the head of Egypt's diplomatic mission in Baghdad and confirming that he previously worked at Egypt's embassy in Israel.

There was no footage of his killing but last night the Egyptian Foreign Ministry confirmed the death of its ambassador designate, Italy's Ansa news agency reported.

A statement accompanying the video said: ``We announce in the name of Al-Qaeda in Iraq that the verdict of God against the ambassador of the infidels, the ambassador of Egypt, has been carried out. Thank God.''

The statement said Mr. Sherif, due to be promoted to ambassador, had confessed to Cairo's ``infidel nature''. ``Our sheik Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is determined to stand up to traitors and crusaders and all those who stand with them, and we vow to all the dictatorial nations that Iraq is not safe for infidels because God has empowered the mujahideen,'' it said.

- Guardian Newspapers Limited 2005

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