WAR: Body of Missing Contractor Found in Kirkuk, page 1

A body believed to be that of Youssef Ahmed, a Kurdish contractor has been found by a Pastor herding his sheep in Abbasiyah. The area is 80km south-west of Kirkuk.

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THE body of a Kurdish contractor missing for three months was found in a deserted area today outside the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, an Iraqi official said.

A pastor wandering with his sheep in Abbasiyah, 80 kilometres southwest of Kirkuk, stumbled upon a badly decomposed corpse and contacted authorities, said Major General Anwar Mohammed of the Iraqi National Guard.

The body is believed to be that of Youssef Ahmed, a contractor who did business with the Iraqi interim government and coalition troops, who was reported missing three months ago, he said.

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It was clearly an execution as Ahmed was found with a bullet wound to his head
and his hands tied behind his back. Ahmed was reported missing 3 months ago.
To me this fact seems inconsistent with the the execution of other hostages, as there was
no attempt to claim his death as propaganda...trophy.

[edit on 4-11-2004 by sanctum]

[edit on 4-11-2004 by Nerdling]