Iraqi 'spy' beheaded

2004-10-12 15:45

Dubai - An al-Qaeda-linked group posted a video on the internet on Tuesday showing the beheading of a Shiite Iraqi man it accused of spying for US forces in Iraq.

A statement posted on the group's website named the man as Ala al-Maliki and described him as "a rejectionist (a term used to refer to Shiite Muslims) who belonged to the Sadr movement (of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr)".

The video showed Maliki being beheaded after confessing to spying for American forces in Iraq.

- AFP