A statement posted on a Web site
and attributed to Al-Qaida in Iraq
stated that the group
had beheaded the two Iraqi soldiers
in broad daylight in Mosul.
The claim, dated Nov. 18, could not be immediately
verified.
“Just when the enemies of God
thought they would crush us with their tyrannical military campaign in Fallujah ... the al-Qaida organization in Iraq slaughtered
two ‘National Guards’ on Thursday afternoon,” the statement said,
adding the men killed were a major
and a lieutenant.
