Iraqi militants post execution video on website

Iraqi militant group Army of Ansar al-Sunna said today it had shot dead an Iraqi translator working for US forces and posted …

Iraqi militant group Army of Ansar al-Sunna said today it had shot dead an Iraqi translator working for US forces and posted a video of the killing on the Internet.

The video, posted on the group's website, showed the hostage appealing to other translators not to deal with US forces before he was blindfolded and shot in the back of the head.

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