Seif Adnan Kanaan (???? - October 22, 2004),
Execution
Seif Adnan Kanaan was killed by the Islamic group The Army of Ansar Al-Sunna, which was linked to Al-Qaeda on October 22, 2004.
A video posted on its website apparently showed the beheading of Mr. Kanaan. They accused him of being an American spy recruited in Mosul. In the video the man makes a statement:
"My name is Seif Adnan Kanaan. I work at Mosul airport ... My second job is to supply beverages to the US army," the victim said, surrounded by three hooded gunmen, apparently referring to alcoholic drinks.
One of the gunmen then reads a statement saying that "the mujahedeen (Islamic fighters) in Mosul were able to capture ... a crusader spy recruited by US forces to spy and inform on the mujahedeen in Mosul."
The gunman said the purported spy worked at a US base in Mosul airport and "was known for his allegiance to the Americans and his hatred for the mujahedeen." He had "publicly insulted (Islam's) Prophet Mohammed."
The man was beheaded after "confessing to all the actions he carried out."
The group also posted the statement on its website, accompanied by pictures of the beheading.
The video showed the man who read the statement later beheading the victim with a knife. He placed the head on the back of the victim, who lay in a pool of blood.
The man had been executed "to serve as a lesson for others," the executioner said.
The victim, who appeared in his thirties, was shown in a picture surrounded by the three hooded gunmen with a banner of the Army of Ansar Al-Sunna in the background.
Threatening
"We tell people like him: the door of repentance is open ... Announce your repentance and live in peace among your kin," the statement said.
The mujahedeen will catch those who persist in working with US forces, and settle for nothing less than beheading them, the statement warned.
The Army of Ansar al-Sunna has issued videos and pictures of several alleged Iraqi collaborators and foreigners it decapitated.
The group killed 12 Nepalese workers in late August after kidknapping them.
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