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06/20/2004:

"Here's the Clincher"

Okay. In the article I posted below, you have al-Qaida denying involvement in the latest beheading, but now it seems 'the head' of the cell that supposedly killed him left a note! Well I'm glad to see that's all cleared up now. This combined with the appearing and disappearing body (also below) tells me that SOMEBODY is seeing the p.r. value in beheading an American over there every now and then. One concrete result I have seen here in the U.S. is a a sudden rise in murders that feature beheadings...beheaded children, beheaded wives...

al-Qaida Head Justifies Targeting Johnson
Sunday June 20, 2004 4:31 PM

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - The head of the al-Qaida cell that killed Paul M. Johnson Jr. justified targeting the American engineer in a message written before he himself was killed in a gun battle with Saudi security forces.
the guardian uk full article

website says Saudi Security Forces aided in kidnapping:aol news