Beheading video apparently in big demand on the streets of Baghdad
Reuters Alert Net reportsBeheading video of Egyptian Mohammed Abdel Aal in big demand on Baghdad streets
The hottest selling item at Baghdad's video CD market is not a movie or a music video.
It's an ordinary Egyptian whose beheading was filmed by his Muslim militant captors and distributed as a gruesome message to anyone who cooperates with U.S. troops in Iraq.
The video shows a terrified Mohammed Abdel Aal kneeling in front of masked militants with AK-47 assault rifles as he confesses to planting electronic devices in houses that guided bombs dropped from U.S. warplanes.
Called "The Spy", the CD appears on store shelves beside productions that have captivated Arab audiences for years, from popular Egyptian comedians to belly dancers to pirated Western action movies.
Said Allaa Hamdan, 32, who watched the video, "the Egyptian deserved his fate. He offered Iraqi girls to the Americans. We cannot accept this, especially from a fellow Arab."
Video shop owner Abu Safwat said of the Egyptians Beheading.
A Muslim could not do something so barbaric. This was the work of Israeli intelligence trying to give Muslims a bad image in the world,"
"Besides, Islam does not permit beheadings from the side of the neck like in the video." "It must be done from the back of the neck" said Abu
Videos chronicling atrocities committed by Saddam and his sons are the next popular hit after the beheading CD although people have begun to lose interest, shopkeepers saidGamblog Comment :: I put this here as a reminder to myself to remember to never forget. So pay no attention.
Beheading video apparently in big demand on the streets of Baghdad
