Reply #4: Video of Beheading of Pole Held by Taliban Is Real, Official Says

[Coventina]

Source: New York Times

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A video that purported to show the beheading of a Polish geologist abducted by the Taliban in northwestern Pakistan is authentic, the Polish foreign minister said Monday before he condemned the killing and demanded that the killers be brought to justice.

A huge embarrassment for the Pakistani government, the killing was the first of a Western citizen here since 2002, when Daniel Pearl, a Wall Street Journal correspondent, was killed in the southern port city of Karachi.

The release on Sunday of the video showing the Pole’s gruesome death prompted grim concerns for the safety of John Solecki, an American and an official of a United Nations refugee agency who was abducted in the southwestern city of Quetta on Feb. 2. A shadowy Baluch separatist group has claimed responsibility for his kidnapping.

The Pole, Piotr Stanczak, was taken captive Sept. 28 from a northern town, Attock, after an ambush. The Taliban, who demanded the release of dozens of their imprisoned companions, later claimed responsibility.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/world/asia/10pstan.html

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Gee, so sorry the Pakistani government is "embarrassed".

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