The video from the Islamic Army in Iraq claims to show a US hostage
Ronald Schultz was captured and filmed earlier this month
An Iraqi extremist group has broadcast an internet video apparently showing a hostage being shot dead.
The Islamic Army of Iraq said the footage showed the death of American contractor Ronald Allen Schulz, whom it claimed to have killed last week.
Mr Schulz - a former US marine who worked as a contractor in Iraq - was reported capture on 6 December.
There is no independent confirmation of the identity of the man on the film as the face is not visible.
(Only one more para at link, pic also).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4541386.stmCher