"We killed BBC reporter"

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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3388215,00.html

'We killed BBC reporter', Palestinian group says

Palestinian Jihad and Tawheed Brigades say Alan Johnston has been executed, blame British, Palestinian governments

Yaakov Lappin
Published: 04.15.07, 17:12 / Israel News

BBC reporter Alan Johnston has been killed by an al-Qaeda affilated Palestinian organization, according to an internet statement obtained by Ynetnews.



The statement was signed by the Palestinian Jihad and Tawheed Brigades, an organization named after an Iraqi al-Qaeda group.



In the message, the group said the British and Palestinian governments were responsible for Johnston's killing, and vowed to release a video of the execution.



"The whole world knows of our just cause in demanding the release of our prisoners, who are waiting under the fire of the occupation," the statement began. "Our demand was that all of those who are responsible for the journalist... release our prisoners who are being held in the prisons of the occupation," it continued.

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1. That's horrible. nt

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2. Not doing much for their "just cause" are they.

A very ugly thing to do.

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3. No, they aren't. It's painful to watch.

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4. BBC "concerned" by claim Gaza correspondent killed

GAZA (Reuters) - The BBC expressed deep concern at an e-mail on Sunday saying its missing correspondent in Gaza had been killed by Islamist kidnappers but the British broadcaster and Palestinian officials said the claim was not verified.

"We are deeply concerned about what we are hearing -- but we stress, at this stage, it is rumor with no independent verification," the BBC said in a statement after the claim from a previously unknown group that journalist Alan Johnston had been killed.

Britain's Foreign Office said it was urgently checking the situation.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070415/wl_nm/palestinians_journalist_dc_1