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Al-Qaeda Murders British Hostage Held in Mali

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 3, 2009 3:27 AM CDT

(Newser) – A British hostage held in Mali has been killed by his al-Qaeda captors, the terror group announced on a website. Prime Minister Gordon Brown condemned the murder as an "appalling and barbaric act of terrorism," reports the BBC. Edwin Dyer was kidnapped in Niger in January with a group of European tourists. His death followed the British government's refusal to comply with al-Qaeda demands to release a radical Jordanian cleric from prison. Dyer's body has not yet been found.

"The British captive was killed so that he, and with him the British state, may taste a tiny portion of what innocent Muslims taste every day at the hands of the Crusader and Jewish coalition to the east and to the west," said the al-Qaeda statement.

Murdered hostage Edwin Dyer.
Murdered hostage Edwin Dyer.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has condemned the killing as an appalling and barbaric act of terrorism.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has condemned the killing as an "appalling and barbaric act of terrorism."   (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
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COMMENTS
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Silverbow7
Jun 6, 2009 11:36 AM CDT
Its time to look up and see just where we are being led.
cfbailey
Jun 3, 2009 12:00 PM CDT
Hey Al-Qaeda....Fuck You!
plstyle
Jun 3, 2009 9:18 AM CDT
LIES!!!

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