Home > Turkish hostage’s ’killing’ shown
by BBC
Footage of what appears to be a Turkish hostage in Iraq being shot dead has appeared
on the internet.
The videotape shows a group of masked men standing over a figure, who is then
shot in the head three times.
The man identified himself as Murat Yuce, an employee of Turkish company Bilimtur.
The company has confirmed it had an employee by that name.
It is not clear when or where he was kidnapped, or when the apparent killing took place.
Following the tape’s release, a Turkish lorry drivers’ association announced it had stopped the transport of cargo to US forces in Iraq.
In the video, the man said to be Mr Yuce reads a statement in Turkish, saying: "I have a word of advice for any Turk who wants to come to Iraq to work: You don’t have to be holding a gun to be aiding the occupationist (sic) United States... Turkish companies should withdraw from Iraq."
Then the leader of the three masked men takes out a pistol and shoots him.
Zarqawi banner
The men are standing in front of a banner which resembles that of Tawhid and Jihad - a militant group reportedly run by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian accused of a series of attacks in Iraq.
Before the man spoke, the leader of the group read out a statement in Arabic, saying despite warnings, Turkish firms continued to operate in Iraq "including this apostate, Murat Yuce".
Men claiming to be from the same militant group said on Saturday they had captured two Turkish lorry drivers, and demanded that the men’s employers leave Iraq.
A tape shown on the Arab TV channel Al-Jazeera showed the men’s Turkish passports, identifying them as Abdurrahman Demir and Said Unurlu.
On Monday, the owner of the company said he would comply with the demands.
"We have halted all transportation to Iraq," company chairman Omer Ozturk said. "We are now waiting anxiously for our drivers to be released."
In its written statement issued on Monday, the Istanbul-based International Transporters’ Association said: "It is observed that security and stability in Iraq cannot be maintained yet.
"Within the framework of current developments, UND decided to stop the transport of cargo which belong to the American troops in Iraq as of Monday."
Forum posts
3 August 2004, 19:54
another glorious action of the iraqi "resistance". When they don’t kill iraqis, they kill foreigners.
When they don’t kill muslims, they kill christians and so on.
Anyway they have some allies in the western extreme left like:
"The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not "insurgents" or "terrorists" or "The Enemy." They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow — and they will win."
Michael Moore
Yesterday, we fought and destroyed nazism.
Today, we fight and must destroy an islamic version of nazism at all cost.
3 August 2004, 21:03
killing and eradication is not the solution.
people should love each other. that is the only solution to all these problems.
understand it.
3 August 2004, 23:16
Yes, it may be the solution IF you manage to convince the islamofacists to not destroy us.
Just try to tell them your message of "peace, love, freedom and flowers" if they don’t decapitate you first.
The hatred come from their side, not ours.
We already tried this philosophy with hitler in the 30’s: we all have seen the results...