Mr Fox had his eyes opened just before they were closed forever.
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=612e758a-8aba-4e75-a958-14b0a10c8c9b
An Iraqi police patrol was also at the scene, said Falah al-Mohammedawi, an official with the Interior Ministry, which oversees police. He said Fox was found with his hands tied and gun shot wounds to his head and chest. There were cuts on his body and bruises on his head, al-Mohammedawi said.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1139395580632&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Fox, from Clear Brook, Virginia, had demonstrated in the West Bank town of Jayyus against the construction of the security fence and he helped Palestinians pick olives, local Palestinians said.
"Tom used to sit in front of the (Israeli) bulldozers to block them," said Jayyus' mayor, Shawka Shamha. "Hearing news that he was killed makes me very sad."
This will be Jill Carroll's fate after her captors get tired of raping her.
But I read that this "peace" group he was involved with was looking into Iraqi prisoners claims that they are being tortured by American troops..... Looks like his group is on the wrong side of the war on terror if you ask me.
"He and Chicago co-director Carol Rose blamed the U.S. involvement in Iraq, backed by Britain, for the captives' dilemma, and urged both nations to release detained Iraqis."
this quotation is from the co-directors of the peace organization to which fox and the other hostages belong.
(it is from the article.)