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Iraq's al-Qaida frontman Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed his group executed an American pilot, but personal ID posted on the Internet indicates the terrorists may have mistaken a frequent-flier card for a flying license, according to an intelligence analyst. The statement on the jihadi site, posted along with photos of the personal documents, showed the purported victim as Neenus Y. Khoshaba, a U.S. national born in 1948, said Laura Mansfield of the Northeast Intelligence Network. The terrorists' statement said: "Your brothers in al-Qaida in the Land of Two Rivers got their hands on a U.S. pilot who turned out to have...

THE group of al-Qaeda's frontman in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, claimed today to have executed an American hostage, in a statement on the Internet accompanied by pictures of his driving licence. "Your brothers in al-Qaeda in the Land of Two Rivers got their hands on a US pilot who turned out to have bombarded several mosques and the Sheraton hotel in Baghdad during the invasion of Iraq, as well as several civilian homes," according to the statement. It said that "after questioning this infidel, the divine verdict was applied to him". The statement, whose authenticity could not be verified, did...

Qaeda in Iraq says kills U.S. pilot - Web statement Qaeda in Iraq says kills U.S. pilot - Web statement DUBAI, May 22 (Reuters) - The al Qaeda group in Iraq said on Sunday it killed a U.S. pilot it had captured and posted pictures of what it said were his identity papers on the Internet. The name on the documents was Neenus Khoshaba. U.S. forces have not reported any pilot as missing. The statement was posted on a site often used by insurgents in Iraq but its authenticity could not be verified.