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As we noted Saturday, Japanese hostage Shosei Koda was beheaded by the Al Qaeda-associated terrorist group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.The monsters have now released stills and video of the beheading.Al Qaeda Organization of Holy War in Iraq said Tokyo had offered a ransom of "millions of dollars" for 24-year-old Koda. It warned Japan to withdraw its forces from Iraq or "drown in the hell of the mujahideen" along with "crusader forces."Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hatsuhisa Takashima denied the ransom claim. "It's just groundless. We have not done that," he said, denouncing the video posting as "disgusting." ...The video showed...

Twelve Nepalese hostages have been beheaded by their captors in Iraq. The hostages were kidnapped by the Islamist Army of Ansar al-Sunna, which has shown a video of the slaughter. The footage, which apprears on the army's website, show militants apparently slitting the throats of their hostages. A statement on the website said: "We have carried out the sentence of God against 12 Nepalese who came from their country to fight the Muslims and to serve the Jews and the Christians ... believing in Buddha as their God." More follows...

Linda Vester just reporting that Paul Johnson has been killed.

OMG another one they are threatening to behead.

Claiming they will BEHEAD them.

Breaking from Al Jazeera.