Egyptian ambassador to Iraq has been murdered.

international | anti-war / imperialism | news report Friday July 08, 2005 00:54 by iosaf

Al Qaeda in Iraq
have issued a statement
to the effect that they have killed
Ihab el-Sharif the ambassador of Egypt to Iraq.

This statement has been confirmed by the Egyptian authorities.
It has been less than a week since Egypt tabled several motions in favour of total debt relief for Africa, and reduced military intervention in Africa at the 2005 African Union conference attended by 52 african states and hosted in Libya.

The statement has been confirmed in the last hour by the Egyptian state news agency.

"President Hosni Mubarak said late el-Sharif has lost his life to terrorism that has no religion or homeland, expressing condolence to Sharif's family.

Mubarak said Sharif's killing was an act of terror that would not dissuade Egypt from maintaining its supportive stances of the Iraqi people.

Iraq's al-Qaida group killed Sharif on Thursday, four days after he was kidnapped by the group in Baghdad, according to a videotape posted on an Islamic website."

Egypt is to temporarily close its diplomatic mission to Iraq.


http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1120702712533

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5125727,00.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5125816,00.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aoTnrhBSQHiE&refer=top_world_news

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050707/w0707128.html

For the experts, this website is not the same one which has published a notice now "gone global media" claiming the London bombings of 7/7/05

The spanish media are saying that the G8 have received the news with added horror.
http://actualidad.terra.es/nacional/articulo/gobierno_bagdad_egipcio_confirma_muerte_391139.htm
http://www.elsemanaldigital.com/fdi/articulos.asp?idarticulo=11247
http://www.europapress.es/europa2003/noticia.aspx?cod=20050707230630&tabID=1&ch=69