Jack Hensley
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Jack Hensley (September 22, 1955 – September 21, 2004) was an American engineer from Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, near Atlanta.
While working in Iraq he was kidnapped and beheaded by Iraqi terrorists. His colleague, Eugene Armstrong, was beheaded the previous day.[1] Hours after Hensley was beheaded, Tawhid and Jihad posted a videotape on the Internet of British hostage Kenneth Bigley pleading to then Prime Minister Tony Blair to have his life spared.[2] [3] Bigley was beheaded three weeks later, on October 8, 2004.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Faraj, Caroline (21 September 2004). "Report: Al-Zarqawi group kills American hostage". CNN.com. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
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- ^ "Islamist Web Site Reports Beheading of Second American"
- ^ "Bigley body claims investigated". BBC News. 22 April 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
External links
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- Sara Hensley Trust (Archive)
- Wong, Edward. "Iraqi Video Shows Beheading of Man Said to Be American." The New York Times. September 21, 2004.
- "Jack Hensley Obituary." Atlanta Journal-Constitution.