BBC Reports Captors Have Killed Egypt's Envoy to Iraq

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Egypt has confirmed its ambassador to Iraq has been killed, five days after he was kidnapped in Baghdad.

An internet message purportedly from Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's militant group was released on Thursday, claiming Ihab al-Sherif had been killed.

A video on the website showed a blindfolded man who identified himself as Mr Sherif saying he had worked at Egyptian embassies in Iraq and Israel.

Elsewhere, strange word that the U.S. is holding five Americans in Iraq. One of them is an Iranian US filmmaker and a veteran of the U.S. Navy.