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August 2004

IRAQ: ISLAMIST WEBSITE SHOWS VIDEOTAPE PURPORTING TO SHOW THE EXECUTION OF TURKISH HOSTAGE MURAT YUCE.

(Arabic) UNIDENTIFIED HOSTAGE TAKER SAYING "Turkey is still insisting on aiding the infidel U.S. operation...We will apply God's law on this apostate and ask Muslims in Turkey to help their Muslim brothers and not the occupation."

(Turkish) MAN WHO IDENTIFIES HIMSELF AS MURAT YUCE, SAYING: "My name is Murat Yuce. I am from Corum and I live in Ankara. I came to Iraq with Bilimtur. A Jordanian firm controls all the works at the US base here, from cleaning to deploying it. The Tepe Company Group, Dolce Firm and Bilimtur are some of the Turkish firms working for this Jordanian company. The Jordanian firm and Turkish firms are all staying in the US base. We also stay in the US base in El Mansur. I have witnessed the brutality of US troops in Iraq but I wanted to earn some more money and stayed.

"Here Americans bomb the people without differing between kids or families. The bad things still happen in Abu Ghraib prison, and American troops still abuse prisoners and people even out of the prison, opposite to what the world has been told. The press is writing wrong stories and manipulating the world in the wrong direction. "I suggest that all Turkish citizens who come to Iraq to work to help the occupier American troops that you do not need to carry guns. Any movement which approves the American existence in Iraq is a betrayal to Islam, Iraq and the people of Iraq. My last words are that many countries have halted their companies' operations in Iraq. Turkish firms, you must withdraw from Iraq."

HOSTAGE TAKER SHOUTING 'ALLAHU AKHBAR' (GOD IS GREATEST) BEFORE APPEARING TO SHOOT HOSTAGE THROUGH HEAD.