Video of American’s Beheading Put on Web
From Times Wire Reports
A videotape of the beheading of American aviation engineer Paul M. Johnson Jr. by Al Qaeda-linked militants in Saudi Arabia a month ago has appeared on the Internet.
The tape shows what appears to be the motionless body of Johnson being decapitated and the head held up for the camera.
Johnson, 49, was employed by Lockheed Martin Corp. and specialized in Apache helicopters. He was beheaded June 18.
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