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12 Nepalese guest workers murdered in Iraq. This is the price these poor Nepalis paid for NOT being Muslim and for working in the Arab/Islamic world. It would not surprise me if these Nepalis were singled out for murder by these Moslem fanatics because they were from the Indian subcontinent and were Hindus or Buddhists.
Nepalese hostages killed in IraqNepalese hostages killed in Iraq
Twelve Nepalese hostages have been killed by their captors in Iraq.
A Nepalese diplomat confirmed the deaths hours after images were put on a website, apparently showing one man being beheaded and 11 being shot dead.
Nepal's ambassador to Qatar, Shyamanand Suman, said it was one of the "worst days" in his country's history.
The militants said the 12 Nepalis had been killed because they "came from their country to fight the Muslims and to serve the Jews and the Christians".
The group, Army of Ansar al-Sunna, said the men were being punished for helping the US, and it had "carried out the sentence of God" against them.
Mr Suman told Radio Nepal that he did not yet know all the details of the killings but did believe the men were dead.
" What sins have I committed to deserve this? "
Jit Bahadur Khadka,
Father of slain hostage
"I have contacted Cairo and I have received confirmation. Confirmation has come from different quarters," he said.
No remains of the hostages have yet been recovered.
Many foreigners have been captured in Iraq and some have been killed, but this is by far the largest killing of hostages.
Among at least 20 people still being held by militants are two French journalists whose captors have given France until Tuesday evening to revoke a ban on Islamic headscarves in state schools.
'Barbarian'
The 12 Nepalese citizens are thought to have travelled to the Middle East to earn money as cooks and cleaners.
A video on a website used by Islamic militants showed two men holding down an apparent hostage and beheading him.
It also showed a group of men lying on the ground who were then shot in the back and the head.
In Nepal, the government held an emergency Cabinet meeting in the capital Kathmandu.
It condemned the murders as a "barbarian act of terrorism", and pressed the international community to hunt down the killers.
Elsewhere, the men's families were grief-stricken.
"What sins have I committed to deserve this?" Jit Bahadur Khadka, father of hostage Ramesh, was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency in Kathmandu.
His wife Radha fainted at the news.
Villagers crowded round the family home in Lele, 20km (12 miles) south of Kathmandu, where the 19-year-old hostage had lived, to console them.
"We were expecting their safe return. This is very shocking. This is completely unexpected," said Sudarshan Khadka, Ramesh's brother.
He said the Nepalese government had not done enough to get the men released.
But Nepal said it had tried to make contact with the hostage-takers.
Employers accused
Foreign Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat said the killings came as a shock because "there were no demands or deadlines."
He said he had stressed that Nepal was not part of the US-led coalition in Iraq.
"I repeatedly conveyed the message that these people have nothing to do with the Americans," he said.
The Kathmandu government accused recruitment agencies of putting impoverished Nepalese workers at risk in Iraq.
It vowed "to take action against those persons who are found involved in illegal methods of recruitment of helpless Nepalese into Iraq, resulting in this devastating tragedy".
Nepal, one of the poorest countries in the world, has banned Nepalis from going to Iraq, despite the relatively well-paid jobs there.
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BBC NEWS | South Asia | Nepalese hostages killed in Iraq
Published: 2004/08/31 18:37:49 GMT
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