Who remembers Ken Bigley?
‼️ A British civil engineer from Liverpool who was kidnapped and murdered in Iraq during the post-2003 invasion period.
‼️ On 16 September 2004, Bigley and two American colleagues: Eugene “Jack” Armstrong and Jack Hensley
were abducted from their shared house in the al-Mansour district of Baghdad by the Islamist militant group Tawhid and Jihad (also known as Monotheism and Jihad), led by the Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
‼️ The two Americans were beheaded first: Armstrong on or around 20 September, followed by Hensley on 21 September. Videos of their killings were released online.
‼️ Bigley was held longer. In propaganda videos released by his captors, he appeared at times caged or shackled, pleading for his life and directly appealing to British Prime Minister Tony Blair and the UK government to meet the group’s demands.
‼️ Despite public appeals from his family, the Muslim Council of Britain, and indirect diplomatic efforts, Bigley was beheaded on 7 October 2004 (aged 62). A video of the killing was posted online shortly afterward, showing him reading a statement before one of the masked militants cut off his head with a knife. His severed head was reportedly placed on his body afterward.
This world is FUCKED!!!!