Iraq Qaeda leader killed two US soldiers-Web

DUBAI, June 20 (Reuters) The new leader of al Qaeda in Iraq ''slit the throats'' of two US soldiers whose bodies were found in Baghdad, according to a statement posted on the Internet today.

''God Almighty has graced the leader Abu Hamza al-Muhajir ...

with the implementation of the sentence,'' said a statement from the al Qaeda-led Mujahideen Shura Council. It said the two had been killed by having their throats slit.

The statement could not be authenticated. It was posted on one Web forum used by Islamists, but not on the main site used by Iraqi insurgent groups.

The same group had said in a statement on Monday, a few hours before the bodies were found, that it had abducted them and would provide more details in the coming days.

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