Iraqi Qaeda kills national guards, posts Web video

DUBAI, Sept 6 (Reuters) An Iraqi militant group led by al Qaeda posted a Web video today showing the killing of two Iraqi national guardsmen whom it branded collaborators with the US-backed Iraqi government.

The video by the Mujahideen Shura Council, an umbrella group led by al Qaeda in Iraq, showed two men in military uniforms giving their personal details on camera while holding military identification cards.

Their comments were barely audible, but one man could be heard saying: ''I call on my brothers in the national guard to cooperate with the mujhaideen ... This is a message to my colleagues in the national guard, the collaborators.'' The video, posted on an Internet site often used by militant groups, then showed the blindfolded men being killed by a single shot in the head. One of the men could be seen shaking and sobbing before the shooting.

Al Qaeda and other militant groups in Iraq often target members of the country's US-backed military and police forces, which they regard as traitors and collaborators with the occupation.

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