Egypt’s Ambassador to Iraq Killed by al-Qaeda After Being Kidnapped

Egypt’s ambassador to Iraq, Ihab el-Sherif, was executed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s “al-Qaeda in Iraq” terror group.

Zarqawi’s group is responsible for beheading many Western, Muslim and Iraqi hostages.

The Egyptian ambassador was taken at gunpoint near his home as he stopped to buy a newspaper in an Iraqi market.

This execution is apparently in response to the international community pledging support to the new Iraqi government and Egypt announcing that it would be the first Arab nation to send a full ambassador to Baghdad. al-Qaeda didn't like that, calling the Egyptians "infidels."

Coming from a two-bit terrorist like Zarqawi, whose behavior is an insult to God, calling the Egyptians 'infidels' would be laughable if he hadn't just murdered Egypt's emissary to Iraq.

Hopefully other nations will make their Iraqi embassies into fortresses until the security situation in and around Baghdad improves. Ambassadors should have residences inside their compounds, not outside of them where any Zarqawi thug with a gun and an attitude can take a shot at them.