Boy To Beheads 'spy'

[Christina]

TALEBAN USES BOY TO BEHEAD 'SPY'April 21, 2007BBC News reports: “The Taleban in Afghanistan have used a boy of around 12 to behead a man they accused of spying for the U.S..Parts of a video of the beheading were broadcast on the Dubai-based al-Arabiya TV network.The Taleban said the dead man, Ghulam Nabi, had given the U.S. information which led to an air strike in which a senior Taleban commander died.The video footage shows Mr. Nabi being blindfolded with a chequered scarf and making what is said to be a confession.The boy, wearing a camouflage jacket and wielding a large knife, denounces him as a spy and then cuts off his head.The father of Mr. Nabi, who lives in Pakistan and who confirmed that his son was the man killed in the video, said his son had been a loyal member of the Taleban…”