Iraq Turns Over Decapitated Corpse to U.S.
Iraqi officials recovered a decapitated corpse in western Baghdad on Wednesday and turned it over to the United States, which was investigating if it was the body of kidnapped American Jack Hensley -- purportedly slain the day before by al-Qaida-linked militants. The discovery came as Iraq's Justice Ministry promised to release one of two high-profile women prisoners. Officials denied the decision was linked to demands by militants who claimed responsibility for the slaying of Hensley and another American -- and are threatening to execute a Briton captured with them unless all female Iraqi prisoners are freed. The United States said it wasn't aware of such a decision. The brother of the British hostage, Kenneth Bigley, recorded a message to be broadcast on Arabic language TV station Al-Jazeera urging his captors to free him in response to the expected release of the Iraqi woman. [
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