Jack Hensley
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'''Jack Hensley''' ([[September 22]], [[1955]] – [[September 21]], [[2004]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[engineer]] from [[Marietta, Georgia|Marietta]], [[Cobb County, Georgia|Cobb County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], near [[Atlanta]].
While working in [[Iraq]] he was kidnapped and [[decapitation|beheaded]] by [[terrorism|terrorists]]. His colleague, [[Eugene Armstrong]], was beheaded the previous day. Their killers, [[Tawhid and Jihad]], the terrorist group led by [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]], were demanding the release of Iraqi women in U.S. custody.
Hours after Hensley was beheaded, Tawhid and Jihad posted a videotape on the [[Internet]] of British hostage [[Kenneth Bigley]] pleading to then Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] to have his life spared. Bigley was beheaded three weeks later.
The internet service provider of Tawhid and Jihad's website showing his murder, [[HostingAnime]], has defended showing the content citing [[free speech]].
==See also==
* [[Iraq]]
** [[2003 invasion of Iraq]]
** [[Human rights situation in post-Saddam Iraq]]
* [[Decapitation]]
** [[Daniel Pearl]]
** [[Nick Berg]]
** [[Paul Marshall Johnson, Jr.]]
** [[Eugene Armstrong]]
** [[Kim Sun-il]]
** [[Kenneth Bigley]]
** [[Shosei Koda]]
**[[Seif Adnan Kanaan]]
==External links==
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/21/international/middleeast/21iraq.html Iraqi Video Shows Beheading of Man Said to Be American] ([[The New York Times]]) (must be registered)
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3678150.stm Kidnappers 'Renew Death Threat'] ([[BBC]])
* [http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/21/iraq.beheading/index.html Al-Zarqawi Group Beheads American Hostage] ([[CNN]])
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[[Category:1955 births]]
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[[Category:Foreign hostages in Iraq]]
[[Category:People from Marietta, Georgia]]
[[Category:American people taken hostage]]
[[Category:American terrorism victims]]
[[Category:Terrorism deaths in Iraq]]
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