Jack Hensley 1004498 225248687 2008-07-12T18:07:05Z Textman 3158856 Please, his family should not have to see this picture. '''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]]) {{DEFAULTSORT:Hensley, Jack}} [[Category:1955 births]] [[Category:2004 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths by decapitation]] [[Category:Filmed deaths]] [[Category:Foreign hostages in Iraq]] [[Category:People from Marietta, Georgia]] [[Category:American people taken hostage]] [[Category:American terrorism victims]] [[Category:Terrorism deaths in Iraq]] {{engineer-stub}} [[fi:Jack Hensley]]