Seif Adnan Kanaan (died 22 October 2004) was an Iraqi citizen who was abducted in Iraq and beheaded on 22 October 2004. The reason given by the kidnappers, the

Army of Ansar Al-Sunna Jamaat Ansar al-Sunnah ( ar, جماعة أنصار السنه, Jama'at 'Anṣār as-Sunnah, lit= Assembly of the Helpers of Sunnah), also known as Jaish Ansar al-Sunna (Army of the Helpers of Sunnah), Ali ibn Abi Talib Battalion or simply ...

, was that he was employed by the

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On 22 October 2004, a video was posted on the website of the

, apparently showed the beheading of Kanaan.
Washington Times. October 24, 2004. Kanaan was shown in a picture surrounded by the three hooded gunmen with a banner of the Army of Ansar Al-Sunna in the background. They accused him of being an American spy recruited in Mosul. In the video the man makes a statement: "My name is Seif Adnan Kanaan. I work at

Mosul Mosul ( ar, الموصل, al-Mawṣil, ku, مووسڵ, translit=Mûsil, Turkish: ''Musul'', syr, ܡܘܨܠ, Māwṣil) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. The city is considered the second larg ...

airport... My second job is to supply beverages to the US army". One of the gunmen then reads a statement saying that "the mujahedeen (Islamic fighters) in Mosul were able to capture ... a crusader

spy Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information (intelligence) from non-disclosed sources or divulging of the same without the permission of the holder of the information for a tangib ...

recruited by US forces to spy and inform on the

mujahedeen ''Mujahideen'', or ''Mujahidin'' ( ar, مُجَاهِدِين, mujāhidīn), is the plural form of ''mujahid'' ( ar, مجاهد, mujāhid, strugglers or strivers or justice, right conduct, Godly rule, etc. doers of jihād), an Arabic term t ...

in Mosul." The gunman said the purported spy worked at a US base in Mosul airport and "was known for his allegiance to the Americans and his hatred for the mujahedeen." He had "publicly insulted ( Islam's) Prophet Mohammed...We tell people like him: the door of repentance is open... Announce your repentance and live in peace among your kin," the gunman said. He then warned that "The mujahedeen will catch those who persist in working with US forces, and settle for nothing less than beheading them." Kanaak was beheaded after "confessing to all the actions he carried out." The group also posted the statement on its website, accompanied by pictures of the beheading. The video showed the man who read the statement later beheading the victim with a

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. He placed the head on the back of the victim, who lay in a pool of blood. The man had been killed "to serve as a lesson for others," the murderer said.

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USA Today:''Internet tape purportedly shows beheading''
By

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Posted: October 23, 2004. Retrieved: December 30, 2010.
Washington Times:''Car Bombings Kill 17 Iraqis; Attack Injures 6 U.S. Soldiers/Extremists Said to Behead Man Working With Americans''
By Karl Vick. Washington Post Foreign Service. Posted: October 24, 2004. Retrieved: December 30, 2010. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kanaan, Seif Adnan Year of birth missing 2004 murders in Iraq 2004 deaths Islamism-related beheadings Iraqi terrorism victims Iraqi people taken hostage Terrorism deaths in Iraq People murdered in Iraq Iraqi murder victims

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