The al Qaeda-linked Army of Ansar al-Sunna has executed 11 members of the Iraqi National Guards it had abducted, the group said in a statement posted on Thursday on its Website along with photographs. "The ruling of God has been implemented against them by slaughtering one and killing the others by firing squad," the statement said, whose authenticity could not be confirmed.
The group had on Tuesday announced abduction of 11 National Guards south of Baghdad.
"We informed you in a previous statement... that 11 apostates from the militia affiliated to the crusader forces - the National Guard - were ambushed and kidnapped on the Baghdad-Hilla road," the statement said.
"The investigation and their confessions showed that this force was assigned with the task of protecting the US crusader occupation forces in Radwaniya and its surroundings south of Baghdad," it said.
One of the photographs showed the beheaded man with his head placed on his back. Other pictures showed his slain colleagues with their hands tied behind their backs.
The group warned that anyone "serving the crusaders and their puppet, the collaborator Iraqi government," would meet the same fate.
The Army of Ansar al-Sunna has posted videos and photos on its Website showing the killing of several foreign hostages and Iraqis accused of "collaborating" with US forces.
It killed 12 Nepalese workers in late August after taking them hostage.
Iraq's fledgling security forces have been a favourite target for insurgents.
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