About: Kidnapping and murder of Kenneth Bigley

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Kenneth John Bigley (22 April 1942 – 7 October 2004) was a British civil engineer who was kidnapped in the al-Mansour district of Baghdad, Iraq, on 16 September 2004, along with his colleagues Jack Hensley and Eugene Armstrong, both United States citizens. The three men were working for Gulf Supplies and Commercial Services, a Kuwaiti company working on reconstruction projects in Iraq. The men knew their home was being watched and realised they were in great danger when their Iraqi house guard informed them he was leaving due to threats by militias for protecting American and British workers. Bigley and the two Americans decided it was worth the risk and continued to live in the house. All were subsequently kidnapped and later murdered by beheading.

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  • كينيث بجلي (بالإنجليزية: Kenneth Bigley)‏ (ولد 22 أبريل 1942م – توفي 7 أكتوبر 2004م)هو مهندس مدني بريطاني تم اختطافه يوم 16 سبتمبر 2004م في حي المنصور في بغداد بالعراق، مع زميلين له هما جاك هنزلي ويوجين أرمسترونغ، وكلاهما أمريكيان. (ar)
  • Kenneth John Bigley (22 April 1942 – 7 October 2004) was a British civil engineer who was kidnapped in the al-Mansour district of Baghdad, Iraq, on 16 September 2004, along with his colleagues Jack Hensley and Eugene Armstrong, both United States citizens. The three men were working for Gulf Supplies and Commercial Services, a Kuwaiti company working on reconstruction projects in Iraq. The men knew their home was being watched and realised they were in great danger when their Iraqi house guard informed them he was leaving due to threats by militias for protecting American and British workers. Bigley and the two Americans decided it was worth the risk and continued to live in the house. All were subsequently kidnapped and later murdered by beheading. On 18 September, the Tawhid and Jihad ("Oneness of God and Jihad") Islamic extremist group, led by Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, released a video of the three men kneeling in front of a Tawhid and Jihad banner. The kidnappers said they would kill the men within 48 hours if their demands for the release of Iraqi women prisoners held by coalition forces were not met. Armstrong was killed on 20 September when the deadline expired, Hensley 24 hours later, and Bigley over two weeks later, despite the attempted intervention of the Muslim Council of Britain and the indirect intervention of the British government. Videos of the killings were posted on websites and blogs. (en)
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  • Kenneth John Bigley (en)
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  • Bigley with his wife Sombat in 1998 (en)
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  • كينيث بجلي (بالإنجليزية: Kenneth Bigley)‏ (ولد 22 أبريل 1942م – توفي 7 أكتوبر 2004م)هو مهندس مدني بريطاني تم اختطافه يوم 16 سبتمبر 2004م في حي المنصور في بغداد بالعراق، مع زميلين له هما جاك هنزلي ويوجين أرمسترونغ، وكلاهما أمريكيان. (ar)
  • Kenneth John Bigley (22 April 1942 – 7 October 2004) was a British civil engineer who was kidnapped in the al-Mansour district of Baghdad, Iraq, on 16 September 2004, along with his colleagues Jack Hensley and Eugene Armstrong, both United States citizens. The three men were working for Gulf Supplies and Commercial Services, a Kuwaiti company working on reconstruction projects in Iraq. The men knew their home was being watched and realised they were in great danger when their Iraqi house guard informed them he was leaving due to threats by militias for protecting American and British workers. Bigley and the two Americans decided it was worth the risk and continued to live in the house. All were subsequently kidnapped and later murdered by beheading. (en)
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