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Thomas Foley: like most of America, we grieve today the loss of Paul Johnson, apparently beheaded by an al Qaeda-linked Saudi militant…

On the recordJune 18, 2004
like most of America, we grieve today the loss of Paul Johnson, apparently beheaded by an al Qaeda-linked Saudi militant group. He was found today in the Saudi Arabian capital. He was an American contractor living in Saudi Arabia since 1980, a Floridian who was beheaded by these terrorists: immoral, barbaric, and demonic. I know most Muslims, Christians and Jews would join me in the feeling that these acts are offensive in the eyes of God. This murder had no purpose except to show that these cowards had one purpose, and that is to take an innocent life. They hid behind hoods and executed a citizen of this country who loved the people of Saudi Arabia, who enjoyed working in that country to help the people of Saudi Arabia, who was an innocent, decent, kind husband and father. This was not an execution but a barbaric and demonic act of torture. If these sadists believe this type of action will unnerve America and weaken our resolve in our war against terror, they are both stupid, as they are wrong.
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Condemning the beheading of American contractor Paul Johnson by an al Qaeda-linked group.

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