Egypt Confirms Envoy Killed

World | July 7, 2005, Thursday // 00:00

Egypt has confirmed the killing of the country's ambassador to Iraq. Authorities confirmed Thursday the information in an Internet message, which stated that the envoy, Ihab al-Sherif, was killed, BBC reported. The message's source claimed to be a militant group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The video on the website showed a blindfolded man who claimed the identity of al-Sherif. He was abducted last Saturday in Baghdad.

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