29 October 2004	Friday	14 Ramazan 1425

DUBAI, Oct 28: An Iraqi militant group said it had killed 11 Iraqi National Guards abducted last week and posted pictures of the killings on its Web site on Thursday.

The Army of Ansar al Sunna said it had beheaded one of the soldiers and shot the other 10. It showed a picture of a beheaded man and a separate picture of a group of men lying on the ground, apparently shot in the head.

A spokesman for the Iraqi defence ministry said it had no reports that the 11 National Guards were missing.

The group said on Tuesday it ambushed 11 members of what it said was the Legion Security Force between Baghdad and Hilla, south of the capital, on Oct 21. It had shown photos of some men in uniform and others wearing T-shirts with "LSF" on them.

"After questioning them it became evident that this unit's duty was to protect occupying American crusader forces ... We slaughtered one of them and shot dead the rest," the group said in its latest statement dated Thursday.

"We warned you several times not to support the crusaders but your weak wills and love of the dollar led you to this fate," it said and warned Iraqi soldiers against supporting US-led forces and Iraq's interim government.

The authenticity of the statement and pictures could not be verified. A video of the killings posted on the site could not be immediately accessed.-Reuters