Militants Reportedly Kill U.S. Soldier Held Since April; Three Turks Freed

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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi militants released three Turkish hostages Tuesday, shortly after another group of kidnappers claimed to have executed an American soldier captured nearly three months ago.

The killing of Spc. Keith M. Maupin, 20, of Batavia, Ohio, was reported by Arab television, which aired a videotape showing a blindfolded man identified by his captors as Maupin sitting on the ground.

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Militants Reportedly Kill U.S. Soldier Held Since April; Three Turks Freed

Al-Jazeera said that in the next scene, gunmen shoot the man in the back of the head, in front of a hole dug in the ground. The station did not broadcast the killing.

The U.S. military said it could not immediately co...

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