How sad, he goes over there to help the Iraqi's and they murder him. Although its unconfirmed, i think it may be true.The Foreign Office is checking unconfirmed reports on an Arab TV station that British hostage Kenneth Bigley has been killed by Iraqi militants.
Abu Dhabi Television said it was told by "informed" sources in Iraq.
Mr Bigley, 62, of Liverpool, was taken hostage on 16 September by the Tawhid and Jihad group which beheaded two Americans captured at the same time.
The Foreign Office has informed Mr Bigley's family of the reports but says it cannot confirm them.
I have heard nothing at all - I have been optimistic and remain optimistic
Paul Bigley
Hostage timeline
The Abu Dhabi TV says it has received a video CD relating to Mr Bigley, according to BBC correspondent Jo Floto.
The station refused to say what was on it but said that they would air it at 1500 BST.
Previous claim
It is not the first time it has been reported that Mr Bigley has been killed.
A previous claim on a website was quickly dismissed as unreliable.
On Friday, Reuters news agency also quoted Falluja insurgent sources as saying Mr Bigley had been killed on Thursday.
And Dubai-based news channel Al-Arabiya TV said its sources confirmed the execution of Mr Bigley.
Commenting on the latest reports, Mr Bigley's brother Paul, who has led a campaign for the engineer's release told Reuters: "I have heard nothing at all.
"I have been optimistic and remain optimistic."
He said he was praying the news was not true.
A Foreign Office spokesman said it was "trying urgently to corroborate reports that Kenneth Bigley has been killed but has not yet done so".
The Foreign Office was "in close touch with the family at this difficult time", he added.
Iraqi Interior Ministry officials in Baghdad said they had no information on the report, Reuters said.
Irish passport
Mr Bigley was last seen alive in a video broadcast last week, pleading for Prime Minister Tony Blair to help him.
An Iraqi cleric claimed to have met Mr Bigley last Saturday.
Syed al-Kareem said part of the reason Mr Bigley had not been executed was because his captors were trying to determine if he is Irish or British.
Ireland has now granted a passport to Mr Bigley, whose mother was born in Dublin.
His Irish citizenship has formed part of a campaign for his freedom, led by his brother Paul.
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Hostage Ken Bigley Murdered
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I hope these bastards burn in whatever they call hell.
We should have sent Mr Blair as a hostage exchange.
Sleep well Mr Blair.
We should have sent Mr Blair as a hostage exchange.
Sleep well Mr Blair.
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I hope it was quick, i have seen the videos of the 2 americans being beheaded and it was anything but quick, my thaughts are with his family, lets pray to god they dont see the video if one exists of ken. I say we hack the heads of thier wives off with a pen knife, see how it feels with the shoe being on the other foot. what pr*cks they are!!!! 
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I say we don't as we are much better than them lowlife pieces of scum.Gunn wrote:I hope it was quick, i have seen the videos of the 2 americans being beheaded and it was anything but quick, my thaughts are with his family, lets pray to god they dont see the video if one exists of ken. I say we hack the heads of thier wives off with a pen knife, see how it feels with the shoe being on the other foot. what pr*cks they are!!!!
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The family were one of the first to see it - so that they were able to confirm the killing. I bet he was killed from long before yesterday - just seeing how much coverage/money/whatever that can get from the british public.Gunn wrote:I hope it was quick, i have seen the videos of the 2 americans being beheaded and it was anything but quick, my thaughts are with his family, lets pray to god they dont see the video if one exists of ken. I say we hack the heads of thier wives off with a pen knife, see how it feels with the shoe being on the other foot. what pr*cks they are!!!!
Gunn wrote:I say we hack the heads of thier wives off with a pen knife, see how it feels with the shoe being on the other foot. what pr*cks they are!!!!
How sad, he goes over there to help the Iraqi's and they murder him. Although its unconfirmed, i think it may be true.
"we hack their heads of their wives off with a pen knife" - engage brain before typing, killing innocent people is their way not ours. I feel bloody sorry for this bloke and his family too, but lets not forget he went into a bloody dangerous situation of his own free will with the intent of making money. The Iraq's as a people didn't murder this man anymore than the British as people murdered anyone that the IRA killed. Their are plenty of troubled people around the world, Ken just happened to end up in Iraq where they are paying civil engineering contractors a fortune?
He was probably a bloody nice bloke and my thought are with his family at what must be an impossibly difficult time, but all this rubbish that the government could have done more are just retarded, no negotiation with terrorists.
