Al Qaeda says kills Egypt envoy in Iraq-Web.

DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda group in Iraq said on Thursday it killed Egypt’s top envoy to Iraq for representing a “tyrannical” government allied to the “Jews and Crusaders.”

“We al Qaeda in Iraq announce that the judgment of God has been implemented against the ambassador of the infidels, the ambassador of Egypt. Oh enemy of God, Ihab el-Sherif, this is your punishment in this life,” said the group in an Internet statement posted on an Islamist Web site.

The group, led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, posted a video showing the hostage speaking but not the actual killing.