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A video image released June 22, 2004 by Al Jazeera TV shows one of the kidnappers read a statement addressed to the Korean people, blaming the tragedy for the South Korean government's fault in sending army to Iraq. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)

A video image released June 22, 2004 by Al Jazeera TV shows armed gunmen, standing over a kneeling, blindfolded figure dressed in orange, saying they were about to carry out their threat. Militants beheaded a South Korean hostage in Iraq on Tuesday after Seoul refused their demand to withdraw its troops.(China Daily/Reuters Photo)

South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun "strongly" condemned terrorism Wednesday in his first public reaction to the beheading of a Korean hostage by Islamic militants in Iraq.
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Parents of Kim Soong Il were in deep grief after hearing the news that their son had been beheaded, June 23, 2004, Seoul.(Xinhua/AFP Photo)

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Shin Young-ja, mother of Kim Sun-il, was sent to hospital later. (Xinhua/AP Photo)