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...group had threatened to kill Higgins, calling him a "proven spy," if Sheik Abdul Karim Obeid were not freed. The influential Moslem cleric was kidnapped in a raid by Israeli commandos Friday...
They said the execution was carried out in retaliation for Israel's kidnapping of a Moslem cleric last week...
There was no way to verify immediately the Moslem group's claim and whether the purported hanging occurred yesterday. The 30-second videotape was of extremely poor quality, and there was no indication when it was made...
Rushdie, an Indian-born Moslem, has been in hiding, reportedly under armed police guard, since Khomeini decreed February 14 that he should be killed, and two Iranian religious leaders put a $5.2 million bounty on his head...
Some Western officials believe the Moslem guerrillas will soon capture key Afghan cities now that the Soviet troops are gone...