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Hostage's Murder Shakes U.S. Ex-Pats in Saudi Arabia

NPR | By Julie McCarthy

Published June 21, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Security forces in Saudi Arabia continue to search for the body of American engineer Paul Johnson, who was beheaded by Islamist militants in the capital, Riyadh, on Friday. The murder of Johnson and several other foreigners this month has deeply shaken the American expatriate community in the Saudi Kingdom. NPR's Julie McCarthy reports.

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