Humanitarian aid worker Margaret Hassan is believed to have been executed in Iraq. A video emerged yesterday that showed a blindfolded woman, apparently Hassan, being shot in the head. Al Jazeera obtained the tape but decided not to air it. The 59-year-old Hassan headed the organization Care International which has since pulled out of the country. The Irish-born British citizen had lived in Iraq for the past 30 years and was well known for her critique of US policy in Iraq. British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said, “It is repugnant to commit such a crime against a woman who has spent most of her life working for the good of the people of Iraq.” Hassan’s husband yesterday begged for the return of her body. It remains unknown who kidnapped or killed Hassan. A friend of Hassan, Felicity Arbuthnot, told BBC that said she had felt Hassan was “doomed” once the US assault began in Falluja.