DUBAI, May 10 (Reuters) - The self-styled Islamic State in Iraq, an al Qaeda-led militant group, posted a video showing the killing of nine abducted police and army officers, after an ultimatum it gave to the Iraqi government expired.

The footage posted on the Internet showed a militant shoot them in the head with a pistol as they kneeled in an open field. The group had demanded that the government surrender within 72 hours officers involved in the suspected rape of a Sunni Muslim woman, among other demands.

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