Turkish PM: Gul: They Damage Image of Islam

Gul spoke about the incident during a visit to Brussels. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and members of Human Rights Watch also condemned Johnson’s murder at the hands of Al Qaeda members in Saudi Arabia.

Johnson had been kidnapped earlier in the week and then killed after the Saudi government refused to meet the 72 hour deadline to release several captive Al-Qaeda members in return for Johnson’s life.

After Johnson’s murder, the U.S urged its citizens in countries of the Arabian Peninsula to leave. Several Eastern European countries like Romania, Czech Republic and Hungary warned their citizens not to go to Saudi Arabia.