So sanity prevailed, for which thanks Barb'ry.

If you can be bothered, you might consider importing some of the posts in the unarmed soldier beheaded thread then closing/deleting that thread. Although Alan seems to favour other accounts over that given to the Guardian and ITV Daybreak by Ingrid Layou-Kennett, I think my putting "beheaded" in the other thread's title could turn out to embarrass me. As chatter solidifies into hard fact I think we'll find that there was no beheading.