NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Paul Marshall Johnson, Jr.

Paul Marshall Johnson, Jr. (May 8, 1955 - c. June 18, 2004) was an American helicopter engineer who lived in Saudi Arabia. He was a native of Stafford Township and Eagleswood Township, both of New Jersey. Image File history File links Paul_Marshall_Johnson_Jr. ... Image File history File links Paul_Marshall_Johnson_Jr. ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up Circa on Wiktionary, the free dictionary The Latin word circa, literally meaning about, is often used to describe various dates (often birth and death dates) that are uncertain. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Bell 206 of Canadian Helicopters Robinson Helicopter Company (USA) R44, a four seat development of the R22 A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more horizontal rotors. ... Stafford Township is a township located in Ocean County, New Jersey. ... Eagleswood Township is a township located in Ocean County, New Jersey. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area Ranked 47th - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 kmÂ²) - Width 70 miles (110 km) - Length 150 miles (240 km) - % water 14. ...

Johnson, who worked for Lockheed Martin on upgrading Saudi AH-64A Apache attack helicopters, was kidnapped and taken hostage by a terrorist group claiming to be part of Al-Qaida. The group, headed by Abdel Aziz al-Muqrin, posted a video of Johnson on an Islamist website on June 15, 2004. Johnson was blindfolded, and a man armed with an AK-47 could be seen next to him. The video is about two minutes long. Johnson made some statements similar to the ones made by Nick Berg before Berg was killed (not long before Johnson was taken hostage). After making the statements, the next shot is the beheading already in progress. He is lying on a bed with about three men holding him down as one militant severs his head. Though unlike the Berg and Eugene Armstrong videos, there is no screaming. The video was also similar to that of Daniel Pearl, who was killed in Pakistan in 2002, and Kim Sun-il, a South Korean who was killed in Iraq during the same month not long after Johnson was killed in Saudi Arabia. Lockheed/BAE/Northrop F-35 Lockheed Trident missile C-130 Hercules; in production since the 1950s, now as the C-130J Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is an aerospace manufacturer formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. ... Boeing AH-64 Apache The Boeing IDS AH-64 Apache Helicopter is the US Armys principal attack helicopter, the successor to the AH-1 Cobra. ... A hostage is a person (sometimes another entity) which is held by a captor (often a criminal abductor) in order to compel another party (relative, employer, government. ... Al-Qaeda (Arabic: القاعدة, the foundation or the base) is the name given to a worldwide network of militant Islamist organizations under the leadership of Osama bin Laden. ... Abdulaziz Issa Abdul-Mohsin al-Moqrin (also Abdel Aziz al-Muqrin, Abd al-Aziz al-Muqrin or Abu Hazim) (1972 or 1973 - June 18, 2004) was an al-Qaeda leader in Saudi Arabia. ... This article is about political Islamism. ... June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Avtomat Kalashnikova model 1947 g. ... Berg in October 2003 Nicholas Evan Berg (April 2, 1978 â€“ May 7, 2004) was an American businessman seeking telecommunications work in Iraq during the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq. ... Eugene Armstrong, in orange, seated, before his decapitation by the five men standing over him. ... Daniel Pearl Daniel Pearl (October 10, 1963 â€“ February 1, 2002) was a journalist who garnered international concern when he was kidnapped (and eventually murdered) in Karachi, Pakistan. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Kim Sun-il (September 13, 1970 â€“ June 22, 2004) was a South Korean translator working in Iraq for Gana General Trading Company, a South Korean company under contract to the U.S. military. ... Motto: ë„ë¦¬ ì¸ê°„ ì„¸ê³„ë¥¼ ì´ë¡ê²Œ í•˜ë¼ (Broadly bring benefit to humanity, å¼˜ç›Šäººé–“) Anthem: Aegukga Capital Seoul Largest city Seoul Official language(s) Korean Government Presidential democracy - President Roh Moo-hyun - Prime Minister Han Myung-sook Establishment - Gojoseon 2333 BC - Declaration of Republic March 1, 1919 - Liberation August 15, 1945 - First Republic August 15, 1948 Area - Total...

The video was released on the same day that Crown Prince Abdullah promised to step up security and investigations against militant Islamic groups in Saudi Arabia. This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ...

Johnson was described by his son, Paul Johnson III, as a lover of Saudi Arabian culture who often sent verses of the Koran to his daughter. The , (Arabic: recitation, also transliterated as Quran, Koran, and Alcoran, Turkish Kuran), is the central religious text of Islam. ...

Immediately after the video was released, American and Saudi Arabian authorities began to deal with the hostage situation. Both the United States and Saudi Arabia asserted that they would not comply with the kidnappers' demands. Those demands included, but were not limited to, releasing all terrorists being held in Saudi custody.

At 17h30 UTC on June 18, Al-Arabiya and CNN reported that Johnson had been beheaded. This report is based on three photographs of the murder posted on the Internet. Saudi officials initially claimed to have discovered Johnson's body near Riyadh later that day, but on June 19 those claims were withdrawn. The Saudi government withheld official proclamation of Johnson's death until the body is found. UTC also stands for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time, the basis for civil time, differs by an integral number of seconds from atomic time and a fractional number of seconds from UT1. ... June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... Al-Arabiya is an Arabic-language satellite news channel based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates which began broadcasting in February 2003, launched with an investment of $300 million from the Saudi-owned MBC, the Lebanese Hariri Group, and others. ... The Cable News Network, usually referred to as CNN, is a cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... This articles section pertaining to consciousness after decapitation is missing references or citation of sources. ... Riyadh (Arabic: ar-RiyÄá¸) is the capital of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, located in Ar Riyad Province in the Najd region. ... June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ...

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Also on June 18, Al-Muqrin and three other suspects on Saudi Arabia's most wanted list were killed. It is believed that their deaths occurred while disposing of Johnson's body.

On July 21, Saudi security officials found Johnson's head in a refrigerator in a villa in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... Riyadh (Arabic: ar-RiyÄá¸) is the capital of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, located in Ar Riyad Province in the Najd region. ...

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