Full transcript of the communique

This is a transcript of the communique posted on the website Al Qalah.com.

It said Tawhid wal Jihad "frees the prisoner and saves his life and warns all those who collaborate with the aggressor, in whatever form, to leave the country, otherwise they will meet the same fate as his predecessors, that is beheading".

The message reads: "Let his liberation be a clear message to the British people and also an appeal for them to realise the incapacity of their government and its crime in not freeing Iraqi prisoners in exchange for the life of their son.

"The London government has confirmed its indifference towards the life of one of its own children and its continual insistence of carrying out crimes in Iraq, following the criminal Bush who is disinterested in human life, including that of his own people, who he has sent to Iraq to die to serve Zionism and his own objectives.

"The prisoner urged and begged his government to be freed but the reply from that government was to disassociate itself of all its moral responsibility which it has always lacked.

"His family then pleaded with the lions of the Jihad to have mercy on him and his weakness and asked Islam to show justice.

"To emphasise the humiliation of the British Government and its army, Tawhid wal Jihad has decided to spare Bigley, his family and the British people giving him his life and sparing him the punishment that he deserved for helping criminals who have killed Iraqi people in numbers that cannot be counted."