[hopespringseternal]

Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq beheaded an American civilian and vowed more killings in revenge for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners, an Islamist Web site said on Tuesday.

And is anyone really stupid enough to believe they wouldn't have killed him anyway?

That is the deal with these savages. They try to cut your throat whether you are trying to kill them or feed them. So you might as well kill them.

[Williams]

The "revenge" is as authentic as when the media reports that dems are "outraged" by something. Al Queda obviously brutally used the prison story for publicity. If they had their way most Iraqis would be imprisoned or killed, they care zero for the prisoners. Only the idiotic left wing media would credit the word of Al Queda.