The one that cut Berg’s head off were the predecessor to this bunch.
The leader’s name was Zarqawi(SP?), IIRC.
Documents were found indicating Osama bin Laden wasn’t all too happy about NB getting his head cut off, it ruined the purpose of the video and made it useless apparently.
Nick Bergs father was with International ANSWER and said after his son got his head cut off the terrorist had just killed their best friend.
In short, our little lefty friends were collaborating with the terrorist to produce a propaganda video and it was ruined by NB getting his head cut off.
That is what started the fallout between this bunch and OBL/al Qaida.
The divide between this bunch and OBL was completed when this bunch planned a terrorist attack for NYC, October 2005, without getting OBL’s permission.
Al Qaida began providing info to the US military about Zarqawi’s whereabouts and he was turned into hamburger with a few 500# bombs IIRC.
IMO, this latest beheading is a message to our little lefty friends, thanks for arming us but you don’t control us.
I do remember that very strange statement.
And then reading Wiki, I was reminded of this very strange deal:
On May 14, 2004, it was revealed that Nick Berg had been investigated during the U.S. government’s investigation of Zacarias Moussaoui. Berg’s email address had been used by Moussaoui prior to the September 11, 2001, attacks. According to Berg’s father, Nick Berg had a chance encounter with an acquaintance of Moussaoui on a bus in Norman, Oklahoma. This person had asked to borrow Berg’s laptop computer to send an email. Berg gave the details of his own email account and password, which were later used by Moussaoui. The FBI found that Berg had no direct terrorism connections or direct link with Moussaoui.[7]