Video on Islamic militant Web site appears to show beheading of American

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Video on Islamic militant Web site appears to show beheading of American

[kinghorse]

Can't wait to see this roundly condemned in the Muslim world.

waiting. Ok, time up. Go on a tear Marines. Tear the f#ck out of Fallujah. Tear it to pieces. Leave the bodies where they drop.

[cgk]

I just read that article you linked to. After reading the last quote - about how not knowing would be awful - I wonder if they'd rather now know now where he is, then to have his beheading, murder on video. I can't imagine the pain his family is in.

[MEG33]

I have no need to see it, the description is enough. This man was an anti war activist...ironic. Monstrous....Now the Senators can see what an atrocity looks like.

[Velveeta]

No way can I take a look.
(But thanks for letting me know that the links were valid)

[OXENinFLA]

How did you get it to play?

[Frank_Discussion]

"Democrats are evil and I truly believe that."

Better. THANK you. I don't care if you cuss them out like a drunken Russian sailor on bad borscht, call 'em anything you want, and that's fine by me. Just don't denigrate this poor man's death the way you did. He was murdered in blood so cold, I feel cut by it's crimson icicles.

[kcvl]

The video bore the title "Abu Musab al-Zarqawi shown slaughtering an American." It was unclear whether al-Zarqawi — a lieutenant of Usama bin Laden — was shown in the video, or was claiming responsibility for ordering the execution.

The Web site on which the video was posted is known as a clearing house for Al Qaeda and Islamic extremist groups' statements and tapes. An audiotape purportedly from bin Laden — which the CIA said was probably authentic — appeared on the same Web site last week.

Western officials say al-Zarqawi, whose real name is Ahmad Fadhil al-Khalayleh, is a lieutenant of bin Laden. The United States has offered $10 million for information leading to the capture or killing of al-Zarqawi, saying he is trying to build a network of foreign militants in Iraq to work for Al Qaeda.

In the video, the speaker threatened both President Bush and Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf (search).

"As for you Bush ... expect severe days. You and your soldiers will regret the day you stepped into the land of Iraq," he said. He described Musharraf as "a traitor agent."

[P-Marlowe]

I'm not going to watch the video, but if it was done "surgically" then we are probably dealing with a physician, which is consistent with Al Zaquawi.

Let us never forget... The War in Iraq is the War on Terrorism. Those who are not with us are with the terrorists. That includes several Senators and at least one Presidential Candidate.

[kinghorse]

that's the point. they want to scare us away. Obviously Iraq is not ready for civilian assistance. We need a proportionate response. Do that, this happens. Get the dumbshit Iraqi sheep to herd their own. Oh wait, sheep can't herd.

[Frank_Discussion]

"I would rather get a grip than get bent."

I suspect so. hahaha...

[radu]

I've been busy sending out e-mails to media outlets and to gov't. personnel about this. I hope they're happy with themselves now. D*mn them!!! Not through yet....got more e-mails to send out. I hope others are doing the same!

[knak]

they're blaming rumsfeld on DU. Claiming the guy had photos and info so we killed him.

[highlandbreeze]

I didn't really expect an answer tho my question, but thanks for thinking about it.

I'm just extremely angry at the moment and I'm REAL tired of the "blame Bush for everything"

[Logic n' Reason]

Honestly: Did you expect anything different??

Did you??

Really: DID YOU?

These are the same people (and I use the term loosely) who will send a car packed with explosives and a drugged up 14 year old driver into a crowded marketplace - detonate the car - and claim it is justified in the name of the god they worship.

Did you honestly think that Mr. Nick Berg would be found in a hospital in a neutral zone receiving good care??? Did you think he'd be found in relatively good health coming up the road/path??? Did you honestly think he'd be released as part of an exchange for the slime residing in US controlled prisons over there?

Did you really??????????

Mr. Berg - unless he could somehow escape - was dead the moment he was captured.

Period.

We must understand this enemy - and those who support them - find them, fix them, and kill them.

Period!

[RedEyeJack]

Pretty good bet that Nick Berg was Jewish also...

[george wythe]

The United States has offered $10 million for information leading to the capture or killing of al-Zarqawi, saying he is trying to build a network of foreign militants in Iraq to work for Al Qaeda.

What are the chances of Zarqawi being in the vicinities of Fallujah?

It seems that Zarqawi would want to be in friendly territory, just like Saddam was hiding near his hometown.

[jpl]

The "Religion of Peace" strikes again.

[tapatio]

Can someone put out the email addresses to the networks involved

[fedupwithlibs]

I don't think he ever saw it coming. He was sitting in front of the sub-human vermin as they were speaking in goonie goo goo or whatever it is. When they were done they yelled something out and threw him to the floor and cut his head off while he was still alive. What a bunch a pieces of you know what. The gutless cowards cover their face and commit attrocities like this.

[kcvl]

Suzanne Berg, the mother of the 26-year-old Berg, of West Chester, Pa., said her son was in Iraq as an independent businessman to help rebuild communication antennas. He had been missing since April 9, she said.

"He had this idea that he could help rebuild the infrastructure," she said.

The U.S. military Tuesday said an American civilian was found dead in Baghdad, but did not release his identity. State Department spokeswoman Susan Pittman said she couldn't release the name of the dead American, but said she not aware of more than one civilian found dead in recent days.

The military said there were signs of trauma to the body. Suzanne Berg said she was told her son's death was violent but did not want to discuss details.

Berg, who was in Baghdad from late December to Feb. 1, returned to Iraq in March. He didn't find any work and planned again to return home on March 30, but his daily communications home stopped on March 24. He later told his parents he was jailed by Iraqi officials at a checkpoint in Mosul.

"He was arrested and held without due process," his father, Michael Berg, told the Daily Local News of West Chester recently. "By the time he got out the whole area was inflamed with violence.

The FBI on March 31 interviewed Berg's parents in West Chester. Jerri Williams, a spokeswoman for the Philadelphia FBI office, told The Philadelphia Inquirer the agency had been "asked to interview the parents regarding Mr. Berg's purpose in Iraq."

On April 5, the Bergs filed suit in federal court in Philadelphia, contending that their son was being held illegally by the U.S. military. The next day Berg was released. He told his parents he hadn't been mistreated.

The Bergs last heard from their son April 9, when he said he would come home by way of Jordan, Turkey or Kuwait. But by then, hostilities in Iraq had escalated.

Suzanne Berg on Tuesday said she was told her son's body would be transported to Kuwait and then to Dover, Del. She said the family had been trying for weeks to learn where their son was but that federal officials had not been helpful.

"I went through this with them for weeks," she said. "I basically ended up doing most of the investigating myself."