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

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[Heff]

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

[texasflower]

General Taguba had many opportunities to get Rumsfeld and he didn't do it.

Over and over he emphasized that the problem was at the battalion level and down.

He said it several times. There wasn't even any hedging or any tiny opening to blame Rumsfeld.

He may not like Rumsfeld, I don't know anything about him, but he appears to have done his job professionally and left personal grudges out of it.

[bigdave1976]

where can you find this website or video??? How do I know its real...

[Mia T]

America's Real Two-Front War

[MEG33]

I just sent 60 Minutes 11 another Email...one beheading and more to come as a result of broadcasting the pictures.

[magua]

Dan Rather's victim for ratings.thank you CBS

[MEG33]

You expressed my impression perfectly.

[texasflower]

Where did you get the idea that he hates women?

[OXENinFLA]

got it. (haven't watched it yet)

About 5min 37sec long.

[BlessedByLiberty]

Exactly and this is what General Myers tried to tell CBS would happen when he asked they delay showing the pictures.

[yonif]

Ap

Video Seems to Show Beheading of American

By NIKO PRICE
CAIRO, Egypt - A video posted Tuesday on an Islamic militant Web site showed the beheading of an American civilian in Iraq, and said the execution was carried out by an al-Qaida affiliated group to avenge the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers.

The video showed five men wearing headscarves and black ski masks, standing over a bound man in an orange jumpsuit _ similar to a prisoner's uniform _ who identified himself as Nick Berg, a U.S. contractor whose body was found on a highway overpass in Baghdad on Saturday.

"My name is Nick Berg, my father's name is Michael, my mother's name is Susan," the man said on the video. "I have a brother and sister, David and Sarah. I live in ... Philadelphia."

After reading a statement, the men were seen pulling the man to his side and putting a large knife to his neck. A scream sounded as the men cut his head off, shouting "Allahu Akbar!" _ "God is great." They then held the head out before the camera.

Berg's family said Tuesday they knew their son had been decapitated, but didn't know the details of the killing. When told of the video by an Associated Press reporter, Berg's father, Michael, and his two siblings hugged and cried.

"I knew he was decapitated before. That manner is preferable to a long and torturous death. But I didn't want it to become public," Michael Berg said.

On the Web site, one of the executioners read a statement:

"For the mothers and wives of American soldiers, we tell you that we offered the U.S. administration to exchange this hostage with some of the detainees in Abu Ghraib and they refused."

"So we tell you that the dignity of the Muslim men and women in Abu Ghraib and others is not redeemed except by blood and souls. You will not receive anything from us but coffins after coffins ... slaughtered in this way."

The video bore the title "Abu Musab al-Zarqawi shown slaughtering an American." It was unclear whether al-Zarqawi _ a lieutenant of Osama 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-Qaida 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-Qaida.

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

"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."

The slaying recalled the kidnapping and videotaped beheading of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002 in Pakistan. Four Islamic militants have been convicted of kidnapping Pearl, but seven other suspects _ including those who allegedly slit his throat _ remain at large.

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."

[spectre]

They are beheading unarmed civilians. What a pack of cowards!

Tim Russert and Larry King, I saw your show last night. It was disgraceful...are you both happy now?

sw

[New Perspective]

However, because of their having a part in the demise, I'm just about convince that they would die contented in knowing at least they, through their actions and rhetoric, were an integral and not to be ignored part of making it happen without feeling at blame for being such a key factor in it.

They may be willing to die for the muslims, and have my family and I die right along with them, but NO F&%#*NG way am I going to give up my life or my families. This is one of the main problems with these people, they love to try and dictate your life and death.

[TBall]

See post 139. I'm not going to download it because no telling what virus is with it.

[BushisTheMan]

I'll have to see his testimony myself before making a final judgment. I'll see how the media spins it.

I hope you are right.

[samadams2000]

We are such a soft country. Where are the real men? Go on the offensive and wipe up this mess. Today!

[tm22721]

They were forced to this because the vaunted Arab street once again failed to materialize.

It is a fiction. The radicals will never be able to mobilize their one billion Muslim brethern who know better than to fsck with us.

BUMP

[kcvl]

"So we tell you that the dignity of the Muslim men and women in Abu Ghraib and others is not redeemed except by blood and souls. You will not receive anything from us but coffins after coffins, slaughtered in this way".

[Wild Irish Rogue]

" He then listed the accusers and witnesses, all of whom were suspected Iraqi terrorists who had been singled out for intensive interrogation."

These are the "credible witnesses " who have made charges against the soldiers, above and beyond the actions seen in the pictures.

Not mention of any crimes they are suspected of committing.
According to the Dems on the Senate Armed Services Committee, they are the Iraqi equivalent of National Merit Scholarship Finalists and Eagel Scouts, rolled into one.

(U) Amjed Isail Waleed, Detainee # 151365

b. (U) Hiadar Saber Abed Miktub-Aboodi, Detainee # 13077

c. (U) Huessin Mohssein Al-Zayiadi, Detainee # 19446

d. (U) Kasim Mehaddi Hilas, Detainee # 151108

e. (U) Mohanded Juma Juma (sic), Detainee # 152307

f. (U) Mustafa Jassim Mustafa, Detainee # 150542

g. (U) Shalan Said Alsharoni, Detainee, # 150422

h. (U) Abd Alwhab Youss, Detainee # 150425

i. (U) Asad Hamza Hanfosh, Detainee # 152529

j. (U) Nori Samir Gunbar Al-Yasseri, Detainee # 7787

k. (U) Thaar Salman Dawod, Detainee # 150427

l. (U) Ameen Sa’eed Al-Sheikh, Detainee # 151362

m. (U) Abdou Hussain Saad Faleh, Detainee # 18470

According to the remarks today by Levin and the other Dems, should we roll up the animals responsible for the beheading, we will not be able to interrogate them in any way shape or form.
Levin basically said that all interrogation techniques, even keeping the lights on 24/7 are wrong.
If the Dems get their way, we might as well disband all intel agencies.

[cgk]

Honestly: Did you expect anything different??

No. Honestly. I expect worse from them. I'm not sure what I wrote in any of my posts here to lead you to believe I don't expect this. I wrote that I can't imagine the pain his family is going through. Which I can't.

This is the nature of the evil we're at war with. The evil that would rape children and broadcast those videos if they could get their hands on our babies. Unfortunately, I can imagine that.

And we need to act accordingly. I agree.

[hideandwatch]

my email to cbs 60 minutes II..."i will be watching your next show to make sure you give equal time to showing the "cruel conditions" michael berg was forced to endure...thank your for your support of the war..."