[yankeedame]

....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...

I don't mean to make things worse but there is something about this statement that is absolutly sickening. To wit:

- "...the man to his side and putting a large knife to his neck..." Singular. A man. A knife.

- "A scream sounded..." Fact: A person beheaded does not scream. He doesn't have time. It's a downward swish of air and then ****CHOP****. The fact that he screamed meant that he was not beheaded. He was having his neck sawed off like a limb off a tree.

- "....as the men cut his head off." As the men -- more than one. "The MEN cut his head off." Again,the beheading of someone does not require a committee effort; however, sawing off someone's head does.

In short, I would bet a month's pay that this man was not beheaded -- his neck was hacked in two.

"..They stabbed it with their steely knives, but still can't kill the beast..."

[alnitak]

I have seen the beheading of the Russian soldier in Chechnya. I would say to behead someone in one smooth blow you need a sword or an axe. The Arabs like to do it with a knife, and yes, the victim does get chance to scream.

[bc2]

indeed this guy probably did have his neck sawed off, a favorite techinque of jihadis worldwide... have you ever seen the video of the Russian soldier whose head was cut off by Chechen fighters? They used what must have been the dullest knife in existance, it took a full minute to cut him from ear to ear and the gurgling noises were pretty gross.