Qaeda-linked Zarqawi beheaded American in Iraq-Site (ZARQAWI DID THE BEHEADING!)

Reuters ^ | 5/11/04

[areafiftyone]

DUBAI, May 11 (Reuters) - An Islamist Web site said Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, an ally of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, was the man who cut off the head of an American in Iraq in a video tape shown on the site on Tuesday.

A masked man had read out a statement before the killing which was signed off with the name of Zarqawi and dated May 11.

[LayoutGuru2]

Just downloaded and viewed a copy of the Nick Berg beheading video. It is very disturbing and should not be viewed by anyone who doesn't have the stomach for it.

NIN has it here:
http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/iraq2vediom.wmv

I put a copy on my server in case other links are overwhelmed:
http://www.soulsurvivors.net/Public/iraq2vediom.wmv

[Americanwolf]

Let me know when and where... I'll bring the party favors!

[GOP_1900AD]

No doubt. I urge all who are serious about personal and national defense to invest in some basic training in the art of sword fighting. The skills carry over to all forms of close quarters combat. I seem to recall that Europeans did some pretty good sword fighting against Damascus steel. So shall we, their descendents, once again. Meet fire with fire, steel with steel.

[savedbygrace]

Looks like they may succeed in taking the prisoner abuse story off the front page.

Another awakening in the making.

[areafiftyone]

Would you believe on DU they are saying that the murderers hands look too white and that they speak perfect Arabic. They are practically saying that Americans killed him. The liberals are really sick people.

[johnfrink]

Those jerks did not even kill him quickly. They sawed his head off with a dull knife.

Not to get too technical, but by the time someone starts to saw your head off, you are long since dead. So, while they did not cut his head off quickly, they probably did kill him quickly. Not exactly the proverbial silver lining, but thought it was worth mentioning.

[ExGeeEye]

...congress would scream bloody murder if this part of the Convention were to be followed...

"...Irresolution demanding immediate implementation of the Convention..."

So, if they asked for implementation, and got it in the form of public, televised firing squads, they might be just a tad surprised...and the response to that surprise might be...

"What? Didn't anybody ever tell you, 'be careful what you wish for'?"

[Amityschild]

bump for tragic viewing

[Agnes Heep]

I hope CBS is happy now, the b*****ds

I have no doubt they are. Anything that they perceive to hurt George W. Bush or the nation makes them happy.

[savedbygrace]

It took a few seconds, so I doubt it was a dull knife. Nevertheless, it was an horrendous execution. These are animals we're dealing with here. Animals.

[RS]

I think our soldiers should begin to follow the lead of John Kerry ...


... who got a silver star for chasing down a wounded enemy soldier and dispatching him.

[Sunshine Sister]

I get it now! Thanks!

[PattonReincarnated]

I just watched the beheading video clip. I cannot express my anger and hatred. I need to deal with this on an intellectual level. There are probably others that need to do the same. So, it is time for one of my little history lessons.

Muhammad was born in Mecca in 570? AD. His father died before he was born and later he was orphaned at the age of six. Like his fellow tribesmen, he became a trader and made several journeys to Syria. He managed the business of a rich widow, Khadija and she offered him marriage, which he accepted at the age of 25.

Muhammad experienced a vision of the archangel Gabriel while fasting and praying in a cave outside of Mecca. Gabriel proclaimed him a prophet of God. His wife and his cousin Ali became his first followers, and eventually he began to preach in public, reciting the verses of his revelation, which came to be known as the Qur'an.

Muhammad's earliest teachings emphasized his belief in one transcendent but personal God, the Last Judgment, and social and economic justice. Muhammad proclaimed his own message, the Qur'an, to be the last revealed Book and himself to be the last of the prophets, consummating and superseding the earlier ones.

Insisting on the necessity of social and economic reform, Muhammad advocated the replacing of tribal loyalties with the fellowship of Islamic faith. This reformist tendency quickly aroused the enmity of the merchants in Mecca. In short, Muhammad was opposed to the capitalistic dealings of merchants and the merchants were not going to have their livelihoods changed by Muhammad and his followers. Muhammad and his followers were pursued by the people of Mecca.

Concurrently Muhammad was approached by a delegation from Yathrib (later Medina), a city about 185 miles to the north of Mecca that was divided by tribal feuds. They asked him to arbitrate the feuds, offering him considerable authority. After careful negotiations, Muhammad accepted and asked his followers to emigrate from Mecca to Medina.

Muhammad escaped Mecca just as his enemies were preparing to capture him, and he arrived in Medina eight days later. His flight became known as the Hegira and marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar.

Muhammad was soon given supreme authority in Medina, and he began to establish the ritual practices of Islam and to carry out social reforms. The Meccans meanwhile demanded the extradition of Muhammad and his Meccan followers. The Meccans were supported in Medina by a group, referred to in the Qur'an as the Hypocrites, who had submitted to Islam but were secretly working against it. This group in turn was aided by the three Jewish tribes that were residing in Medina.

Muhammad's strategy in the developing conflict with Mecca was to attack Meccan trade caravans returning from Syria and thus economically weaken the city. In 624, the first major battle occurred, in which the Muslims soundly defeated the Meccans. In the next major battle, the following year, the Meccans had the advantage but were unable to achieve a decisive victory. A Meccan army of 10,000 besieged Medina in 627 but failed to take the city. Muhammad meanwhile eliminated his enemies within Medina. After each of the first two battles he expelled a Jewish tribe, and after the third major battle he had the males of the remaining tribe massacred for collaborating with his opponents.

This is the beginning of Islam. I’d like to summarize this little history lesson to remove any political correctness: Muhammad, a bastard child and later an orphan, became a trader. Unable to make it on his own, he used a rich widow to make his success. He fasted and had delusions in a cave where he made himself the final Prophet. He was against business dealings of the merchants in Mecca and based on the insurrection that he raised against them, he became a fugitive from justice. He escaped to Medina where he planned terrorist attacks against the Meccan caravans returning from Syria. Imagine today, if innocent truckers traveling down an interstate highway were attacked by Muslim extremists, we would call that terrorism. The Meccans, rightly responded with force to eliminate the terrorist problem on the caravan routes. Three wars ensued, and after each war, Muhammad made reprisals on Jews. After the third war, Muhammad had all of the males of the remaining Jewish tribe in Medina killed. Today, this would be called ethnic cleansing – a war atrocity.

I have to say that my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ was peaceful. The most violent thing that Christ ever did was clear the Temple. That did not include injuring anyone. My religion is a religion of peace. Islam is a religion founded by a delusional terrorist who committed war atrocities. Islam was hence forth spread by the sword and the innocent were converted by the Evil. To this day, Islam has to use terror and force to spread itself. Have no doubts about it, Islam is a religion on evil and ANYONE that devoutly follows Islam is being injected with the preachings of the terrorist Muhammad.

I hope this gives some insight into why America is fighting terrorism. It has nothing to do with what America has done in the past. It has to do with evil. The entire history of Islam is full of examples of nations and peoples conquered by this evil. If we do nothing, we will be part of that same history.

[Freedom2specul8]

Will the dems acknowledge that the nasty brutal rapists/savages behind 911 could possible behead someone? Will they hold them accountable for this action?

[Freedom2specul8]

Not a problem for me this at time....

[Types_with_Fist]

I couldn't see the video on the Homeland Security site. I appreciate your posting on your server. It's important for anyone who can handle it to watch. This is what we are dealing with.

I heard Bush on TV the other day talking again about the "great religion" of Islam. I wish he'd stop it. If he can't see the truth, I wish he'd at least stop priasing them.

[papertyger]

If anyone really wants to reach out and touch the "media," consider protesting and boycotting their local affiliates. Affiliates can tolerate much less financial pressure than can the network as a whole.

CBS has been particularly high-handed with its affiliates in the past few years, cutting into their profits by contractually requiring programming the locals can't make money on. One station in Florida actually went independent a couple of years ago, after being an affiliate for fifty years, because of CBS business practices.

Hold the local guys responsible for the network's actions, and at least the networks will be hearing the rage from voices they can't ignore.

[cavtrooper21]

I'm not, at least about the actual be-heading. I expect nothing less from hooded, cowardly religious fanatics who whine about abuse and then commit atrocities like 9/11 and this.
I just have this desire to place one of those muzzie scumbags in the crosshairs of the '08 and send him to his pagan moon god.
Then move on to the next one...
and the next, and the next.
But since I can't, this creates stress.

And STRESS MAKES ME CRANKY!!

[fightu4it]

Let these stupid little bast#rds in the military, who want to get their 15 minutes of fame by feeding photographs to the liberal media, view this tape.

Then they can know the consequences of their actions. Now all they have to do is live with it the rest of their lives.

People who don't know how to keep their f*#^ing mouth shut should never be assigned to a prison where enemy terrorists and murders are being held.

Any democrat who has involved himself in this fiasco, such as Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana who asked Rumsfeld if he thought he should resign, is beneath contempt in my book.

[RightOnline]

Welcome aboard. Your outrage is shared by many of us......hell, probably ALL of us.