Video 'shows US man beheaded'

BBC ^ | 11/5/04 | BBC

[AngloSaxon]

Video 'shows US man beheaded'

The victim said he was an American from Philadelphia An Islamic militant website has shown a video apparently showing the beheading of an American in Iraq. The video showed five men in headscarves and ski masks cutting off the man's head with a knife.

Moments earlier the victim, bound and dressed in an orange jumpsuit, said he was an American from Philadelphia.

The group, thought to be linked to al-Qaeda, said it was carrying out the killing in retaliation for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by US soldiers.

We will pursue those who are responsible and bring them to justice

Scott McClellan White House spokesman The poor-quality tape - shown on the Muntada al-Ansar site - began with the victim sitting on the floor with five masked men behind him.

It was titled "Abu Musab al-Zarqawi shown slaughtering an American".

The CIA is said to be checking to see whether Zarqawi - a senior al-Qaeda operative accused of masterminding multiple bomb attacks against US forces in Iraq - was actually in the video.

Washington vowed to find the killers.

"It shows the true nature of the enemies of freedom," said White House spokesman Scott McClellan.

"They have no regard for the lives of innocent men, women and children. We will pursue those who are responsible and bring them to justice."

However, the victim's father said the US authorities were indirectly to blame for his death for failing to get him safely out of the country.

'Devilish scorn'

The victim identified himself as Nick Berg, a US civilian contractor. His body was found near a highway overpass in Baghdad on Saturday.

Details of Nick's death added to the pain of his grieving family

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

One of the masked men read out a statement, saying they had offered to exchange the man for inmates of Abu Ghraib prison but the coalition authorities refused.

"How can a free Muslim sleep well as he sees Islam slaughtered and its dignity bleeding, and the pictures of shame and the news of the devilish scorn of the people of Islam - men and women - in the prison of Abu Ghraib?" he said.

"You will not receive anything from us but coffins after coffins... slaughtered in this way."

The statement also threatened US President George W Bush, saying he would regret the day he stepped into Iraq.

It described Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf as a "traitor agent".

Disappearance

After reading the statement, they pulled the man to the side and put a knife to his neck.

The man screamed as he was killed.

His killers shouted "Allah is great" before holding what appeared to be a head up to the camera.

The 26-year-old Mr Berg, who owned a communications equipment company, was involved in rebuilding antennas in Iraq before he disappeared on 9 April.

But he went missing prior to that, and was later found to have been arrested at an Iraqi checkpoint in Mosul and held in an Iraqi jail with Iraqi prisoners for 13 days, his father told American TV on Tuesday morning, before the video was released.

Michael Berg said the US authorities were indirectly responsible for his death, by failing to secure his release and thereby causing him to miss his flight home on 30 March.

"He would have missed the escalation if they had let him go," he said.

The Berg family declined further comment after receiving news of the video.

[Dead Dog]

Rev B. Don't sharpen the machete, in fact, were American's..use a dull tomahawk

[Dead Dog]

Maybe we should just get a really big gay Kurd to go gimp on them. We could market the video to to the French.

[alloysteel]

Tomahawks are probably really good for sending the message, but they take so long, unless they are aimed for the back of the skull. Maybe we should resort to the taking of scalps, and shipping them to the various Arabic language media as a small token of our dedication to the task at hand.

Brutal is as brutal does. If you are going to mix it up with the meanest, most bloodthirsty, cruelest and totally unmerciful bunch of bandits the world has ever known, the sons of Northern Europe who conquered a continent, be prepared for the consequences. We are genetically pre-programmed, and it is a mistake to awaken those latent lusts.

[breakem]

thank you for posting the link. I saw the video. My reaction is take ten AQ out of Gitmo and do the same on video and send it to Al Jazeera TV.

[Savage Beast]

"How can a free Muslim sleep well as he sees Islam slaughtered and its dignity bleeding, and the pictures of shame..."

Indeed.

These subhumans did this in the name of Islam. Islam could not be shamed more profoundly than by this act--and similar satanic acts--committed in its name by such savages.

"You will not receive anything from us but coffins after coffins... slaughtered in this way."

Thus say the worshippers of Satan.

The devil is pleased. He owns their souls. They will receive no mercy from him.

[Spottys Spurs]

Sleep well, you freaking muslim terrorists! Very soon, we'll do the right thing and make glass out of your entire regions! These are inhuman bastards and we need to wipe them off the face of this earth. I, for one, hope it happens soon!

[Travis McGee]

ALLAHU AKBAR! = HEIL HITLER!

MEIN KAMPF = MEIN KORAN

"Allahu Akbar" is the murder scream of Mad Mo's Insane Murder Cult.

[JimSEA]

I might add that the use of machetes to behead monks, other Buddhists, government workers and Police in Southern Thailand has resulted in some 60 deaths. The Islamists ride by on a motorcycle and hack at the neck and head of the victim. The military killed 106 of these Muslim lads when they attacked a police station to steal weapons. The murdering bast@rds were chased to a mosque and killed when they took refuge inside.

This would represent the retaliation that is required and the sensetivity to the religion that should now be shown. We cannot afford to repeat Fallugah or show other weakness.

It's the religion, Stupid!

[narby]

I'm mad at my Senator, John McCain.

Of all the people who should know better....

Someone specifically asked him over the weekend how the prisoner abuse thing compared with his torture in Vietnam. He ducked the question and bashed on the Iraqi prisoner thing.

McCain has completly been taken over by the power of the Dark Side.

[narby]

I've seen the film on the tube of the Siagon police chief shooting the VC in the head.

If they can make the US look bad by showing gore, they will. But if it makes terrorists look bad, they censor it.

[bitt]

'Oh. Videotape the entire proceedings. Then send a copy of the tape over to al-Jazeera. They seem to like these visuals'

Oh, send a copy to the traitorous Democrats and media buzzards, too, so they see what the majority of Americans are screaming for...some were only half convinced before...now it is full steam ahead.

[Diverdogz]

THIS BEHEADING WAS DIRECTLY DUE TO RATHER, BROKAW, AND JENNINGS AND THE OTHERS AT CNN,NPR,CBS,NBC, and ABC.

No way for a couple of reasons. If a very few idiots such as Lyndie England had not perpetrated the abuse, CBSNBCABCETC would never have these images to show. The press provides a VITAL service to us by exposing and thus preventing such abuse. Don't blame the messenger.

Futher, Nick Berg's beheaded corpse was found BEFORE the images of Iraqi prisoner abuse were released to the public.

[JohnBovenmyer]

Yet another terrorist tape has reached the Internet and the Arab media. We to lock up and question any such journalists we think are actively complicit in receiving such tapes and need to stake out those we think are passively receiving them 24/7. Track them back to their terrorist friends. If a US reporter were proven guilty of conspiracy to commit murder I don't think the First Amendment would protect his sources. Oh, the ACLU and some libs would probably try that defense, but I doubt most courts would accept it because doing murder is not a legitimate function of the press.

[Diverdogz]

Futher, Nick Berg's beheaded corpse was found BEFORE the images of Iraqi prisoner abuse were released to the public.

Have to retract that statement. Michael Savage is saying that, but I just saw a story on the web that says his body was found Saturday. Still, the media is not responsible for his death.

[American Sovereignty Defender]

I'm furious! May the wrath of God reign down on them. Now, after seeing that despicable display on video I don't feel we need to regret anymore about the abuse that occurred at the Iraqi prison. In reaction we, as a nation, SHOULD now have a CLEAR SENSE how Demon possessed these Islamofacists are and what evil deeds they are directly guilty of.

Do they REALLY think terror act upon terror act will improve their strength and odds? May they rot in hell for their deeds, killing innocent people is not what "god" commands...at least the God of the Old and New Testiment has made it perfectly clear that murder is what one shall NOT do. These Islamofacists are such COWARDS they have to hide from us. If our soldiers do battle with them then we will win, and when the enemy dies they will quickly learn what real torture is like in Hell. Oh, they thought 72 virgins would await them?...suprise, 72 demon-virgins will more likely "greet" them then haunt them for eternity. If they surrender then they will just have to wait to experience Hell after they die in prison.

They actually seem to think their "god" is great. What fools! The truth is our enemy will never compete with our ability and character, instead out of unjustified hatred (evil) they resort to evil means to destroy our accomplishments. Obviously, they are cursed by satan, and they are fools for denying the real God. For that they will have to pay with their soul.

My GOD promotes peace, however he does not prohibit us from protecting our own. God Bless Our Troops! May they accomplish the mission with bravery, courage, conviction, and above all...honor.

The only "exit strategy" is VICTORY! But we also have to fight the liberal version of an "exit strategy", which is "bring 'em home now! (translation: Cut and Run!) That foolish attitude of appeasement has created exponential death in many episodes of world History. The same liberal crowd would not confront Hitler in his initial grasp for real estate...and we all know that millions of Jews AND millions of Christians died since Britain and the U.S. were stimied by liberal appeasers in government.

Recently, nearly one million Christians in Rwanda died at the hands of Muslims and the Clinton admistration did nothing...as usual. Hence the mess we are in now. However, the stakes have never been higher for civilization all around the world. Millions of innocent people will surely die at the hands of Islamic extremists if we don't study history and apply our situation and respond with full force. Simply put, we have no choice but to confront - kill or detain - our enemy in order to save the free world.

[PattonReincarnated]

Since there are multiple posts on the beheading, I will refer to my long-winded essay on the evil that has occurred. Please take a minute or two and arm yourself with the truth of HISTORY. 

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1133477/posts?page=133#133

 

[Pearls Before Swine]

As part of the armament, every squad will have along an 18" machete, honed to a razor edge.

Is the razor edge really necessary?

[alloysteel]

Damned straight it is necessary. We are not animals, like al-Qaeda. We like to show we are much more professional, by one clean strike. Consciousness still lasts about 15 seconds or so, after the head is severed from the body. The clumsy hacking off of the head is much more painful and torturous, and the mark of amateurs.