Posted on 05/18/2004 6:36:49 AM PDT by Eurotwit
Edited on 05/18/2004 8:07:29 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Updated: 15:19 UK, Tuesday May 18, 2004
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The 26-year-old businessman's decapitated body was found 10 days ago in Baghdad.
His killing was shown around the world on the internet.
The poor quality website video showed Berg dressed in orange overalls kneeling on the floor with his hands tied back.
There were five masked men behind him. One read a statement urging Muslims to take revenge over the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers.
The masked men then pushed the American contractor to the floor and shouted "God is greatest" above his screams.
His head was cut off with a knife and then held aloft.
The website said the execution was performed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a top ally of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
It is not known if he was among the four people arrested.
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Nicholas Berg's headless body was found May 9 in western Baghdad. Three days later, a videotape posted on an al-Qaeda-related website showed him being decapitated by hooded men.
Berg's captors said the killing was to avenge abuses of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison by US forces.
Will they be tried in Iraq or will we ship them to Guantanamo Bay? Does anyone know how this will play out?
Accidents happen, sir.
I know, I know, I have to stop myself too!
I ask again to all, who is the missing terrorist not cuaght? The guy who actually did the deed?
Now isn't that against the geneva convention..
Great pic
I just want to make sure that their treatment has no negative effect on their self-esteem. We must nurture them so they blossom into flowers of humanity....
Then cut their b*lls off and serve them to 'em for dinner, sauteed in bacon fat!
Just heard this on the news break. Great news. Now, make every one of them eat pork on live TV and show it to all the muslim fanatics.
The second law of politics is: Listen to what the liberals are accusing the conservatives of doing - rest assured, it is exactly what they are doing.
The first law is: Liberalism always generates the exact opposite of it's stated intent.
Make them wear panties made of bacon on their heads.
We don't know yet. The is just breaking and we, like you, are waiting for the details. Stay tuned, I bet it breaks first on Free Republic.
If they are al Qaeda or from a similar group, I would expect them to be taken out of the country, perhaps to Gitmo or to one of the other detention facilities that we most likely have for terrorists in some friendly country over there.
How 'bout killed by a roadside IED on the way to interrogation? Nah... too easy.
What it means is, somebody's singing.
"We parked the tank, but we REALLY didn't notice it was parked on the prisoners' feet. We realized our mistake after a while, and of course rectified it immediately."
You forget..we are installing a Jacuzzi, linen sheets, placing a mint on their pillow and piping in their favorite music to soothe....No more tough interrogations.
Here is the AFP wire in French:
Quatre personnes liées à l'exécution de l'homme d'affaires américain Nicholas Berg, dont le corps a été découvert il y a dix jours à Bagdad, ont été arrêtées, a affirmé mardi à l'AFP une source irakienne haut placée.Interrogée sur le fait de savoir si plus d'une personne avait été arrêtée en liaison avec le meurtre, cette source a indiqué: "oui, quatre personnes".La vidéo, montrant le jeune entrepreneur de 26 ans décapité par un homme masqué affirmant agir pour venger les sévices subis par des prisonniers irakiens, avait été diffusée par un site internet."Nous avons fait de grands progrès", a affirmé cette source en parlant de l'enquête sur l'exécution.
AF, would you be so kind as to translate? Thanks!
Well, sure no one knows. But expect a call from the Arab world to hand them over to a Muslim court.
How about we make a training video of what not to do to
terrorists.
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