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[NICK BERG] EXECUTION: FOUR HELD
Sky News ^ | 18 May, 2004 | Sky News

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

EXECUTION: FOUR HELD
Four people have been arrested over the beheading of American Nicholas Berg, Iraq sources say.

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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To: blam
Baghdad - Four people have been arrested over the beheading of US businessman Nicholas Berg, whose decapitated body was found in Baghdad, senior Iraqi sources said on Tuesday.

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.

News 24 South Africa

75 posted on 05/18/2004 9:57:28 AM EDT by Dog Gone
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To: OXENinFLA

LOL - Most of the people in Kerryland ARE DUers! Scary isn't it? ((((Shudder))))


181 posted on 05/18/2004 7:56:39 AM PDT by areafiftyone (Democrats = the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning)
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To: 1Old Pro
I thought sky news was a credible source

The only credible news sources are Boston Globe and the Mirror.

*sarcasm*

182 posted on 05/18/2004 7:57:14 AM PDT by SquirrelKing ("...US Marines have done more for world peace than all the Ben & Jerry's ever made." - PJ O'Rourke)
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To: ASA Vet
We've yet to actually handle any of these cases. The 9/11 guys are all dead. None of the head guys have been caught. All we have done with anyone is "detain" them.

So we haven't tried this. All we have done is capture and hold. What we have done doesn't work, and, frankly, doesn't even conform to what we say our country is all about. I accept it as necessary because the detainees are actually prisoners of war. These men are a different class.

Like it or not, these guys are criminals, and if we are serious about what the Founding Fathers said about the nature of man and rights, we need to handle criminals properly. If we just kill them or, as this thread has promoted many times, torture them to death (on tape no less), we are reinforcing the idea that we are no better than they are. If that is the case, we have no right to be outraged when they act like animals.

They need to be punished for their action, which includes execution. But brutal summary executions will have only a short-term impact.
183 posted on 05/18/2004 7:57:27 AM PDT by sharktrager (Insanity: To continue repeating the same act, each time expecting a different result.)
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To: Howlin

Hmmmmm . . .

Hope it's true.


184 posted on 05/18/2004 7:57:28 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: Eurotwit

I believe this is the translation from French.

"4 people linked to the execution of businessman Berg, body found 10 days ago in baghdad, have been arrested, confirmed tuesday by AFP a highly regarded Iraqi source. Asked if more than 1 person had been arrested he replied yes 4.

Then it talks about the execution distributed through internet and the source then continues to say that great progress has been made."


185 posted on 05/18/2004 7:58:38 AM PDT by RichardW
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To: 1Old Pro; TomGuy

Sky News is just reporting the AFP wire story.

See post 171.


186 posted on 05/18/2004 7:59:05 AM PDT by Eurotwit
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To: SquirrelKing

Best laugh I've had this morning.


187 posted on 05/18/2004 8:00:13 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: OXENinFLA
"Yup, 5 in the video."

Plus one or more crazies with cameras.

188 posted on 05/18/2004 8:00:23 AM PDT by Eastbound
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To: sauropod

How about making the wrestle with Alexandra Kerry in her see-through toga? After all, her father IS a Jew.........


189 posted on 05/18/2004 8:00:48 AM PDT by EggsAckley (........"LIBERATE YOUR INNER BONOBO".........)
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To: Chieftain

Thank you.


190 posted on 05/18/2004 8:01:26 AM PDT by abner (FREE THE MIRANDA MEMOS! http://www.intelmemo.com or http://www.wintersoldier.com)
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To: N. Theknow

I like the way you think. I think...


191 posted on 05/18/2004 8:01:35 AM PDT by null and void
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To: bvw

I guess I'm more jaded than you are. You do have a point though. I know they don't really represent this country. But they do represent a portion of it. And that's dissappointing.

BTW... I was talking about their websites. Not the TV channels.


192 posted on 05/18/2004 8:02:13 AM PDT by nuffsenuff
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To: Eurotwit
EXECUTION: FOUR HELD ???

MURDER, DAMMIT!

193 posted on 05/18/2004 8:03:48 AM PDT by Publius6961 (I don't do diplomacy either.)
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To: Eurotwit

Updated.


194 posted on 05/18/2004 8:04:02 AM PDT by Admin Moderator
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To: Admin Moderator

Fox is just now reporting.


195 posted on 05/18/2004 8:04:54 AM PDT by drymans wife (Conservative Mom from Texas)
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Fox reporting this now.


196 posted on 05/18/2004 8:05:06 AM PDT by ride the whirlwind (And we will defend the peace that makes all progress possible. - George W. Bush)
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To: leadpenny

Was just reported on ABC radio news...stated report as yet unconfirmed..


197 posted on 05/18/2004 8:05:15 AM PDT by Musketeer
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To: sharktrager
we are reinforcing the idea that we are no better than they are.

This is going to be a very ugly, ugly war that may last a generation or longer. What will make us better than them is our ability to kill them more efficiently and in greater number than they can kill us.
198 posted on 05/18/2004 8:05:20 AM PDT by Peter J. Huss
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To: areafiftyone
Gheese those people in Kerryland are easy to lead. But it's hard hold back what I REALLY want to say.
199 posted on 05/18/2004 8:05:29 AM PDT by OXENinFLA
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To: Eurotwit

I have CNN on (why, I don't know) but they just mentioned they are waiting for the latest military briefing from Baghdad. They will carry it live. I'm guessing that this will relieve them of the decision to report the story or not.


200 posted on 05/18/2004 8:05:32 AM PDT by leadpenny
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