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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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TOPICS: Breaking News
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To: Cap Huff

You want Zarqawi? Sub out the interrogation to the Jordanians. Or, simply give the bastards twenty minutes to tell everything they know with the threat the next interrogator will be Jordanian. I like the way the would-be terrorists that were stopped in the midst of their planned embassy attacks were so eager to spill their guts -- on TV, no less.


341 posted on 05/18/2004 1:27:03 PM PDT by arbyrdgrad
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To: feinswinesuksass

Sorry, but posting idiotic tinfoil hat conspiracy stuff from America hating propaganda sites like whatreallyhappened.com, rense.com, etc, and trying to pass it off as something credible is definitely not welcome on FR. And if he really believes this garbage, well, all I can say is, good luck.


342 posted on 05/18/2004 1:28:24 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
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To: feinswinesuksass

Sure, wacky is fine--and god knows some theories that seemed "wacky" later turn out to be accurate. But all I'm saying is that if someone has a theory they need to be able to support it with better than rense.com and whatreallyhappened.com.


343 posted on 05/18/2004 1:36:45 PM PDT by johnfrink
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To: Jim Robinson

Hi Jim! Long time , no see. Maybe BobJ will have another pool party soon!

I agree that those sites are retarded & they are also easily refuted. Choppersrule is the husband of one of my best friends. He is a republican who voted for Bush & supports the 2nd amendment in a big way. I have no idea if he believes those sites, but we freepers can easily re-educate him. I know it is your site & you can do what you like.....but some of the most influential threads on FR involve the back & forth debates on topics like this....I really enjoy reading threads where one freeper schools another on a topic.


344 posted on 05/18/2004 1:39:28 PM PDT by Feiny (This post ain't for everybody, just the sexy freepers.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Aww...c'mon Jim. He was entertaining.


345 posted on 05/18/2004 1:41:53 PM PDT by BJClinton (I want some of what choppersrule is smoking.)
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To: mel

"When I saw that guy with the panties on his head, I laughed so hard."

I just hope those panties weren't soiled. That would be another atrocity charged against us - or maybe not...


346 posted on 05/18/2004 1:49:07 PM PDT by M. Peach (eschew obfuscation)
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To: M. Peach

eeeewwwwww
stinky britches


347 posted on 05/18/2004 2:16:00 PM PDT by Feiny (This post ain't for everybody, just the sexy freepers.)
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To: Jackie-O
Thanks for the ping Jackie. I have been out most of the day taking my 92 year old father to the dentist and store.

I haven't read the whole thread but I did catch something on FoxNews that they were backing away from this story. The military had evidently captured four people but they had nothing to do with the execution.

I will be sending you a freepmail in a while.

348 posted on 05/18/2004 2:25:02 PM PDT by Spunky ("Everyone has a freedom of choice, but not of consequences.")
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To: Eurotwit

"Arrested"???

They're still wasting O2???


349 posted on 05/18/2004 2:39:13 PM PDT by Redbob (saving this space for witty comebacks)
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To: cookcounty

The quick way to check the veracity of an alleged journalistic quote is to feed it into google.

Then you can see on how many crackpot blogsites are repeating the same unsourced statement and whether it is on any actual newsites.

It isn't legitmately sourced anywhere, of course.


350 posted on 05/18/2004 3:53:04 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Pray for our troops, that our domestic enemies would be silenced.)
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To: I'm ALL Right!

Why not send as many liberals and bleeding hearts to Iraq so they can try to find the extremists and talk to them? See if the extremists treat them nicely or not.


351 posted on 05/18/2004 4:39:06 PM PDT by FITZ (q)
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To: No Blue States

It was an execution-style murder. Executions do not only need trials or juries according to our western definitions. Nick was executed according to this Islamic group's "law."


352 posted on 05/18/2004 5:26:04 PM PDT by madison10
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To: Skip Ripley
Damn straight!! It weren't Moslem extremists that pulled off 9-11. They didn't kill Nick Berg or Danny Pearl neither. It was ELVIS. He's back, tanned rested and ready to take revenge on all of us for supporting legions of poorly trained and shoddily dressed Elvis impersonators. Elvis Akbar!!!!

You mean they lied to us about Elvis too? Im so confused!

353 posted on 05/18/2004 5:51:11 PM PDT by Saints fan
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To: Skip Ripley
"It was ELVIS. He's back, tanned rested and ready to take revenge on all of us for supporting legions of poorly trained and shoddily dressed Elvis impersonators. Elvis Akbar!!!!"

Thats hilarious!

ROFL @ Elvis Akbar!

354 posted on 05/18/2004 6:26:03 PM PDT by No Blue States
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To: madison10
Im wondering how they can identify thugs with hoods on, sounds like some Iraqis turned then in.

These 4 need to have an accident after they sing.

355 posted on 05/18/2004 6:29:12 PM PDT by No Blue States
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To: Eurotwit

Strange - I've not seen anything about this - except here (Sky News). Is there any other source that has confirmed these reports?


356 posted on 05/18/2004 6:32:24 PM PDT by familyofman
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To: familyofman

Apart from AFP who reported the story in the first place, I have not seen anything more.


357 posted on 05/18/2004 6:36:21 PM PDT by Eurotwit
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To: Eurotwit

"Apart from AFP who reported the story in the first place, I have not seen anything more."

Didn't think so. Another blind chase with nothing to support it. Sky News is totally worthles - they do write some interesting fiction though.


358 posted on 05/18/2004 6:41:09 PM PDT by familyofman
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To: familyofman

To be fair, Sky is only relaying an AFP wire report.

Which incidently, AFP still ran with under three hours ago:

Officials mourn Iraqi leader's death, four arrested over beheading

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040518/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_worldwrap&cid=1514&ncid=1473


359 posted on 05/18/2004 6:50:57 PM PDT by Eurotwit
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To: FITZ

Great idea! Shall we start by sending Jessie Jackson to see if he can negotiate with them?


360 posted on 05/18/2004 7:47:58 PM PDT by I'm ALL Right! ("A rich man has no need of character. " ~John Kerry's favorite Hebrew Proverb~)
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