SuperDeluxe

..Breaking news by CNN.

I will post story once it gets published.

Not good..Not good.

I'm Not Your Boy Toy

im watchin CNN right now and theyre talkin about some soldiers coming home. i missed it

SuperDeluxe

I got a breaking news email about this...

C McFad

i just read about this on AOL, it brought tears to my eyes...i have the story...

Updated: 03:51 PM EDT
Video Shows Beheading of American in Iraq
Civilian Was in Iraq Looking for Contract Work
By NIKO PRICE, AP



CNN
The man in the video identified himself as Nick Berg.

BAGHDAD, Iraq (May 11) -- A video posted Tuesday on an Islamic militant Web site showed the beheading of an American civilian in Iraq, and said the execution was carried out by an al-Qaida affiliated group to avenge the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers.

The video showed five men wearing headscarves and black ski masks, standing over a bound man in an orange jumpsuit - similar to a prisoner's uniform - who identified himself as Nick Berg, a U.S. contractor whose body was found on a highway overpass in Baghdad on Saturday.

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

After reading a statement, the men were seen pulling the man to his side and putting a large knife to his neck. A scream sounded as the men cut his head off, shouting ''Allahu Akbar!'' - ''God is great.'' They then held the head out before the camera.



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Berg's family said Tuesday they knew their son had been decapitated, but didn't know the details of the killing. When told of the video by an Associated Press reporter, Berg's father, Michael, and his two siblings hugged and cried.

''I knew he was decapitated before. That manner is preferable to a long and torturous death. But I didn't want it to become public,'' Michael Berg said.

On the Web site, one of the executioners read a statement:

''For the mothers and wives of American soldiers, we tell you that we offered the U.S. administration to exchange this hostage with some of the detainees in Abu Ghraib and they refused.''

''So we tell you that the dignity of the Muslim men and women in Abu Ghraib and others is not redeemed except by blood and souls. You will not receive anything from us but coffins after coffins ... slaughtered in this way.''

The video bore the title ''Abu Musab al-Zarqawi shown slaughtering an American.'' It was unclear whether al-Zarqawi - a lieutenant of Osama bin Laden - was shown in the video, or was claiming responsibility for ordering the execution.


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The Web site on which the video was posted is known as a clearing house for al-Qaida and Islamic extremist groups' statements and tapes. An audiotape purportedly from bin Laden - which the CIA said was probably authentic - appeared on the same Web site last week.

Western officials say al-Zarqawi, whose real name is Ahmad Fadhil al-Khalayleh, is a lieutenant of bin Laden. The United States has offered $10 million for information leading to the capture or killing of al-Zarqawi, saying he is trying to build a network of foreign militants in Iraq to work for al-Qaida.

In the video, the speaker threatened both President Bush and Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf.

''As for you Bush ... expect severe days. You and your soldiers will regret the day you stepped into the land of Iraq,'' he said. He described Musharraf as ''a traitor agent.''

The slaying recalled the kidnapping and videotaped beheading of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002 in Pakistan. Four Islamic militants have been convicted of kidnapping Pearl, but seven other suspects - including those who allegedly slit his throat - remain at large.

Suzanne Berg, the mother of the 26-year-old Berg, of West Chester, Pa., said her son was in Iraq as an independent businessman to help rebuild communication antennas. He had been missing since April 9, she said.

''He had this idea that he could help rebuild the infrastructure,'' she said.


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The U.S. military Tuesday said an American civilian was found dead in Baghdad, but did not release his identity. State Department spokeswoman Susan Pittman said she couldn't release the name of the dead American, but said she not aware of more than one civilian found dead in recent days.

The military said there were signs of trauma to the body. Suzanne Berg said she was told her son's death was violent but did not want to discuss details.

Berg, who was in Baghdad from late December to Feb. 1, returned to Iraq in March. He didn't find any work and planned again to return home on March 30, but his daily communications home stopped on March 24. He later told his parents he was jailed by Iraqi officials at a checkpoint in Mosul.

''He was arrested and held without due process,'' his father, Michael Berg, told the Daily Local News of West Chester recently. ''By the time he got out the whole area was inflamed with violence.

The FBI on March 31 interviewed Berg's parents in West Chester. Jerri Williams, a spokeswoman for the Philadelphia FBI office, told The Philadelphia Inquirer the agency had been ''asked to interview the parents regarding Mr. Berg's purpose in Iraq.''

On April 5, the Bergs filed suit in federal court in Philadelphia, contending that their son was being held illegally by the U.S. military. The next day Berg was released. He told his parents he hadn't been mistreated.

The Bergs last heard from their son April 9, when he said he would come home by way of Jordan, Turkey or Kuwait. But by then, hostilities in Iraq had escalated.

Suzanne Berg on Tuesday said she was told her son's body would be transported to Kuwait and then to Dover, Del. She said the family had been trying for weeks to learn where their son was but that federal officials had not been helpful.

''I went through this with them for weeks,'' she said. ''I basically ended up doing most of the investigating myself.''

roswellcharmed_2000

as horrible as it sounds, this was bound to happen. we can't do these horrible things to these people without retaliaton.

SuperDeluxe

Notice it was Al Qeada that did this

They will use any excuse to carry out atrocities.

Graphic images are up now at drudge report.

Be warned, they are VERY GRAPHIC

That is why I did not post them here.

Makes me even more pissed off

They are going to pray that their deaths are quick.

Quarterley

This war should end already.

Anabela

I don't see nothing good coming out of this war. Only death, brutality and destruction.

Monroe

I agree. History shows us that fire is always faught with fire. That's the nature of war. It didn't suprise me at all. The images of the torture the Americian Military did to the soilders actually disgusted me more than the image of the pre-beheadement. I guess it's because I expected more from a first world military unit.

Enigma, I.C.

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." - Mohandas Gandhi

SuperDeluxe

Gandhi would be dead in 24 hours if he tried to pull that crap against Al Qaeda.

SuperDeluxe

Try actually looking at the pictures of the beheading..and the after effects.

Might change your mind.

Enigma, I.C.

You know them?

SuperDeluxe

You're funny.

Katis

This is disgusting. Nothing gives them the right to do this. Just like nothing gave the American soldiers the right to hurt the prisoners. There is no excuse for this kind of behavior.