War
Aww. Those poor victimized Iraqis.
Let us all recall that al Qaeda has "no" ties to Iraq, nor did it when Saddam Hussein was in power. Abu Sayyef must not have ever existed. And this web site must all be part of some conspiracy. I bet Michael Moore can't wait to blame President Bush for this one.
I grabbed this from CNN. The web page, for those that haven't seen it yet, can be found (for the moment) at: http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/11/iraq.main/index.html
And you know what? If we had as little regard for life as al Qaeda and its sympathizers, we would've already microwaved the entire middle east and this war would be long over. Don't forget who the good guys are.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- An al Qaeda-linked Web site showed video Tuesday of a man who identified himself as an American and then was beheaded.
His captors said the United States refused to exchange him for prisoners in the Abu Ghraib prison.
"For the mothers and wives of American soldiers, we tell you that we offered the U.S. administration to exchange this hostage for some of the detainees in Abu Ghraib and they refused," says a hooded man standing behind the American.
"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 was discovered as a U.S. Senate committee heard testimony on the U.S. military investigation into abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib. (Full story)
At the beginning of the tape, the victim describes himself as Nicholas Berg from Pennsylvania.
"My name is Nic Berg. My father's name is Michael. My mother's name is Suzanne. I have a brother and a sister -- David and Sarah," says the man.
"I live in West Chester, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia."
He is then shown sitting in front of five hooded men. After the statement is read by one of the men, the victim is pushed to the floor and, amid his screams, his throat is cut. Finally, one of the captors holds up the man's severed head.
Earlier in the day, the State Department identified the body of an American found Monday in Baghdad as that of Nicholas Berg of Pennsylvania.
Berg was not a soldier or a civilian employee of the Pentagon, the State Department said.
A senior State Department official also said that the beheaded body of an American had been found, but he could not confirm it was Be