Nicholas Berg and Danny Pearl
The entire world should be condemning that horrific, cowardly murder.Berg's body was found in Baghdad on Saturday. On Tuesday, an Islamic Web site released the video, titled "Sheikh Abu Musab al-Zarqawi slaughters an American infidel with his own hands." The entire thing makes me sick. It is a bunch of bullshit...to listen to Bush say how "we will make those responsible for this pay" right. And what about Danny Pearl? Pearl was the first American, killed since the war on terrorism started. How many times is this going to happen? Do you remember? Pearl was also beheaded. I can't get it out of my head... perhaps it is due to the barbaric way in which Pearl was murdered. According to various sources, the videotape obtained by authorities shows Pearl speaking with an off screen figure. Reportedly, Pearl says, “Yes, I am a Jew, and my father is a Jew.” With these words, another off screen figure pulls back his head, and slowly severs his throat with a knife, in an Islamic fundamentalist ritual called, “A Quesas”. In this sadistic ritual, the victim dies an agonizing death, gasping for air from his mangled larynx, blood spurting from his severed arteries. As he dies, his head is removed from his body - no doubt to be paraded around by the bloodthirsty fanatics who killed him. The brutal murder of Danny Pearl, captured on videotape by his merciless captors, should cause all Americans to realize that we are dealing with a foe every bit as barbaric, fanatical and bent on world domination as the Nazis and the Japanese. They will unhesitatingly kill every single American they can find, unless we kill them first. That is the stark reality. Those on the Left will finally have to pick - on which side they will choose to fight.