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http://english.pravda.ru/mailbox/22/101/397/12790_Berg.html
Could N. Berg's execution be fake?
05/14/2004 13:35

Given the incomprehensible jungle of information, the very first question,
when viewing this video of an American civilian, N. Berg"s execution, should
be whether it is even true?
There appear to be a few problems with it, casting doubt on its
authenticity.  If these questions aren"t answered, one should be wary of the
entire matter and be advised not to give in to the patriotic blindness
brought on by the emotional charge this video packs.

Consider these inconsistencies with the video before making up your mind:

1) CIA claims it has examined the video and concluded that the hooded figure
is Zaqrawi, a high level al-Qaeda operative.  However, anyone who has seen
the video will attest to the fact that there is no way to identify anyone
from it, including the victim.  Second, according to an US military report
in April "03, Zaqrawi was killed in the bombing of Falluja.  CIA does not
elaborate whether Zaqrawi has magically sprung back to life or whether the
April report was wrong.

2) The US media claimed that Zaqrawi lost a leg in 2001.  Now, it says that
he did not lose his leg after all.  This flip flop seems too coincidental as
the purported figure in the video doesn"t appear handicapped.  The US does
not elaborate on which intelligence is wrong.

3) The US media says the audio says that N. Berg was executed in retaliation
to the US prison abuse.  The reaction of the media was far too quick.  It
moved straight to using it in making a comparison between prison
"humiliation" and a "beastly killing" saying to the shocked public "Look, we
only humiliated them in the prison and look at what the animals do to us."
It was quick to point out that what the terrorists do to Americans is far
worse than what the US is doing to the Iraqis.

There are several problems with this.  First, there have been numerous
reported deaths in the US prisons caused by severe beatings so comparing
"humiliation" to a death is the wrong comparison.  Second, the tortures and
abuses have gone on for over a year.  If al-Qaeda were in the business of
avenging prison abuse, it would have already done it and probably on several
occasions.  Otherwise, it means that al-Qaeda gets their information from
CNN or that it just happened to be a coincidence matching Abu Ghraib prison
pictures with this video.  It"s very unlikely that al-Qaeda would and could
engage in this synchronized US media play.   The timing of the video release
and the media attempts to whip up an anti-Islamic frenzy suggests a media
ruse timed perfectly to deflect the mounting outrage and condemnation of the
US military.

4) The voice on the video says that an offer was made to the US military to
exchange N. Berg for "some of the prisoners in Abu Ghraib".  The US has not
commented on this.

5) The Bergs claim their son was detained by the US and are blaming their
son"s death on the US military but the US says that N. Berg was never
detained and instead was offered a free plane ride from Iraq.  It does,
however, seem that in order to offer a plane ticket, the US military must
have had some dealing with N. Berg.  In any case, N. Berg disappeared when
in US custody.

6) The victim in the video is wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, the kind
seen in pictures of Guantanamo inmates.  It"s hard to believe that al-Qaeda
terrorists would be supplying their victims a regulation outfit.  None of
the recently kidnapped hostages in Iraq (Japanese and Italian) wore any
uniform outfits whatsoever.

7) [WARNING: Reader"s discretion advised] A human head contains 1.5 gallons
of blood yet the freshly decapitated head shown in the video is leaking
none.  Neck artery would squirt a foot long geyser of blood.  There is no
evidence of that either.  Only one answer lends itself here: the video was
doctored.  Either a portion was clipped out or the beheading never took
place as shown, with the possibility of the victim being already dead.

8) The victim never resisted the killing.  Even when on the ground, only one
person sufficed to completely subdue N. Berg.

This article aims at proving or alleging nothing.  The point is to provoke
doubt and hopefully stave off a few readers from becoming an easy emotional
target and a news puppet.

Pater Havlasa
Editor, eBigBang.com





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