Take me seriously for a moment, please. DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW if the sight of a man being decapitated might disturb you. I'm giving you fair warning, this is probably the most gruesome thing I have ever seen.
http://tinyurl.com/38ymb SERIOUSLY, JT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Boozer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RollTideFan-The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 2:25 PM Subject: [RollTideFan] NON - To the pacificists who think WE are the bad guys. > NOTE: > > An al-Qaida affiliated group IN BAGHDAG carried this out in the name of > religion while chanting "God is great." > > These people are barbarians and if a leader of this so called "religion" > does not emerge NOW to lead these pathetic sheeple to peace, then Islam will > indeed become the true enemy. Right now only the radicals of Islam are the > enemy, but there does not appear to be a non-radical arm of Islam that > actually has a voice! > > Do me a favor and don't respond to me with anything remotely comparing this > to the abuse of prisoners. Abuse of prisoners is wrong, but as a friend of > mine said, "from the pictures I've seen, my initiation into my college > fraternity was worse." Again, the prisoner abuse is wrong and inexcusable, > but keep it in perspective. This man was beheaded while people chanted "God > is great." > > Barbarians! > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=11&u=/ap/20040511/ap_o > n_re_mi_ea/egypt_iraq_american_beheaded > > or > > http://snipurl.com/6b7e > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > > Video Shows Beheading of American in Iraq > > 6 minutes ago Add Top Stories - AP to My Yahoo! > > > By NIKO PRICE, Associated Press Writer > > CAIRO, Egypt - A video posted Tuesday on an Islamic militant Web site showed > the beheading of an American civilian in Iraq (news - web sites), 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 bore the title "Abu Musab al-Zarqawi shown slaughtering an > American." It was unclear whether al-Zarqawi - an associated of Osama bin > Laden (news - web sites) - was shown in the video, or was claiming > responsibility for ordering the execution. > > > Al-Zarqawi also is said to have ties to terrorist groups ranging from Ansar > al Islam in Iraq to Egyptian Islamic Jihad. He's believed to be behind many > attacks in Iraq, including numerous high-profile operations. > > > The video pictures of the execution 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. > civilian 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 > Suzanne," the man said on the video. "I have a brother and sister, David and > Sarah. I live in ... Philadelphia." > > > There was no way to be certain the tape was authentic. > > > 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. > > > 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. > > > "Our thoughts and prayers are with his family," said White House Press > Secretary Scott McClellan, traveling with President Bush (news - web sites) > in Arkansas. "It shows the true nature of the enemies of freedom. They have > no regard for the lives of innocent men, women and children. We will pursue > those who are responsible and bring them to justice." > > > Because Berg was a U.S. citizen, the FBI (news - web sites) has jurisdiction > to investigate the case as a criminal matter. A senior law enforcement > official in Washington, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the FBI > would probably get involved so long as adequate security is provided by the > military for investigators to do their work. > > > 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 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 (news - web sites) 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. > > 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." > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List > > "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" > > To join or leave the list or to make changes to your subscription visit > http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net > ______________________________________________________ RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" To join or leave the list or to make changes to your subscription visit http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net
