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To: stockman_scott who wrote (12783)	5/13/2004 6:46:15 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Hi Scott, Re: Any thoughts on this...?? Re: Nick Berg Beheading -- I don't have enough data yet to reach a definite conclusion. However, having watched the video, I was impressed that the cameraman seemed to be able to blur everything to the point of useless unrecognizable pixelation at just the time when I'd have been most interested in seeing the actual moment when systolic pressure was relieved. Anyone familiar with bloodletting would be expecting quite a bit more blood to have spurted and then flowed from the wound. Bottom line? The tape looked faked to me. I'd love to have a native Arabic speaker comment on the statement that was read by the man ostensibly announcing himself as the purported al Qaeda terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. From the fragments I've seen translated and published, it sounds like the kind of rhetoric that a bad screenwriter in an agency black ops' "public diplomacy" scam would concoct. Something written for the American audience, not the Islamic militants. Here's a Boston Globe article that raises as many questions as it answers: boston.com

To: stockman_scott who wrote (12783)	5/13/2004 10:59:30 AM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Here's a thought on Berg. How, you might ask, would Chalabi's men know to pick up Berg? <font color=brown> The family firm of beheaded American Nick Berg, was named by a conservative website in a list of 'enemies' of the Iraq occupation. That could explain his arrest by Iraqi police --a detention which fatally delayed his planned return from Iraq and may have led directly to his death. breakfornews.com The FreeRepublic.com web site and forum has a reputation for right-wing views, fanatical Republicanism and relentless pro-war activism. On 7th March, 2004, just three weeks before the first anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, an 'enemies' list of anti-war groups and individuals was posted on the Free Republic forum. It began: "Here you are, FReepers. Here is the enemy." </font>