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Kusala Donating Member (864 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 01:23 AM
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CNN: CIA Official: Al-Zarqawi likely beheaded Berg
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/13/iraq.berg/index.html


WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The man who beheaded American captive Nicholas Berg was likely al Qaeda associate Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a CIA official said Thursday.

An assessment of the video showing Berg's death concludes it is a "high probability" al-Zarqawi is the hooded speaker who is shown decapitating Berg, the CIA official said.

snip...

On Capitol Hill, Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pennsylvania, said a Defense Department official expressed to him the belief that al-Zarqawi was the man on the tape.

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Berg's body arrived Wednesday at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. His parents had requested permission to be at the base when the coffin arrived, but that request was denied.

Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pennsylvania, said that refusal came from the Department of Defense.

"Inexplicably that modest request was denied," Specter said Thursday
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rumguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 01:25 AM
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1. but..but...what about that doctor in Mexico?
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jadedcherub Donating Member (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 01:26 AM
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2. I'm confused.
Edited on Fri May-14-04 01:30 AM by jadedcherub
You'll have to 'scuse me.
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rumguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 01:27 AM
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3. huh?
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jadedcherub Donating Member (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 01:27 AM
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4. ?
Edited on Fri May-14-04 01:30 AM by jadedcherub
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rumguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 01:30 AM
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5. yeah there are threads about some Mexican doctor who said
it didn't look real...

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jadedcherub Donating Member (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 01:34 AM
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7. I think he was implying that it was a corpse? I'm not sure. (n/t)
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rumguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 01:52 AM
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11. you're right
but that report is still sketchy as all get out
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daleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 01:39 AM
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9. My understanding
Is that the doctor in question claimed that the body in question was probably not alive when the beheading occurred, not that there was no removal of the head from the body. He based his claim on a lack of arterial pressure (i.e. spurting) in the bleeding and lack of struggling of the body during the beheading. I haven't watched the film myself, so I can't judge the merits of the argument.

Nothing in this article speaks to these issues one way or another, as far as I can see. If anything, the fact that the government did not want the parents at Dover Air Force base where the body was being delivered might be construed as slightly supportive of suspicions that not all is as it seems.

So your comments about the Mexican doctor seem non-sequitor.
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rumguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 01:43 AM
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10. my only point is that this "doctor" was quoted on a very questionable
website...

I even wonder if the doctor even exists...

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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 05:39 AM
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14. I'm NOT.
No Jordanian accent? Not al-Z. Capiche?
It's just ANOTHER BALD-FACED LIE. Next question.
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maggrwaggr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 01:34 AM
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6. I like how they say they "believe" it's him
no evidence whatsoever, just "belief".

Yeah, okay, well I believe it's Santa Claus. So there.

This guy's the new bogeyman. Since they know Osama isn't in Iraq. This guy could be a taxi driver in Riverside for all we know.
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 01:37 AM
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8. Well, that settles that then.
Good night.
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JetCityLiberal Donating Member (706 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 01:52 AM
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12. "Inexplicably that modest request was denied"
Nick Berg's PARENTS could not be at the base when Nick's coffin arrived??!! WTF??!!

"Inexplicable" is the best word to describe how this appointed felon b*sh came to occupy the White House in the first place.

Thank you for your efforts on this important story.



JetCityLiberal
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Sandpiper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 02:30 AM
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13. Well if the CIA says so
That's good enough for me.

The CIA has never given anyone any reason to doubt their veracity.
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OKNancy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 05:48 AM
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15. If the Bergs were rabid gung-ho bushistas
I bet you a millon bucks they would have been allowed.
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