Nick Berg RIP
I just watched the Nick Berg beheading video. If anything, it is even more gruesome than any description I have read.
DO NOT WATCH THIS VIDEO IF YOU HAVE A WEAK STOMACH
They grabbed him by the hair, threw him to the ground, and started sawing on the back of his neck. He screamed for about three seconds, until the perp moved the knife around the front and severed Berg's windpipe and jugular veins. You can see the pool of blood when they sever his jugular. The remainder of the beheading took about 20 seconds.
This is the face of Islam, the "religion of peace". This is what should be shown on Ted Koppel. And CNN. And NBC.
At a time when newspapers are still running with the Abu Ghraib photos, "Nick Berg" has become the number one search term on search engines worldwide - according to Lycos, the top ten search terms included the words "Nick Berg": twelve times as many searches as the next-most-searched name, Paris Hilton.
Americans were outraged to see what was being done in their name in Abu Ghraib. Where is the outrage from Muslims about the treatment of Nick Berg? So far only Hezbollah (irony of ironies) has condemned this... and they condemned not the action but the fact that their brethren are bringing about negative PR.
The beheading of Berg was supposedly in retaliation for Abu Ghraib. Fine. The solution is simple: don't take any more prisoners. Bullets are cheap.
Of course, the USA has more honour than that; they will continue to take prisoners, and have actual legal proceedings.
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