Berg killed in the same chair.

klah

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A white plastic chair is not exactly unique. They sell the same one in front of my grocery store for $10.
 

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LMAO! That sites a hoot! I need to invest in companies like Reynolds who sell Aluminum foil !
 

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Interesting, but I can formulate my own probable happenings, don't need any body to do it for me. But in all honest why would a Jew go to an Islamic Country. It is like a Black going to a KKK meeting.
 

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Originally posted by: katka
Interesting, but I can formulate my own probable happenings, don't need any body to do it for me. But in all honest why would a Jew go to an Islamic Country. It is like a Black going to a KKK meeting.
So you believe it's a mindless prejudice exhibited towards a particular ethnicity?
 

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whytf was he wearing an orange "american" prisoner jumpsuit when he was killed???
 

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Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
Originally posted by: katka
Interesting, but I can formulate my own probable happenings, don't need any body to do it for me. But in all honest why would a Jew go to an Islamic Country. It is like a Black going to a KKK meeting.
So you believe it's a mindless prejudice exhibited towards a particular ethnicity?

There is something odd .. I thought he was an American .. but I had heard that his passport was stamped from Israel?

**not trying to buy into it all.. but it is just too strange
 

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Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
Originally posted by: katka
Interesting, but I can formulate my own probable happenings, don't need any body to do it for me. But in all honest why would a Jew go to an Islamic Country. It is like a Black going to a KKK meeting.
So you believe it's a mindless prejudice exhibited towards a particular ethnicity?

There is something odd .. I thought he was an American .. but I had heard that his passport was stamped from Israel?

**not trying to buy into it all.. but it is just too strange


It's sad seeing people that don't have clue try to make this into some huge conspriacy.

He was American, he was Jewish, he traveled through Israel. His passport was stamped in Israel. Passports are stamped when you travel through a country.
 

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Originally posted by: etech
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
Originally posted by: katka
Interesting, but I can formulate my own probable happenings, don't need any body to do it for me. But in all honest why would a Jew go to an Islamic Country. It is like a Black going to a KKK meeting.
So you believe it's a mindless prejudice exhibited towards a particular ethnicity?

There is something odd .. I thought he was an American .. but I had heard that his passport was stamped from Israel?

**not trying to buy into it all.. but it is just too strange


It's sad seeing people that don't have clue try to make this into some huge conspriacy.

He was American, he was Jewish, he traveled through Israel. His passport was stamped in Israel. Passports are stamped when you travel through a country.


You know where you stick your clue?

You are sure he traveled from America to Israel and then to Iraq?
 
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I don't find the chair itself, or the color of the wall, persuasive at all. Here is an interesting synopsis of the timestamped chronology of the killing that I found thought-provoking, though. I have not watched the tape all the way through and don't know whether it's completely accurate:

Check out the video timestamp timeline:

13:26 - Berg states his and his father's name. Seated in plastic patio chair in orange jumpsuit. Shot taken from a side angle.

2:18 - Seated in same chair, same jumpsuit, shot taken from the front. Berg identifies his family and where he lives.

2:40 - Berg is seated quietly on the floor in front of five masked men. All the men seem very well fed and the exposed skin rather pale for a bunch of islamic terrorists on the run. The middle guy appears to be reading from two pages of prepared text, although he is continually turning the pages over and over and over, his actions making it completely impossible for anyone to read anything from those papers. The video is too grainy to tell if the guy's mouth is moving.

2:44 - The shot angle has not changed - the middle guy is still 'reading' from his papers. Wild screaming starts on the soundtrack, but none of the masked men seem to notice it, and Berg is still sitting very quietly in front of them. He has not moved at all during these four minutes.

2:45 - the middle guy draws a knife from his jacket, pushes Berg over, and the camera suddenly zooms into such a tight closeup that the screen goes black. The timestamp abruptly changes here.

13:45 - the camera pulls back to reveal Berg utterly motionless, being manhandled by the attackers. An assailant with a black mask draws the knife across the throat, while an assailant with a white mask sits on the motionless body. The soundtrack has several people shouting "allahu akbar", but the opinion of native Iraqi speakers who have heard it is that the accents are NOT Iraqui, more likely arabic or arabic as second language.

13:46 - screaming escalates on the soundtrack yet the windpipe has quite clearly already been completely severed by the knife-weilding assailant with the Black Mask, the head being connected only by the spine. No screaming is physically possible at that point, yet it mysteriously continues, much the way it started. White Mask assailant still stitting on the motionless body, doing nothing.

13:47 - There is another in/out camera zoom and suddenly it is the White Mask assailant, not the Black Mask one, that steps away from the body, knife in hand, holding the head aloft. No blood anywhere. At this point, the timestamp and the camera angle abruptly change again.

2:41 - Berg's head held aloft by White Mask, different angle, no blood. Curious - what day is this? As previously noted, during the 2:40 through 2:44 period, Berg could be seen alive, seated quietly in front of his captors as they 'read' their statement.

13:48 - timestamp and shot abruptly change again. Now we get shot of head resting on top of the prone body, with a zoom on the body's severed neck. Everything is very clean, completely inconsistent with the forensic reality of decapitation.
 

dahunan

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I heard that screaming in the background before he was ever touched.. that was very strange indeed.
 

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Check this out...

1) extremely convenient "wag the dog" timing at the height of furor
regarding U.S. torture of Iraqis

2) CNN poll question: "Is the Berg killing a reason for withholding any
remaining Iraq prisoner abuse pictures?" Bush has been reported to be
struggling with question of whether Pentagon should release additional
torture photos. Given that the alleged decapitation of Berg was allegedly
prompted by the first wave of torture photos, Bush could now cite "national
security" issues for witholding additional materials.

3) Berg's last known whereabouts was in U.S. custody.

4) Berg shown in video wearing orange jumpsuit known to be of U.S. issue
(compare with pictures at Guantanamo).

5) Berg mysteriously captured by Al-Quaeda (still wearing jumpsuit). Either
he escaped from U.S. captors or U.S. let him out -- with orange suit and
all -- to be immediately apprehended by Al-Quaeda (before he had a chance to
change).

6) Tape obviously spliced together and heavily edited. Goes from a) Berg
sitting in chair talking about family, to Berg sitting on floor with
hooded "militants" behind, to c) blurry camera movement, to d) almost
motionless Berg on floor as head cut off.

7) Audio clearly dubbed in.

8) "Arab" reader flips through pages of "statement" and keeps ending up on
the same page. Perhaps doesn't even known enough Arabic to recognize what
page he's on?

9) "Arabs" have lily-white hands and (other exposed) skin.

10) "Arabs" have Western-style body posture and mannerisms.

11) When Berg decapitated, there was almost no blood. If Berg were still
alive at this point, with the cut starting at front of throat, blood would
have been spraying everywhere. Berg's severed head, the floor, Berg's
clothes, and even the hand of the "Arab" who decapitated Berg had no visible
blood on it.

12) Berg's body didn't move while on the ground. Although held down, Berg
would have tried to instinctively wiggle and writhe away from captor's grip.

13) Camera angle made it impossible to see if Berg's eyes were even open.

14) Alleged "scream" from Berg sounded to be that of a woman and was clearly
dubbed in.

15) Berg goes to great trouble to identify himself, providing information
about his family. Why? To elicit greater sympathy? Or to provide a
positive ID. FBI visited Berg family in an attempt to "verify his
identity". Guy in video looks very little like Berg photos provided by
family.
 

sMiLeYz

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I'm normally not one to believe in conspiracies but theres too many coincidences. It makes one think...
 

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It makes one think that the liberals are desparate and grasping at straws to prove their heroes would never murder someone innocent in cold blood. It's gotta be Bush.
 

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Originally posted by: alchemize
It makes one think that the liberals are desparate and grasping at straws to prove their heroes would never murder someone innocent in cold blood. It's gotta be Bush.


I'd like to show my extreme displeasure at you calling the terrorists heroes to Liberals, but I'd like to honor the 'no more name calling' thread. Any suggestions Alchy? ;)
 

dahunan

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Originally posted by: alchemize
It makes one think that the liberals are desparate and grasping at straws to prove their heroes would never murder someone innocent in cold blood. It's gotta be Bush.

You need help.... Anyone who disagrees or sees something differently than YOU is going to get called a horrible name? Are you the most self-righteous egomaniac you have ever met?
 

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Originally posted by: alchemize
It makes one think that the liberals are desparate and grasping at straws to prove their heroes would never murder someone innocent in cold blood. It's gotta be Bush.

Hardly grasping when this administration manufactures false Niger reports and exposes CIA agents I would'n put anything past them. MMO is all there too.
 

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Who is is doing the "autopsy"? Ahhh, the Bush admin people. Right. Should be trustworthy then....
 

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Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: alchemize
It makes one think that the liberals are desparate and grasping at straws to prove their heroes would never murder someone innocent in cold blood. It's gotta be Bush.

You need help.... Anyone who disagrees or sees something differently than YOU is going to get called a horrible name? Are you the most self-righteous egomaniac you have ever met?

OK, oh diamond encrusted tinfoil asshat, explain to me the missing pieces here, and then I'll start thinking along your lines...

1) Bush et al masterfully orchestrated 9/11
2) Bush et al then invaded Iraq, but neglected to plant any WMD's. Oops!
3) Bush, et al now have regained their masteful orchestration and choreographed this murder.
 

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1) Bush et al masterfully orchestrated 9/11
2) Bush et al then invaded Iraq, but neglected to plant any WMD's. Oops!
3) Bush, et al now have regained their masteful orchestration and choreographed this murder.
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Those are some interesting postions many people INSIDE the administration are agreeing with.

1. Sibel Edmonds, Clark and O'neal have all said Bush all but ignored AQ dispite repeated warnings. Sibel Edmonds goes further and says facilitation and coverup is occuring.
http://baltimorechronicle.com/050704SibelEdmonds.shtml
http://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=2298

2. Impossible waaay to much cooberation and cooperation is needed to "plant" WMD's because of tracible chemical signatures and logistical nightmares. They would if they could.

3. Maybe. Motive is there. Means is there and Berg capture was opportunity. Any administration manufactures false Niger reports and exposes CIA agents I would'n it past them