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5/17/2004 The Nick Berg Lie I would like to preface this with the statement that I am not a person prone to conspiracy theories, however when the truth is right in front of your face, it's hard to deny that bad things are afoot. Having said that... In no uncertain terms is the Nick Berg video a total farce. There are so many gross indiscrepencies throughout the entire thing it's shocking. Most disturbing is that they don't even care that they did a bad job. I'd like to quote a friend of mine here, "After 3 or 4 viewings, my overall impression is that this was just badly done. The whole thing is juvenile. Even more than the Iraq invasion, it shows, most importantly, that they don't care whether we believe them or not. The second, corollary pointis that this is exactly the kind of shoddy operation you'd expect from some hack politician from Illinois--Rumsfeld. FDR had class when it came to deceiving the Amerucan public, which showed a certain respect for our intelligence. Stalin, despite his brutality, operated on the assumption that you had to keep the worst secret. But these morons running the show are themselves so inadequate, and the few intelligent operatives they have working for them, too arrogant to engineer a passable deception." That pretty much sums it up. Click the links below for all the proof you'll need that this was a sham devised to divert attention away from the attrocities perpetrated by the real criminals... the US government. Check out infowars, especially this section of the website for a complete archive of different ap stories as well as stories from other sources that expose the lie. Diplomat's E-Mails Show Berg in Custody Executioner wore gold ring - forbidden by Islam Here is what I found myself after watching the video a number of times: At about 2:43:19 on the video, based on its own time stamp there is a "glitch" where a white line passes through the bottom of the screen. Based on my own experience with video, especially vhs video (which is what this appears to be shot on) this occurs when video is recorded over. In other words, when a video is stopped, rewound and recorded over. The white line would indicate the most probable place that the re-record began. Other evidence for this is the strange noise that follows that point. It seems that this is a ghost track... because vhs is a shotty medium, it sometimes maintains parts of the original track. Thus we get a visible cut in the video followed by a brief one and a half seconds or so of sound from the original recording. Also in the 5 minute 37 second long version that I saw, the men start yelling 'allahu akbar' and Berg starts screaming while there is nothing happening... this happens at 2:44:32 on the video's time stamp. The final, and most egregious error on the whole video is when they cut from the man brandishing the knife to showing Berg just getting his throat cut. The time stamp jumps from 2:44:42 to 13:45:47. There are only a couple of explanations that I can think of for this. 1. this was shot with one camera at two very different times either approximately 11 hours before or after the first clip 2. this was shot with two different cameras one in standard time and one in military time--there is a one hour discrepency here 3. this was shot with two different cameras one in standard time and one in military time--and one of the cameras time stamps had not been adjusted for daylight savings time the third possibility seems to be the most likely and would explain why we hear the men yelling 'allahu akbar' and Berg screaming without noticing any change in the on-screen action. This does however imply that two videos have been edited together. here's some more good analysis: 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 b) 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. I believe that Berg (or this lookalike character) was first killed (perhaps by lethal injection, poisoning, etc.), then decapitated after dead (explains lack of blood spraying everywhere). Berg was killed by Al-Quaeda (known to be a CIA - Mossad joint venture). Berg video released at height of furor over U.S. torture of Iraqis and just before Bush was to decide whether to release additional torture videos. Now torture videos will be witheld from public for reasons of national security. Now "patriots" everywhere will laud the virtues of U.S. torture of "enemies". Sensitivity level of public gets heightened in terms of what's acceptable treatment of prisoners. Juxtaposed with decapitation, piling naked men into pyramid is nothing. Such treatment will be considered more and more acceptable even in domestic situations. George W. Bush sleeps well tonight while Berg family lives in torture. Serves Berg's father right for opposing Bush and the war of aggression against Iraq. Jeff Rense has compiled some important information on Berg's detainment and questioning what really happened in his article, "Why Did The US Take Custody Of Nick Berg?"
posted by Nathan Hall at 5/17/2004 04:22:00 PM link |
