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Nick Berg Video Not What It Seems?

seemeagain

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I got this off another forum
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First of all, I know this is largely Pit material, but I feel that news of this caliber deserves the increased exposure of the main forum. Please keep replies intelligent, honest, topical, and free of slander against me. Debate the topic, not the person who brought it up.

Sources for all my facts can be found at the bottom, they are labeled according to subject.

That having been said...

Many of you might remember that I started a thread on the day the video was released noting how "convenient" it was that the tape had come out, just as the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal was in full swing. Not only did this take the abuse scandal off of headlines, but it swayed public opinion back against "those ****ing Iraqis".

Evidence

1) Most people replied by asserting that the execution occured as retribution to the abuse photos that had surfaced, but you have to ask yourself - do these terrorists, who are clearly capable of brainwashing people to the point where they are willing to kill and be killed for their beliefs, really have no concept of political tact? Here they are, the whole world screaming at the US for hypocrisy and injustice over these pictures, and they perform and publish this execution right in the heat of the scandal. In other words, these masters of brainwashing and spin and deception release a video of a despicable act just as the US, their sworn enemy, is being globally grilled. Does this make sense to you?

2) Second, I wonder what the standard issue chair is at Abu Ghraib prison?

**pix**
http://tinyurl.com/2d4qg
http://tinyurl.com/2keh8

*cough*

3) Is it not interesting that the wall colour at Abu Ghraib prison is identical to that of the video?

4) Is it not also interesting that Berg is wearing the same orange jumpsuit worn by prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison? Sure, you say, perhaps he was kidnapped directly from the prison (as stupid as this sounds, anyway) - but then can you please explain (7)?

5) Is it also not interesting that the timecodes in the video jump back and forth?

6) Is it also not interesting that Berg did not exhibit any of the convulsions that typically accompany decapitation? http://www.ahsc.arizona.edu/uac/iacuc/rodents/avma.htm I am suggesting here that Berg was already dead when the decapitation occured (which accounts for 5). Before you go calling me crazy, please review the evidence; why did he not exhibit the convulsions that go hand in hand with decapitation (especially such an extended one)?

7) Is it not curious that the US denies contact with Berg, and yet his friends and family insist that he told them he was being held by the US? Huh? Why?

8) Another tape oddity - the men SPEAK RUSSIAN for several seconds. Not only that, but they speak Arabic with Russian accents. That's right, in the final seconds of the tape, one of the men speaks in Russian. Those here who understand russian (and have the stomach to view that final seconds of the video) can verify this. Those who speak Arabic will be able to verify that these men speak Arabic in Russian accents.

9) Finally (the physical evidence that will convince you in case you already aren't)...
You will notice, in watching the video, that 6 times, a gold ring flashes on the hand of the executioner. What is the problem? Islam completely and utterly forbids men to wear gold rings. This fanatical muslim, willing to kill in a gutwrenching manner, and be killed for his beliefs, is violating one of the clear prohibitions of his religion? Really? DOES THIS MAKE SENSE TO YOU?

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Two more points:

10) Nick Berg understands Arabic, but sits calmy while statement is read, waiting to be killed. Hmm?

11) One of the executioners is wearing Air Jordans. WHAT?

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12) The "terrorists" signed the video, yet they wear hoods and masks. Why?

13) The "terrorists" have lily white hands.

14) The video time is in US Military English. What the hell?

Conclusion
As many has suspected, but have not had the time to build a solid case for, the execution of Nick Berg was performed by coalition interests (most likely independent Russian mercenaries) in order to dwarf the abuse pictures and sway public opinion back against the Iraqis and in support of the war by taking advantage of the emotional reaction we all experience when hearing of such an despicable act. The poor production quality (all the "curiosities" I have pointed out) of this video can be attributed to the haste in which it was made after the order was given to distract the public from the abuse scandal, and is in line with my conclusion.

Again, before you attack my conclusion, attack my evidence. No matter how crazy you think this sounds, examine the evidence objectively and please try to deny a single thing I have said. If you cannot deny my evidence, you logically cannot deny my conclusion. Make your replies free of subjective opinions and ad hominem attacks or I will not reply to them.


Sources:

Chair, wall, timecode, and :
http://tinyurl.com/3cjha
http://tinyurl.com/2pu22

Berg was in US custody:
http://tinyurl.com/24xtq
(you'll have to copy & paste this one since genmay blocks cnn links as you know)

Gold rings forbidden by Islam:
http://tinyurl.com/2s4bg
http://tinyurl.com/226ns
 

seemeagain

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What I found odd and nobody has mentioned it yet, at least to my knowledge is that the guy who’s holding the head (white scarf) he was wearing something over top of his clothing mabye a bullet proof vest when the guy was speaking but when he held the head it was gone. Also the guy who was talking was also the one who started cutting the head but then the video cut to the guy in the white scarf holding the head at the end.

Now I’m starting to feel like a conspiracy theorist...maybe I’m reading to much into all of this but this video is so doctored and it’s so obvious. I’m sure that the guys who made/edited the video would know that we would figure out if the has been edited and find all sorts of inconsistencies so why do such a botched up job?

Now I’m starting to think that maybe they put out a crap video out on purpose so we’d blame the US for trying to fool the public so we would sympathesize with them. If the US was responsible why wouldn’t they make him change his uniform? Why the apparent discrepancies? "

"watch the video again....not the killing part...but the speech....

now watch all of the other guys...

the one on the far left...his pose seems rather odd....he looks like he’s standing at the back of a church or something....who will stand with their hands behind their back during an excecution video?...if i was in that position...i would be posing as tough as i could be....

the guy on the far right....this guy is hilarious....just watch him....he ’s holding his gun..and then for some odd reason he proceeds to put the strap on and swing the gun behind his shoulder...after that he stands like a kid bored out of his mind....furthermore...he seems rather uncomfortable with the uniform he’s wearing....i would be guessing that being muslim and/or terrorist he would have worn...i forget what you call it...a, let’s say, mask...but he constantly fidgets with it....

it’s funny how NONE of the other terrorists...other than the one reading seems to understand what the hell he’s saying....all of them seem rather bored...
the on the the far right begins to look around the room...look at his feet...and his hands seem so awkward....
the guy on the far left....he looks like a child....he’s swaying from side to side...moving his hips a little....
and finally the two beside the "speaker" seem to not move at all...not one bit...

none of them nod...none of them acknowledge that waht the speaker is saying is true...nothing....they don’t even pay attention...what’s going on?...

THEN...when the "Allah Hu Akbar" starts...it really doesn’t sound like it’s any of them saying it....it really feels like there’s a crown of people around the camera person screaming it out....

hmmm...

however....watch the video....at 2:43:01 to 2:43:11 Berg CLEARLY moves....how is that possible with the claim that he is already dead?

To answer my own question...here’s my theory....i think that the man who was talking....wasn’t....i think that they filmed about 5 minutes of that scene with them just standing there with Berg ALIVE...and then dubbed the voice over it...then they proceed to inject him with something...killing him...and then severing the head...remember that they could have easily changed the time code and/or done it on another day...

that would account for Berg not understanding waht the speaker was saying because he apparently understood arabic...that would also account for the fact that the other men were bored and distracted...that would account for Berg actually moving...and it would account for the fact that the reader would keep flipping the page...and end up on the same page...

one last note....at 13:46:03....there is someone wearing a grey sweater in the right hand side of the video...none of the men on the video were wearing grey...and we know that this is not the cameraman....so who is this man?
"i watched it carefully...the beheading took about 47 seconds...

but i have to say that i am still skeptical about questioning the validity of the video...i do agree that it’s very shotty...but i have to say that im still on the fence with this one....

the one problem that i have wiht the video is that a human body with the head severed would be running around like a chicken in the same situation...what i find really odd...not only to add to the fact that there was a lack of twitching during the actual beheading...

1. there was no real struggle fom this man....
2. the man holding down Berg didn’t look like he had to put any real force...or really had to try...
3. even after the beheading...his body should have been twitcing....or running around...and/or...his facial features should have been twiching also...
4. Why was there no blood?...Now when decapitating someone....there should be a solid amount of blood....similar to the Kill Bill style...ohnly with ledd spraying...none of the men had any blood on them...
 

The Happy Tapper

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You raise some very valid points and expanded on alot of initial thoughts I had about the tape. After watching the entire footage, I believed it, then I didn't, then I did, then I didn't. There's are definitely things about the video that don't add up, for example the time-coding. I've watched it quite a few times to figure it out, but I wasn't ever able to expand on it the way you have.

About the beheading....I've seen one done in the desert, guilotine-style (on all-fours, head forward), with a long-ass sword and a basket to catch the head. Now, it was from a distance, but I didn't notice any type of convulsions or twitching from the body (the head fell nicely into the basket, so I couldn't tell any facial features). And in the Berg video, there does seem (to me) to be a large amount of blood leaking from the body lying on the ground (as his head is held up for the camera). But then again, the quality is horrible and what looks like blood could easily be blamed on the brutal pixelation of my copy (from ogrish.com).
 

pizzapest

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Why does the camera go so blurry when they are going for the closeup of the actual beheading? Perhaps thats when they switched the real Berg out, and put the beheaded Iraqi prisoner in his place. It all makes sense now ;)
 

schizo_man

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one thing I really dont understand is why all the video coming out of the arabic world is such a poor copy? I mean, even the video made by a cell phone cam is better quality.
 

rickoshadows

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The video could have been converted from PAL format to North American Standard before it was digitized, which would account for poor quality.

However, one must remember that CNN, Al Gazeera, etc is part of the modern battleground, and both sides are using it. And of course, the media is more than happy to prostitute themselves because it means ratings which equals dollars.

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qwerty

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Seeme, your theory is very believable. My only question to those who buy into these conspiracies, if the americans are going to all the trouble to 'fake' a murder like this one, why didn't they just plant some WMD's to save themselves all the headaches they've had to endure in the last year? This would seem like a lot less trouble to me. However if these conspiricies are true it just goes to show that the americans are truely as stupid as I believed all along:Þ
 

sushiman

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Thanks to Krieger in The Province the WMD have been found.


 
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