Uncle Sam
05-13-2004, 12:21 PM
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WASHINGTON (*******) - Al Qaeda supporter Abu Musab al-Zarqawi probably was the one who beheaded American Nick Berg on a video shown this week on an Islamist Web site, a U.S. official said on Thursday.
U.S. intelligence agencies have been analyzing the video that has poor audio quality, and while the technical analysis was not complete, it was "quite probably" Zarqawi who wielded the knife, the official told *******.
The intelligence analysis so far is leaning toward "Zarqawi personally is the voice heard on the tape and that the person whose voice is on the tape is also the person who wields the knife," the official said on condition of anonymity.
A Web site video on Tuesday showed five masked men standing behind Berg. One of them read a statement urging Muslims to seek revenge for Iraqi prisoners abused by U.S. soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad.
The masked men then pushed Berg to the floor and one of them sawed the American's head off with a large knife and held the head up for the camera.
WASHINGTON (*******) - Al Qaeda supporter Abu Musab al-Zarqawi probably was the one who beheaded American Nick Berg on a video shown this week on an Islamist Web site, a U.S. official said on Thursday.
U.S. intelligence agencies have been analyzing the video that has poor audio quality, and while the technical analysis was not complete, it was "quite probably" Zarqawi who wielded the knife, the official told *******.
The intelligence analysis so far is leaning toward "Zarqawi personally is the voice heard on the tape and that the person whose voice is on the tape is also the person who wields the knife," the official said on condition of anonymity.
A Web site video on Tuesday showed five masked men standing behind Berg. One of them read a statement urging Muslims to seek revenge for Iraqi prisoners abused by U.S. soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad.
The masked men then pushed Berg to the floor and one of them sawed the American's head off with a large knife and held the head up for the camera.