Nick Berg's Death

[Damien]

Not sure if it's been posted yet but has anyone seen the video??? It's under link removed by moderator. I hear that's it's horrifying to watch, 2 mins of pain.

I'm not sure as to what to say to all this but what do ya'll think? Ya know, it's said that it was done b/c of the pics taken of the Iraqi prisoners doing degrading poses etc. I haven't went to it 'cause i just found out about it n I'm at school but there is a lot of people going with the, "This is so not the same as making people pose embarassingly..."

[BP2K2Max]

this is just going to lead to retaliation by our soldiers on POW's.

[Atomis27]

I've seen it.

"2 mins of pain" is a stretch, most of the video is of him sitting on the floor in restraints while one of the 5 guys standing behind him reads from something. The last 30 seconds is where the execution takes place.

As for the feelings it evoked in me...I'm not even going to start becuse I'd be flamed to hell and back. Suffice to say I want to go get my gun and a plane ticket.

[freakray]

I don't know that there is even a place for this on AF, especially not a link to the video.
I don't care how horrific it may be, show the guy some respect, he lost his life trying to help people.

[psychobadboy]

i saw the vid. it's quite gruesome. the fact that you can hear Berg scream when they start hacking away at his head makes it even more horrifying. they also hold his head up to the camera afterwards. watch the vid if you think you can handle it...other wise, don't

[YogsVR4]

No - I have not seen it and I do not want to.

[blindside.AMG]

Originally Posted by freakray

I don't know that there is even a place for this on AF, especially not a link to the video.
I don't care how horrific it may be, show the guy some respect, he lost his life trying to help people.

And yet Taranaki beleaves he deserves it because he's American. He's made it perfectly clear that having your head cut off isn't nearly as bad as having naked photos taken of you. Crazy how that works.

[Ace$nyper]

Originally Posted by Atomis27

I've seen it.

"2 mins of pain" is a stretch, most of the video is of him sitting on the floor in restraints while one of the 5 guys standing behind him reads from something. The last 30 seconds is where the execution takes place.

As for the feelings it evoked in me...I'm not even going to start becuse I'd be flamed to hell and back. Suffice to say I want to go get my gun and a plane ticket.

thats how I feel about this.

[2strokebloke]

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It doesn't make me want to kill anybody, if anything though it makes me want to go over there and administer shock therapy to those who did this. Of course if they feel one life is punishment enough - fine, they better not kill anymore people because they're running out of excuses of why to do it.

[Ace$nyper]

Killing seems to be part of human nature we humans have only killed each other from Day 1. Happy and sunshine filled no real yes.

[Flatrater]

They would of killed Mr. Berg for another reason if they didn't use the prisoner pictures. Yes I have seen the video. What religion or laws of a country say that its ok to kill an innocent person in this fashion or any other fashion? And the people who say its President Bush's fault this happened are wrong! These thugs kill people all the time. It wasn't Bush's fault 9-11 happened too, so don't blame him for it blame the thug who hacked off Mr. berg's head. I hope he gets the same treatment except I hope it lasts longer than 30 seconds.

[Toksin]

I for one will not be watching that video. I can go without watching a man die, thanks.

[taranaki]

Originally Posted by blindside.AMG

And yet Taranaki beleaves he deserves it because he's American. He's made it perfectly clear that having your head cut off isn't nearly as bad as having naked photos taken of you. Crazy how that works.

Your avatar says it all for you.You are clearly clueless.Mr Berg exposed himself to unneccesary risk against the advice of his government.He was probably a hostage in mid-April,long before the disgusting behaviour of US guards was publicised.

It doesn't matter whether Mr Berg was American,Welsh,Albanian or Chinese,he died horribly,but could have avoided it. I hold the US government and other Republican apologists in contempt for their blatant use of his death for propaganda purposes.Don't bother referring to my posts if you are going to twist them for your own bigoted motives.

[jon@af]

Haven't seen, don't plan on it either. It's horrible that someone had to meet his end in such a way.

[thegladhatter]

I think we should blame Bush and Rumsfeld.