# Did you watch the beheading... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 13, 2004, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-watch-the-beheading/244967 "2004-05-13T16:04:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Frankenstein\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ccd318/32.png) [@Frankenstein\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frankenstein_Monster)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-watch-the-beheading/244967/41 "2004-05-20T10:38:58Z")
Sorry for the cross-post but this seems relevant to this thread, too: [Nick Berg decapitation video declared “a fraud” by medical doctor](http://www.aztlan.net/fake_video.htm) [There is now ample evidence that the video showing the decapitation of 26 year old Nicholas Berg of Philadelphia by purported Al queda members is a complete fraud.](http://www.aztlan.net/berg_abu_ghraib_video.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-watch-the-beheading/244967/42 "2004-05-20T11:00:26Z")
What the Doctor in that page says is that he thinks the man was dead when his throat was cut. This doesn’t mean the rest of the video was fake or that he was not killed by terrorists. Whether Berg was alive when the video was made has been discussed at length here; in the end it’s not very important I think. From the second page, which I don’t think is very ‘ample:’ “The one on the extreme right in Photo 6 is pudgy and is wearing very clean tennis shoes. This will not be the case with an Al queda fighter.” Unproven assertion. Also, since they’re filming and not fighting, they may have chosen to dress differently. “Also, Photo 6 shows that at least three of them are wearing bullet proof vests. Has anyone seen Al queda members wearing heavy and cumbersome bullet proof vests?” No, I haven’t, as a matter of fact I’ve never seen an Al Qaeda member at all. 😛 This isn’t too convincing. “Look at the garb that all five are wearing. They look like Halloween costumes.” :rolleyes: There is nothing at all unique about the chair in the photos (it’s clearly store-bought), and I don’t see much to note about the walls either. I wish I had a better idea of what the gif thing was. But would a conspiracy make such a dumb mistake? ---
**Author:** ![Frankenstein\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ccd318/32.png) [@Frankenstein\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frankenstein_Monster)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-watch-the-beheading/244967/43 "2004-05-20T11:20:37Z")
I agree that most of the second link is the usual conspiracy theory stuff. The interesting bit was this: > [@](#): > > Towards the end of the video, at frames 9306 through 9368, a person with a US military cap temporarily pokes about a quarter of his left head into the video. His neck, left ear and part of his cap and visor can be seen. Not that I’m into conspiracy theories, just thought this was relevant to the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Frankenstein\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ccd318/32.png) [@Frankenstein\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frankenstein_Monster)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-watch-the-beheading/244967/44 "2004-05-20T11:23:39Z")
Sorry, please disregard my previous post. Upon rereading I realize that **Marley23** did address that aspect, too. ---
**Author:** ![bigdfrombigd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@bigdfrombigd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bigdfrombigd)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-watch-the-beheading/244967/45 "2004-05-24T20:00:17Z")
> [@Abbie Carmichael](#): > > No, I didn’t watch it and I won’t. > > I have a kid. How would I like it if people all over the world were watching a video of my child’s murder, if I were in the Berg’s situation? It’s bad enough we use murder for entertainment in movies and TV shows. But to watch a REAL one is completely unnecessary if you are Joe Q. Public. > > Stuff like that gets into your soul. This world is will do enough damage to your soul just by living everyday life, why intentionally put poison into it? Amen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-watch-the-beheading/244967.md?page=2)