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05/13/2004:

"Yeah right"

Oh well, all right then. The CIA did a 'technical analysis' and determined that Al-Zarqawi (i.e. al Qaeda) is busy in Iraq. How convenient. Osama and his buds are nothing if not convenient. Made to order, I would say. Whether to justify, distract, or terrorize...when in doubt, pull them out of the hat. O and by the way, where did Berg's U.S.-issue orange jumpsuit come from?

CIA Says Al-Zarqawi Beheaded Berg in Iraq
AP

WASHINGTON - Terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was the masked man who beheaded an American civilian in Iraq (news - web sites), U.S. intelligence officials concluded Thursday, as other questions lingered about Nicholas Berg's final days and his contacts with U.S. and Iraqi author

An American diplomatic official in Iraq had told Berg's family in early April that he was being detained by the U.S. military, according to e-mails provided by the family.

U.S. officials have said Berg, who was found dead last weekend in Baghdad, was detained by Iraqi police March 24 and was never in the custody of American forces.

Meanwhile, through a technical analysis, intelligence officials were able to determine "with high probability" that the speaker on a video showing Berg's beheading was al-Zarqawi, a CIA (news - web sites) official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The same person is shown decapitating Berg, the official said.

U.S. authorities consider al-Zarqawi an ally of Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) and say he is running his own terrorist operation.
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