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| Jihad Unspun: Door of Innovation Open to Mujahideen to Mistreat POWs |
| 2004-05-14 |
| From Jihad Unspun .... Husayn ibn Mahmud wrote that something must be done to deter the aggressors from continuing to perpetrate such crimes [mistreatment of prisoners]. âThose are prisoners of war,â Husayn ibn Mahmud wrote, âand the Mujahideen also have prisoners of war, and they are obliged to do something to the Americans so as to force them to think a million times before they venture to carry out [abusive] activity. The Mujahideen cannot do what the Americans have done because it is prohibited by our religion â prohibited in and of itself â and anyway this would not affect them because they generally accept such behavior. They do such things voluntarily, with no one forcing them to, and with no shame. Stripping people naked and sodomizing them are ordinary matters for them, things to which they are accustomed. But there are things that the Mujahideen can do, such as slitting the throats of some of the prisoners with knives, and broadcasting their pictures and names. This should be done by video files on the World Wide Web and not on the news media that the Americans control. It should be announced that these actions are merely to avenge our brothers and sisters in Abu Ghurayb prison. The door of innovation is open to the Mujahideen in this matter.â.... One AP press report indicated that Berg had an âIraqi in-lawâ living in the Mosul area, a man who had been married to a now-deceased sister of Bergâs. .... The first news publication in the world to point to Bergâs Jewish identity was the Zionist Yediot Ahronot, published in occupied Palestine. Given that Zionist activity has been frequently reported particularly in the northern regions of occupied Iraq (where Mosul is located), it is reasonable to wonder whether the Zionists in Tel Aviv might not have other relevant information on Nick Berg that has not yet been disclosed.... On 7th March, 2004, just three weeks before the first anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, an âenemiesâ list of anti-war groups and individuals was posted on the Free Republic forum. It began: "Here you are, FReepers. Here is the enemyâ and listed "Michael S. Berg, Teacher, Prometheus Methods Tower Service, Inc." Just seven days after "Michael Berg" and "Prometheus Methods Tower Service" had come up on that Iraq war âenemiesâ list, his son Nick Berg returned to Iraq under the business name of Prometheus Methods Tower Service. Within two weeks of the list being posted, Nick Berg --back in Iraq on his final fatal trip -- was reportedly detained in Mosul at an Iraqi police checkpoint. .... But a more likely reason is that by then authorities in Iraq had discovered that a âBergâ of Prometheus Methods Tower Service was in the country, and issued a detention instruction to Iraqi police because they misidentified Nick Berg as an antiwar activist entering Iraq to work for the âenemyâ. .... |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |