Video of decapitated U.S. citizen in Iraq staged by the CIA
Zinfandel | 07.06.2004 09:08 | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | Indymedia | London
The video showing the alleged decapitation of U.S. citizen Nicholas Berg by an Islamic group was initially transmitted by the U.S. networks Fox News and CNN, and the BBC.
Granma International English Edition: Havana. June 3, 2004
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2004/junio/juev3/24video.html
It was announced on May 12 and caused an international storm. The next day its "authenticity" was confirmed by the CIA, which stated that Jordanian "terrorist" Abu Moussab Zarkaui was the author of the decapitation.
The existence of the video – according to various sources – was reported by correspondents from Reuters in Dubai on May 12.
Supposedly, and without knowing who told them, one hour later the networks Fox, CNN and the BBC downloaded footage from the htpp://www.al-ansar.biz/ and its worldwide circulation began.
Mysteriously and after the images were downloaded by the three main networks, the video "disappeared" from the server where it was placed, so that the other networks, including the Arab ones, were unable to transmit the material.
That situation led to the monopoly of diffusion being centralized in Fox News, CNN and the BBC, identified by the experts as traditional CIA media plants.
The Internet site where the video was originally placed belongs to a society based in Malaysia, which has gone offline; thus the video no longer exists.
The name of the domain, or ownership of the Internet address belonged to Arab Press House, a London-based press society with no Islamic links whatsoever.
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2004/junio/juev3/24video.html It was announced on May 12 and caused an international storm. The next day its "authenticity" was confirmed by the CIA, which stated that Jordanian "terrorist" Abu Moussab Zarkaui was the author of the decapitation.
The existence of the video – according to various sources – was reported by correspondents from Reuters in Dubai on May 12.
Supposedly, and without knowing who told them, one hour later the networks Fox, CNN and the BBC downloaded footage from the htpp://www.al-ansar.biz/ and its worldwide circulation began.
Mysteriously and after the images were downloaded by the three main networks, the video "disappeared" from the server where it was placed, so that the other networks, including the Arab ones, were unable to transmit the material.
That situation led to the monopoly of diffusion being centralized in Fox News, CNN and the BBC, identified by the experts as traditional CIA media plants.
The Internet site where the video was originally placed belongs to a society based in Malaysia, which has gone offline; thus the video no longer exists.
The name of the domain, or ownership of the Internet address belonged to Arab Press House, a London-based press society with no Islamic links whatsoever.
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