Dallas Morning News publishes decapitation

[seattlesteph]

of Nick Berg - head is blacked out.

"This is the Enemy" in Lead Editorial.

"it's important that Americans see reality." - lead editor on NewsNight with Aaron Brown

I don't want to post the link because that means I'll have to look at the photo, and right now, I don't think I can. I watched some of the video and I can't deal with filling in the rest with a news photo.

sorry.

[thebigidea]

1. hmm. the first film I made was called "This is the Enemy"

it was about Nazi propaganda.

Hmmm.

[DAGDA56]

3. With John Houston's narration...a classic for its time. (nt)

[thebigidea]

4. mine was a collagey 16mm mutation... got the title from propaganda

I've never seen the film you mention, which of course sends me running to Netflix.

Loved his comment to John Wayne when he saw him strutting around in uniform: "Wayne! At least try and ACT like you were in the service!" or somesuch.

[Walt Starr]

2. IT ain't on the web site

:shrug:

[ibegurpard]

5. Would Berg be dead if Bush hadn't had his war hard-on for Iraq?

Would 800+ and counting American soldiers (not to mention tens of thousands of Iraqis)? And for what? To bring freedom and democracy to Iraq?
Here's what it looks like to them:
http://www.hiiraan.com/htdocs/2004/may/Ghraib/iraqi_pow.htm

[NewYorkerfromMass]

6. Here's the link, which is actually an editorial

The image you see here depicts an al-Qaeda terrorist brandishing the severed head of American hostage Nick Berg as a trophy of war. This is who the enemy is. This is what our nation is up against.

This edited image shows a terrorist holding up the head of Nick Berg. We have chosen to obscure Mr. Berg's face. But it is important that our readers see in as much detail as reasonably possible what the Islamists have done to an innocent American civilian. It's important because this is the fate al-Qaeda and its allies intend for every one of us in the West, and for the many Muslims who oppose their plans. (Though Arab media have generally downplayed this atrocity, it's actually more important for the world's Muslims to see what is being done in their name.)

Presenting this photograph, which was taken from an al-Qaeda-affiliated Web site, is important because of the power of image to shape public opinion. Shocking photographs have driven the Abu Ghraib prison atrocity story, which has now become a national crisis of confidence in this nation's civilian and military leadership, and the mission in Iraq. If we show you images of Abu Ghraib abuses, and of soldiers' coffins at Dover Air Force base because we think you should know the truth about this war, then we should show you this image, too. .... (blah, blah,...)

Look at the photo of what they did to this young Pennsylvanian, and understand that this is why we Americans fight, however imperfectly, and that this is why we dare not lose faith in the justice and necessity of our cause.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/051304dnedinickberg2.1b76c1e90.html

[NewYorkerfromMass]

7. SO I say in response to the idiots at the DMN and elsewhere:

"This is who the enemy is" you say... O.K. They are murderers. Let's apprehend them as we would any other murders- with police and detective work. You don't need America's full defense apparatus to do so.
You people need a sense of perspective.