Al Qaeda’s leader in Iraq beheaded an American civilian and vowed more killings in revenge for the “Satanic degradation” of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers, an Islamist Web site said on Tuesday. A poor quality videotape on the site showed a man dressed in orange overalls sitting bound on a white plastic chair in a bare room, then knelt on the floor with five masked men behind him. “My name is Nick Berg, my father’s name is Michael… I have a brother and sister, David and Sarah,” said the bound man, adding he was from Philadelphia. One of the masked men read a statement urging Muslims to seek revenge after pictures were published of Iraqi prisoners being abused by U.S. troops at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad. Full Story
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