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Ash_F

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14. I am not sure why they would do that, if they were going to subsequently kill him anyway. /nt
Sun Aug 24, 2014, 09:05 PM
Aug 2014

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The Nick Berg video was edited, as well. nt RandiFan1290 Aug 2014 #1
Something wrong. I saw that video yesterday where those ballyhoo Aug 2014 #4
WTF? blackspade Aug 2014 #18
Exactly who: The Mexican Drug Lords. What kind of person? ballyhoo Aug 2014 #19
Go West Young Man just emailed me the same thing. He went ballyhoo Aug 2014 #2
I think a high level of suspicion is warranted. n/t ucrdem Aug 2014 #6
The other thing Go West said, UCRdem, and I don't ballyhoo Aug 2014 #9
I had much 2naSalit Aug 2014 #21
The London Times is apparently running the same story with tomorrow's date, ucrdem Aug 2014 #3
Is he dead? AngryAmish Aug 2014 #5
Per the Telegraph, there's no doubt that he was executed, ucrdem Aug 2014 #7
Head upon torso would be pretty solid proof. The "phony" part is that the BEHEADING occurred later. WinkyDink Aug 2014 #8
Or before with the real Foley. Can't review them all now. ballyhoo Aug 2014 #10
but this has been disputed also reorg Aug 2014 #25
Well...wouldn't be the first time something was staged for sensationalism to KoKo Aug 2014 #11
That is it exactly, Koko, is what I think. We were ballyhoo Aug 2014 #12
Daniel Pearl was definitely dead before his decapitation Warpy Aug 2014 #13
Having seen other videos made by IS, it does take awhile to cut off a head with a small knife. Kaleva Aug 2014 #20
I am not sure why they would do that, if they were going to subsequently kill him anyway. /nt Ash_F Aug 2014 #14
Perhaps they made an agreement with Foley that they'd kill him before the beheading if he PersonNumber503602 Aug 2014 #24
More than a few have doubted the video was authentic...looks like they have their own James O'Keefe. Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #15
Fred. Ask yourself this about IS. ballyhoo Aug 2014 #23
"The Power of Nightmares" Three Part BBC Documentary explains it all. Hoppy Aug 2014 #16
Maybe its as simple as this.... candelista Aug 2014 #17
Probably a fake in case something went wrong flamingdem Aug 2014 #22
Locking. bluesbassman Aug 2014 #26
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