My obervation is that this video is a obvious forgery.

1) Why is he wearing a Orange military prisoners uniform. Where did theterrorist get such a uniform, or did the US military release him in these garmets?

2) No blood is seen falling from the raised head of Berg, if he were alive, and his heart was beating, blood would have been spraying everywhere. Doctor who have seen the video claim the victim was dead before the decapitation

3) Frame 13 26 46 clearly shows a pale skinned female hand enter the screen from the right.

4) Frame 13 46 18 clearly shows a military coat with a pen in it.

5) Frame 13 26 35 Shows Berg sitting in a white chair VERY similar to chairs photographed many times at Abu Graib prison.

6) Zaraqawi has a leg amputated, none of the men appear to have any sort of limp or impairment.

7) The executioner is wearing a gold ring on his finger. That is against muslim law.

8) The terrorists seem very fat for men who have been on the run for over a year.

9) There is no mention of Al'Queada in the opening message, why do western reporters continue to claim thir is?

10) In my opinion the man being executed looks nothing like Berg, also in the parts where Berg states his name, his parents names, ect.. the audio doesn't line up with the lips of the man in the video

11) The assault rifle carried by the terrorist on the far right is a Israeli made Galil, how would these terrorist get hold of such weapons?

12) the accent of the man reading at the beginning of the video does not have a Iraqi accent. Some claim its more Egyptian, some say it sounds more like a non-native arabic speaker.

13) Berg never seems to move once during the execution, his eyes seem dark and sunken and his skin is pastey white.

Taken singulary any of these could be explained away; however, added all together and what seems to me is one of 2 things. Either a dead Nick Berg was decapitated by someone other than Zaraqawi, or the whole video is fake.

I'm not sure about the "faking" of the beheading or anything like that. What I do know is that a lot of things about the guy have just kind of dribbled out in an incoherent mess. I've heard he's Jewish, that he was an anti-war protester, all sorts of stuff. I believe it's more of a lack of effort to check the facts and get the story straight the first time(along with being too lazy to double-check the facts) on the part of the media which is already looking for a new, breaking story.

It's a bit off topic, but maybe not?

Is it possible that the Nick Berg beheading, or to be more accurate, the videotaping of the incident, may have been inspired (for lack of a better word) this horrible crime? The suspects are 17 and 22.

Nick Berg's beheading case was used to distract the criticism on abusing of Iraqi prisoners. It was done in a hurry so there was a lot of flaws which caused doubt by many observers.

The late news, however, is more like a deliberate information released to mislead people to another direction. It could be viewed as a cover up. Something only government can do.

1. Deny Berg was in US military custody. Said he was detained by Iraqi police. It's all their words. As a matter of fact., it was something easy to verify. The authority can immediately declare where Berg was detained, and the witness - Iraqi police who detained Berg. Iraqi police is controlled by occupation troops, Berg was interrogated by FBI. How couldn't they give the location and witness? But they failed to verify it. (Any late verification could be viewed as a fake)

2. Said Berg's internet password was shared by 911 suspect. And he had been investigated by FBI in early 90s. It's all their words. No others can release such information then intelligence. The purpose is to hint that Berg had link to terrorist.

3. The release of all the details of Nick Berg's whereabout in Iraq and his connection to someone who had link to Russian Mob gang. Again, nobody can do this but intelligence. It's all their words. To cover up the flaw of Berg's "kidnapper" being whites not Arabics.

One thing may prove how eagerly they try to cover up the beheading case.

Why Bush is so eager to demolish Abu Ghurayb prison? Because abusing scandal? But abusing case is popular among other prisons. Why not demolish all of them? And Bush will rebuild another one to replace Abu Ghurayb. What's difference? Will that new jail stop abusing?

It may prove the allegation that Nick Berg the beheading case took place inside the Abu Ghurayb.

The beheading case was thrown out at the peak of abusing prisoners scandal. Obviously used to distract the criticism. It was done in a hurry so there was a lot of flaws which caused a massive discussion in internet.

That's why they are hurry to demolish Abu Ghurayb. To destroy evidence forever.

Once the prison was transfer into new Iraqi government, the evidence that Berg was killed in this jail may be discovered. Bush administration are afraid of it.