13 May 2004 -- A U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) official said today Al-Qaeda-linked terrorist Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi was probably the person shown in a video beheading a U.S. citizen in Iraq.
The CIA official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said an analysis of the tape where U.S. citizen Nicholas Berg is beheaded determined there was a high probability that the speaker and executioner in the tape was al-Zarqawi.
The speaker in the video claimed Berg's execution was retaliation for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners in the Abu Ghurayb prison.
The tape was titled "Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi Slaughtering an American" and was posted earlier this week on a website affiliated with Al-Qaeda.
(Reuters/AP/AFP)
The speaker in the video claimed Berg's execution was retaliation for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners in the Abu Ghurayb prison.
The tape was titled "Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi Slaughtering an American" and was posted earlier this week on a website affiliated with Al-Qaeda.
(Reuters/AP/AFP)