Saturday, August 07, 2004

Another head rolls

Bush gets his wish in spades.

"I am from San Francisco, California," said the young man dressed in a plain beige T-shirt as he sat on a chair. "We need to leave this country right now. If we don't, everyone is gonna be killed in this way," he said.

The clearly distraught American gave his name and address before appealing to the United States to leave Iraq.

The name and address appeared to match a Benjamin Vanderford, who has a U.S. Web site. He is described on that site as a 22-year-old aspiring local politician and musician.

"I have been offered for exchange for prisoners here in Iraq," the terrified-looking American said in the video, rocking back and forth in his chair, his hands tied behind his back.

"We need to leave this country alone. We need to stop this occupation." The video then showed the beheading.

... U.S. marines battled Shi'ite militiamen in the holy city of Najaf for a third day on Saturday as the death toll mounted in the worst bout of fighting in Iraq in four months.
Wired News article

Update 11:00 am: It was faked. Jezus. When exactly was it, do you think, that we morphed into the Twilight Zone?

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