cut: Michael Berg, left, is comforted by his son David after learning the details of the killing in Iraq of his other son Nick, in front of the family house in West Chester, Pa., Tuesday May 11, 2004. A video posted Tuesday on an Islamic militant Web site showed the beheading of an American civilian, who identified himself as Nick Berg, in Iraq, and said the execution was carried out by an al-Qaida affiliated group to avenge the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers.…
May 12, 2004
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May 12, 2004 9 p.m.
Grisly video shows American civilian beheaded in Iraq, killers speak of revenge for Abu Ghraib abuses
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — A video posted Tuesday on an al-Qaida-linked Web site showed the beheading of an American civilian in Iraq and said the execution was carried out to avenge abuses of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.