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Originally posted by godwulf
Something occurred to me shortly after the beheading story came out, and maybe it says something about the state of my own cynicism, but...if I were in a position of authority within the military or the C.I.A. in Iraq, and I wanted to distract the attention of the world (and especially, of the American public) from the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal and refocus it on the cruelty of "the enemy"...do you see where I'm going with this?
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I sort of considered something similar, but I doubt that the US would be dumb enough to do something so high profile. Very few conspiracies, from Watergate through Iran-Contra and the blue dress, have stood the test of time, and the active murder of a US citizen would have no statute of limitations.
However, the holding by Iraqi police is slightly suspicious. Could the arrest have been a setup? If so, which side were they setting him up for?
IMO, there is a %90 chance that the Berg killing was carried out by hostile terrorists, militia, etc. Occams razor rules and thanks to our fucked up policies there are enough hostile factions and cells there to want to do us in.
However, there are a few groups which would want to inflame American public opinion and keep us in Iraq. Right now, there are a number of Iraqis who have hitched their star to the US occupation, and if we bail out, they not only stand to lose whatever power and kickbacks they are getting, they might very well lose their lives.
Starting with the
Iraqi Governing Council , and going down through middlemen dealing with Haliburton, local politicians and ex-generals, a lot of people are prospering because we have to subcontract everything outside of the green zone to locals.
So I will say that there is a %10 chance that Berg was killed by 'friendlies' in an attempt to re-inflame American passions.