Cutting off people's heads in public is nothing new to your average Arab audience.....It is the prescribed punishment for any number of offenses, both religious and political, and the villagers or city- dwellers who have witnessed the individual's sins or crime are invited to watch that person be beheaded. ....Both the accused and the audience have a right to expect a properly sharpened and heavy sword will be used, and that the executioner has a talent for such things.

....However, for an audience from outside Islamic lands, more crude methods are employed, and it is permissible to hack off a living person's head whose only 'crime' was to be in the wrong place at the right time. ....And so the black-hooded executioner, rumored to be Al Zarqawi himself in some cases, saws away at all that neck gristle with an ordinary knife, while blood spurts everywhere, and the cameras roll. ....It's better if the Infidel pleads for his life a bit, and screams in pain until his wind-pipe is severed. ....No doubt Satan himself has records and copies of these videos in the cool room in Hell, along with his supply of beer and whiskey.

.....There can be no doubt that the forces that control Hell are now providing protection for Al Zarqawi, but some day they will tire of doing this, and he'll get his. ....If Muslim authorities get to him before the Americans, he can only hope that the executioner's sword is sharp, and the one who uses it expert and merciful."

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Dr. Bob Holt, MD 7-30-2004