May 08, 2006
A gruesome beheading video delivered to the Sunday Times purporting to be of slain journalist Atwar Bahjat is a hoax. On Sunday, May 7th, the Times reported that they had received a low-quality video of Atwar Bahjat being slowly beheaded. That video is now being circulated on the internet as the "Atwar Bahjat" beheading video.
The Jawa Report can reveal that the Times and Halal Jabar, the author of the article, are victims of a hoax. The video actually shows the gruesome murder of a Nepalese man by the Army of Ansar al-Sunna in Iraq from August of 2004. The man was one of 12 victims executed by the terrorist organization--the other 11 were shot (original story, video, and images of 12 Nepalese murdered in Iraq here).
The Times describes the Nepalese murder video precisely. However, the video delivered to the Times was actually a low-quality version of a much higher quality film originally made by Ansar al-Sunnah. The Times video also is edited to exclude the murder of the other 11 hostages.
The Army of Ansar al-Sunna has murdered dozens of civilians in Iraq. The organization is an offshoot of the Army of Ansar al-Islam--a Kurdish Islamist organization. The group routinely murders those suspected of collaborating with the U.S. and Iraqi governments. Before the group murders their hostages they accuse them of 'apostasy', a crime punishable by death under Islamic law. They therefore justify their murders as 'executions' for 'crimes' committed against Islam.
Halal Jabar describes the video in the Sunday Times, but leaves out that you can hear the victim gasping for breath through the hole in his severed neck:
By the time filming begins, the condemned woman has been blindfolded with a white bandage.Greyhawk tipped us to the possibility that the video delivered to the Times was not authentic. This image from Getty shows the corpse of Bahjat, apparently shot by terrorists, in February.It is stained with blood that trickles from a wound on the left side of her head. She is moaning, although whether from the pain of what has already been done to her or from the fear of what is about to be inflicted is unclear. ...
A large man dressed in military fatigues, boots and cap approaches from behind and covers her mouth with his left hand. In his right hand, he clutches a large knife with a black handle and an 8in blade. He proceeds to cut her throat from the middle, slicing from side to side.
Her cries — “Ah, ah, ah†— can be heard above the “Allahu akbar†(God is greatest) intoned by the holder of the mobile phone.
Even then, there is no quick release for Bahjat. Her executioner suddenly stands up, his job only half done. A second man in a dark T-shirt and camouflage trousers places his right khaki boot on her abdomen and pushes down hard eight times, forcing a rush of blood from her wounds as she moves her head from right to left.
Only now does the executioner return to finish the task. He hacks off her head and drops it to the ground, then picks it up again and perches it on her bare chest so that it faces the film-maker in a grotesque parody of one of her pieces to camera.
Soon afterward, jihadi forums began to circulate the phony video. Thanks to Baf Baf for much of the legwork in helping figure out which video the hoax had been made from.
The Times reported that the film was delivered to them by Sunni insurgents and said that it had been found on the mobile phone of a dead Shia militant. The article erroneously tries to blame Bahjat's murder on Shia militias, and uses the false video as evidence of growing civil strife in Iraq.
The video, in fact, actually shows an "infidel" being murdered by a Sunni Salaafist terrorist organization with ties to al Qaeda. Related from Jeff Goldstein on why this matters. Neo-neocon as well.
Earlier report: The Bloody Murder of Muslim Jouralist Atwar Bahjat
Here is a link to the original video being circulated on jihadi discussion boards as the Atwar Bahjat beheading video (WARNING: VERY GRAPHIC). Disgusting, cruel, and graphic images from it are posted below.
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UPDATE: Just for the sake of clarity, Bahjat was murdered in a cruel way. The fact that this video is a hoax should not distract us from that fact. Whoever murdered her deserves the severist punishment available. [And by 'hoax' I do not mean to imply the video is fake, only its attribution. For some reason some Islamist scumbag thought it would be funny/scary/useful to send out an old video and label it 'Bahjat'.]
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UPDATE 2: Al Arabiya (Arabic) is now confirming the tape was a hoax (via Abu Aardvark).
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UPDATE 3: Ogrish now reporting same.
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UPDATE 4: Here is a translated version of the al Arabiya article. Bahjat was a reporter for al Arabiya. It claims that the Atwar Bahjat hoax video is for sale on CD-ROM on the Baghdad streets:
It was published this tape in Arabic forums on the Internet, as well as news of the British newspaper quoted several Arab newspapers. The sources also stated that the tape recording sold on CD-ROM in the streets of Baghdad.----
UPDATE 5: I don't know how I overlooked this, but apparantly The Jawa Report's Mike Pechar had been on this from the beginning. From our February post on Atwar Bahjat's murder:
Their bullet-riddled bodies were found by their vehicle near the town of Dawr. Notably, by all indications, these journalists were specifically targeted.----
Why do we show these images? So you can see the cruel and barbaric deeds of the enemies we fight in Iraq and around the globe.
The Western press has no problem with showing you the misdeeds of U.S. soldiers in Iraq--misdeeds that are punished--but will not show you what our enemies are like. The hypocrisy of a media which has no problem characterizing prisoner abuse as 'torture'--- and endlessly publishes photos of a woman laughing at nude prisoners---but refuses to show you what our enemies routinely do to prisoners. Torture them, murder them, and behead them.
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These are images from the Atwar Bahjat beheading video hoax. Who would be so disgusting as to wish us to believe the journalist was beheaded this way?
Here are images from our original report about the hostages from Nepal being murdered. Clearly, the two are the same.
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Posted by: john Ryan at May 08, 2006 01:33 PM (TcoRJ)
Posted by: tj at May 08, 2006 01:38 PM (iXWYc)
Posted by: davec at May 08, 2006 01:45 PM (CcXvt)
Posted by: Rusty at May 08, 2006 01:52 PM (J2Kyq)
Posted by: AL at May 08, 2006 02:21 PM (FEXFJ)
To get an immediate and visceral reaction from idiots. Hope it inspires y'all to join the corp.
It's too bad there weren't any video cameras during the Spanish Inquisition... you guys would really LOVE that stuff...
Posted by: JT at May 08, 2006 02:47 PM (HJ32c)
To get an immediate and visceral reaction from idiots. Hope it inspires y'all to join the corp.
Case in point, idiot.
Posted by: davec at May 08, 2006 02:50 PM (CcXvt)
Posted by: Oyster at May 08, 2006 02:57 PM (EigeA)
Posted by: jesusland joe at May 08, 2006 03:15 PM (rUyw4)
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at May 08, 2006 03:28 PM (0yYS2)
Posted by: jesusland joe at May 08, 2006 03:45 PM (rUyw4)
Thanks. I don't think I'd exactly fit in at the Times. I'm more of a Weekly World News fan myself ;-)
Posted by: Rusty at May 08, 2006 03:59 PM (JQjhA)
Posted by: jesusland joe at May 08, 2006 04:16 PM (rUyw4)
It was just some guy that was beheaded...
Well that absolves the Islamofascists then doesn't it?
Posted by: DANEgerus at May 08, 2006 04:38 PM (J8yxJ)
Posted by: john kerry at May 08, 2006 05:54 PM (BpHeA)
Posted by: Arosent at May 08, 2006 05:55 PM (Oe7Bs)
By "exclusive" I don't mean I'm the only one to figure it out (note the hat tip to Baf Baf, for instance, and to Greyhawk) only that I'm the only one that reported this in the "media" (as of the earliest writing).
Posted by: Rusty at May 08, 2006 06:01 PM (JQjhA)
As opposed to the more intellectual reaction, which would be…? What? Whine? Sorry, but most human beings have a visceral reaction to seeing a person bound and semi-beheaded and then teased while spewing blood. A non-visceral reaction would indicate mental disability. And I doubt many people would be inspired to join a pacifist organization after seeing how evil human beings can be.
Posted by: Mus Zibii at May 08, 2006 06:49 PM (MWcae)
ROPMA
Posted by: Leatherneck at May 08, 2006 07:41 PM (D2g/j)
Posted by: Howie at May 08, 2006 08:15 PM (D3+20)
Posted by: sandpiper at May 08, 2006 09:58 PM (xt8mX)
Posted by: Last gasp Larry at May 09, 2006 12:48 AM (FCC6c)
One word - KARMA
Posted by: wisp at May 09, 2006 12:54 AM (pgVjQ)
Posted by: john at May 09, 2006 01:20 AM (ObQcD)
of the beheading of (IRAQ) and not this journalist!!...they invade that country to ensure democracy!!!!who believes them??where is the mass weapons you came for???
Abu Ghraib and guantanamo are black spots in the forhead of the violent aggressive terrorists who invaded that country and destroyed it completely.
that is the type of democarcy they want to establish! you can not fool people, these are more intelligent than the chief commander i.e. (Adolph) Bush!!
a simple question: what is the difference betwen
the Nazi actions and what we see now in Iraq?
they invaded that country for stealing the oil
and getting revenge for Sept. 11, and for the sake of Israel...
They will lose, in deed they lost the war: morally
(Abu Ghraib and Pucca), and militarilly (these
losses frm the iraqi resistance..
the will of people can not be defeated!!??
Posted by: john at May 09, 2006 01:33 AM (ObQcD)
of the beheading of (IRAQ) and not this journalist!!...they invade that country to ensure democracy!!!!who believes them??where is the mass weapons you came for???
Abu Ghraib is a black spot in the forhead of the violent aggressive terrorists who invaded that country and destroyed it completely.
that is the type of democarcy they want to establish! you can not fool people, these are more intelligent than the chief commander i.e. (Adolph) Bush!!
a simple question: what is the difference betwen
the Nazi actions and what we see now in Iraq?
they invaded that country for stealing the oil
and getting revenge for Sept. 11, and for the sake of Israel...
They will lose, in deed they lost the war: morally
(Abu Ghraib and Pucca), and militarilly (great
losses of the occupation forces every day...
the will of people can not be defeated!!??
Posted by: john at May 09, 2006 01:37 AM (CKBe6)
If more media [legacy and new] organizations would publicize images and video of this nature, more people would have a clearer sense of what and who we are dealing with. This information is necessary and good to disseminate.
Posted by: Jason McClain at May 09, 2006 03:48 AM (5wcIa)
Posted by: Oyster at May 09, 2006 04:01 AM (YudAC)
Posted by: jesusland joe at May 09, 2006 05:56 AM (rUyw4)
A war is partly won in the spirt. The spirits of our country need to be educated and reminded.
Posted by: KJ at May 09, 2006 06:05 AM (Rb147)
Posted by: Last gasp Larry at May 09, 2006 02:13 PM (H9rjL)
ah, yes a scorched earth policy with Nuclear weapons is a smart idea, especially if you have to crawl out from under a rock to post on the Internet. What a moron.
Posted by: davec at May 09, 2006 02:33 PM (CcXvt)
By "exclusive" I don't mean I'm the only one to figure it out (note the hat tip to Baf Baf, for instance, and to Greyhawk) only that I'm the only one that reported this in the "media" (as of the earliest writing)."
Apart from the fact it was posted on Ogrish an hour before? Normally I view and really enjoy your stuff man, but claiming the 'exclusive' is a bit cheeky
Terminus
Posted by: Terminus at May 09, 2006 06:39 PM (8Qkxe)
The colonial occupation forces are responsible of
of the beheading of (IRAQ) and not this journalist!!...they invade that country to ensure democracy!!!!who believes them??where is the mass weapons you came for???
Abu Ghraib is a black spot in the forhead of the violent aggressive terrorists who invaded that country and destroyed it completely.
that is the type of democarcy they want to establish! you can not fool people, these are more intelligent than the chief commander i.e. (Adolph) Bush!!
a simple question: what is the difference betwen
the Nazi actions and what we see now in Iraq?
they invaded that country for stealing the oil
and getting revenge for Sept. 11, and for the sake of Israel...
They will lose, in deed they lost the war: morally
(Abu Ghraib and Pucca), and militarilly (great
losses of the occupation forces every day...
the will of people can not be defeated!!??
Posted by: john at May 9, 2006 01:37 AM
How can you possibly declare yourself against "torture" after what you've just done to logic and the English language, John? Or is that really you, Baghdad Bob...?
Posted by: ipw533 at May 09, 2006 07:53 PM (Q5K6a)
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at May 10, 2006 08:11 AM (0yYS2)
Posted by: Iraqi at May 10, 2006 01:00 PM (a8ZQa)
Doesn't make any sense that she could have been so easily duped. The Sunday Times needs to clarify this.
Posted by: The Unknown Blogger at May 10, 2006 01:11 PM (1rr7m)
But let's not forget that whomever this was, they died a horrible death.
If Allah exists, he's puking in the gutter that is Iraq right now.
Posted by: Brod at May 10, 2006 07:47 PM (IiOAJ)
Now the new information indicates that where was no beheading. Therefore not sunni. The only remaining evidence (of the dril) points towards Shite.
Posted by: Someone at May 11, 2006 03:14 PM (33djT)
I'm not sure what you guys regards as 'leftists'.
I beleive in a national health service, high taxes for good public services, basic rights for all. I wouldn't want to live in a country where the rich flourish at the expense of the poor.
That said, I'd cheerfully see the kind of people that would perpetrate these inhuman acts boil in a vat of their own shit. Slow boil, mind... wouldn't want them to get off lightly...
You reap what you sow.
Posted by: Mr Nobody at May 11, 2006 06:57 PM (jmflC)
Do you know the history? Was there any terrorist act in Islamic world (Hashasins are not islamic)before western occupation? Have you examined the teachings of Islam? or are you eager to beleive your dark princes of war and use your beloved ammunition on people just for they beleive in Allah? That environment of vengeance and terror makes them very rich or important persons, but the appliers will burn in hell without any benefit in this world.
Posted by: tugrul at May 15, 2006 03:51 AM (YrMKA)
Posted by: Jack at May 16, 2006 07:42 PM (zdT8j)
Posted by: Holly at May 17, 2006 12:20 AM (qlRDC)
Tugrul - I do hope your writing was not directed at me. I fully understand that the vast majority of muslims are decent people - but I stand by the point that those who commit the barbaric acts portryed on the video in question deserve a fate worse than death. Not because they're muslim, but because they're animals.
Jack - really, man, what the fuck are you on? Do you even read? Know any history? Have you ever actually *met* a muslim?
For the record - most tend to be clean to the point of fastidiousness, respectful, and pleasant. As to your woefully inaccurate comment that they have contributed nothing to the world - whilst Europeans went back to hitting each other with sticks, it was the Arabs who preserved the knowledge of the Greeks and Romans. Without their efforts, Europeans, and thus Americans, would not be where they are today. We'd have had to rediscover these things all over again. They've given nothing to the world? Pfft. You're just too ignorant to know.
Yes, the people that make these disgusting, horrible, awful videos are worthy of nothing but contempt and hatred. Do they represent Muslims in general? No. No more than that lunatic Fred Phelps represents Christians. Every religion has its nutters.
Posted by: Mr Nobody at May 17, 2006 07:35 PM (szIZi)
Tugrul - I do hope your writing was not directed at me. I fully understand that the vast majority of muslims are decent people - but I stand by the point that those who commit the barbaric acts portryed on the video in question deserve a fate worse than death. Not because they're muslim, but because they're animals.
Jack - really, man, what the fuck are you on? Do you even read? Know any history? Have you ever actually *met* a muslim?
For the record - most tend to be clean to the point of fastidiousness, respectful, and pleasant. As to your woefully inaccurate comment that they have contributed nothing to the world - whilst Europeans went back to hitting each other with sticks, it was the Arabs who preserved the knowledge of the Greeks and Romans. Without their efforts, Europeans, and thus Americans, would not be where they are today. We'd have had to rediscover these things all over again. They've given nothing to the world? Pfft. You're just too ignorant to know.
Yes, the people that make these disgusting, horrible, awful videos are worthy of nothing but contempt and hatred. Do they represent Muslims in general? No. No more than that lunatic Fred Phelps represents Christians. Every religion has its nutters.
Posted by: Mr Nobody at May 17, 2006 07:37 PM (szIZi)
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