(Washington-AP) — There is a Nine-Eleven connection to the American who was beheaded by terrorists in Iraq.
May 13, 2004 10:52 PM
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It turns out that the F-B-I questioned Nick Berg two years ago after finding his e-mail address was used by an acquaintance of Nine-Eleven suspect Zacarias Moussaoui (zak-uh-REE’-uhs moo-SOW’-ee). It happened in 1999 when Berg was a student at the University of Oklahoma. Moussaoui attended flight school in Oklahoma, but the two apparently never met, and the F-B-I ruled out any terror link for Berg.
The C-I-A now says there is a “high probability” that Berg’s videotaped execution was carried out by terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (AH’-boo MOO’-sahb ahl-zahr-KOW’-ee). The tape of the brutal beheading claims it’s retaliation for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U-S soldiers.