Conspiracy theorists are asking "Who killed Nick Berg, and why?"

I expected this to happen when I saw the story of his beheading making headlines, indeed I wondered myself if the CIA were behind it (convenient ammunition to use against the Abu Ghraib pictures) but I didn't expect the evidence to be so strongly supportive of the conspiracy theories.

This SMH article, Who killed Nick Berg?, raises the following interesting questions:

- CNN and FOX were the agencies informed (suspiscious right there).

- al-Zarqawi's face is widely known and he credits himself with the deed, so why a mask?

- al-Zarqawi has an amputated leg, but there is no evidence of this.

- US and Iraqi forces still haven't clarified details of Berg's detention. Berg is wearing an orange jumpsuit similar to those worn in Abu Ghraib and sitting on the same type of white plastic chair as seen in Abu Ghraib.

Thee are lot of other strange questions surrounding Berg's death, including questions about the fanatical five "killers":

 They are well-fed, fidgety, and reveal glimpses of white skin.

 Their Arabic is heavily accented (Russian, Jordanian, Egyptian).

 An aside in Russian had been translated as "do it quickly".

 One character wears wears bulky white tennis shoes.

 The man on the far left stands in the familiar "at ease" military posture.

 The men's scarves are worn and tied by people who "haven't a clue", says conspiracy theorist Hector Carreon, like actors in Hollywood movies.

 There is even a voice at the end that seems to ask in English, "How will it be done?"

As the article says, "While this video shows a human body having its head chopped off, it does not necessarily portray an act of murder. Berg's headless body was found dumped on a Baghdad roadside on Saturday, May 8."

Is it possible the CIA found Berg's body and made this fake video to counter the Abu Ghraib photos? A surgeon quoted in the article says that if a person was really executed in this way, there would have been a LOT more blood... Too wierd.