Staged does not mean fake. It means was was not an impromptu beheading that someone just happened to catch on video. Also, the experts are not claiming that Foley was not killed and his head removed, merely that the part of the video that purports to show that is some kind of mimicry.

It is strange that ISIS would do that. They could have done a few practice runs, one of which ended up in the video. You can't do several takes of chopping someone's head off, so they would make sure it all works before doing the deed. There could be something wrong with the video of the actual beheading - eg blood spurting onto the screen and obscuring the act, camera getting knocked over, victim getting up and running away, technical problems, jihadist cutting his own thumb off, etc. Anything that embarrasses the jihadists would be motivation to edit in the practice run rather than a botched beheading.

freediver wrote on Aug 26^th, 2014 at 12:53pm:


If ISIS has been going on a murderous rampage as has been alleged, surely they've had plenty of practice at beheading people?  Why would would they need to undertake rehearsals?   

freediver wrote on Aug 26^th, 2014 at 6:43pm:


If it's fake, and why they'd bother is beyond me given they admit doing the decapitation ~ then:

(a)  They take him to where the video is filmed, and he says his bit.  *Cut.*

(b)  They take him inside, and behead.  *Cut.*  (Yeas....poor choice of word.)

(c)  They take him back to the first site, and fake it with the little knife.

Datalife wrote on Aug 26^th, 2014 at 7:07pm:


You're being trolled, Datalife.

Why waste time on these pests whose only interest is to pull your chain and see you dance for them.

They haven't the vaguest interest in the actual subject matter itself, as demonstrated by their impossibly stupid objections to anything we say of a negative nature about Islam and the Muslim congregation.

Don't let them feed you peanuts and prod you through the cage bars as they would like to imagine us.

Datalife wrote on Aug 26^th, 2014 at 7:07pm:


Benefit of the doubt and all that stuff, you know, "innocent until proven guilty" sort of concepts?  I don't doubt you prefer to jump on the Islamophobe bandwagon but I prefer to see things proved.  There seems to be some doubt about this little movie, now doesn't there, so why should all the other movies be true?   

|dev|null wrote on Aug 27^th, 2014 at 11:49am:


You can give ISIS the benefit of the doubt of engaging on a murderous rampage,  no one stopping you thinking they are innocent till proven guilty.

Gives a good perspective on your thought processes though and going to be interesting watching you try to apply that benefit of doubt and innocent until proven guilty honestly, say when you are accusing the great satan or Israel of stuff. 

You will be consistent I hope.   

|dev|null wrote on Aug 27^th, 2014 at 1:11pm:


Nope not me.  I can assess for myself from what I read, from what I see on TV and from listening to experts, and victims and on the balance of probabilities that ISIS is engaged in a murderous rampage without it being needed to be proven in a court of law.

That is your silly position, "innocent until proven guilty" and the "benefit of doubt" and I hope that you apply it consistently.

But I know you won't.