US citizen beheaded in revenge for prisoner abuse

A VIDEO posted on an Islamic militant website appears to show a group affiliated with al-Qaida beheading a US contractor in Iraq, saying the death was revenge for the prisoner-abuse scandal.

The video showed five men wearing headscarves and black ski masks, standing over a bound man in an orange jumpsuit who identified himself as Nick Berg, a US contractor whose body was found near a highway overpass in Baghdad on Saturday.

"My name is Nick Berg, my father's name is Michael, my mother's name is Susan," he said "I have a brother and sister, David and Sarah. I live in Philadelphia."