Reply #114: A couple of questions for those who've watched the tape:

[Minstrel Boy]

I haven't watched, and won't watch, the video, but I read on another board a few observations I haven't seen made here:

The man supposedly reading the pages of Arabic text carries on reading even after he apparently has lost his place. As he flips the pages over and over he appears to keep reading, uninterrupted, without aid of the text. The tone of voice does not change at all. Is he the one really speaking, or is it a recording?

Also, Berg's demeanor is said to be very relaxed, until the moment of his execution. He doesn't appear beaten, or terrified of his captors. Could it be that he was in the hands of people he trusted?