Experts: Foley Beheading Video Is StagedBrandon Turbeville While beheadings are by no means unbelievable or foreign to the Syrian destabilization crisis, the alleged beheading of journalist James Foley is one that should be viewed with some amount of healthy skepticism. Indeed, there are a number of anomalies associated this particular video that set it apart from the scores of other beheading videos produced by the Western-backed death squads attempting to overthrow the government of Bashar al-Assad and establish an Islamic caliphate across the Middle East. A number of commentators have pointed out that James Foley seems remarkably calm and collected in the video, particularly given the fact that he knows that he is not very much longer for this world. Some may argue that Foley is calm due to fact that he knows he is going to die and has made peace with this fact, a condition that overtakes many when death is imminent. Others, however, may point to this as evidence to the contrary, i.e. that Foley knows he is not going to die and thus suggests that he is, in fact, acting in a cleverly devised propaganda video. Second, there is the fact of a distinct lack of blood in an execution that involves the slicing of a human throat. As Syrian Free Press reports, when one slows down the video, it is evident that the knife held by the death squad fighter cuts back and forth 7-10 times. Yet there is not one drop of blood to be seen. This is highly unusual to say the least. Third, and perhaps most damning, is the fact that the process of the actual beheading is censored. In all the videotaped beheadings that have taken place in the Syrian war since 2011, there have been none (at least as far as this writer knows) that have been censored by ISIS or any other death squad organization. Indeed, if the entire purpose of the beheading video is to create fear and outrage, then censoring the actual beheading is counterproductive. Bolstering my own analysis early on, professional analysts are now suggesting that the beheading video is, indeed, completely staged. As Bill Gardner wrote for the Telegraph, forensic evidence from the film now indicates that the British jihadist in the film may have been the frontman rather than the killer. Indeed, Gardner writes that a study of the 4:40 minute video clip suggest that camera trickery and slick post-production techniques appear to have been used. Gardner writes, Of course, while the experts suggest that the video was faked, neither the analysts or Gardner attempt to suggest that the murder never actually occurred, suggesting instead that the murder took place after the camera trickery was finished. This suggestion, however, stands against logic. If the jihadists were going to kill Foley, what could they have possibly gained by editing out the most gruesome part of the video? Even more so, why would ISIS fake the killing of Foley, then really kill him, and then only spread around the fake version of the execution? These questions are particularly pertinent since the purpose of the video would be to instill fear and terror, a task that could certainly have been accomplished easier by showing the actual beheading. The only logical conclusion to be reached is that the video was not a product of ISIS death squads acting independently but that the video was a product of Western intelligence and clever video editing for propaganda purposes. This video, which has been used to rattle the nerves of the American people and drum up support for yet another foreign military adventure, is set to be used to justify targeted airstrikes against Syria in the near future. Real or otherwise, it is hoped that the American people do not allow primitive propaganda to fool them into rushing to war yet again. Recently from Brandon Turbeville: Brandon Turbeville is an author out of Florence, South Carolina. He has a Bachelors Degree from Francis Marion University and is the author of six books, Codex Alimentarius The End of Health Freedom, 7 Real Conspiracies,Five Sense Solutionsand Dispatches From a Dissident, volume 1 and volume 2, and The Road to Damascus: The Anglo-American Assault on Syria.Turbeville has published over 300 articles dealing on a wide variety of subjects including health, economics, government corruption, and civil liberties. Brandon Turbevilles podcast Truth on The Tracks can be found every Monday night 9 pm EST at UCYTV. He is available for radio and TV interviews. Please contact activistpost (at) gmail.com. Strange how the jaw line changed between Foley and the picture above??? I pity that dude Foley. Theres only one way to put this fake talk to bed- produce Foleys head. Run, Foley, run!!!!!! Just like out of a move. What a world, what a world I HAD MY OWN DOUBTS TOO. it was a WESTERN staged video down to the costume color. Since when did ISIS have ORANGE costume for its prisoners? The same color used for the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay prison! WHAT A FUNNY COINCIDENCE. As if ISIS has a formal prison system and their prisoners have to wear the prison costumes. BUSTED: Foley Beheading done with CPR DOLL (check out this site and one will learn a lot more than just this beheading hoax.Like Fukushima Sabotage) http://i.imgur.com/TXA7fpv.jpg Im from Florence too. Interesting article, Brandon! garbage, go watch the video you can see his head chopped off at the end. You muppets believe anything. Everything is something to do with America taking over these days. When an earthquake happens some wack job blames America, you all need to lay off the weed. 1. The USS Maine was blown up by Americans to get the US into a war against Spain. Only a hasbara troll would push the faked video as truth, seriously with the dozens of holes that even main stream media has punched in it. my only question is how much are you being paid? http://i.imgur.com/TXA7fpv.jpg False flagFoley seemed way too calm. The other strange thing is that a colleague and friend of Foley was beheaded on 2012, (while Foley was still in Libya). It is all on his twitter account, which is still up. Why would he go over to Syria and join the same people who murdered his friend? The whole time Foley has been missing, Obama has blamed the Assad regine, when it was known all along Foley was not being held by Assad. 