[FireFlyGuts]

On October 10th, 2004, the Army of the Ansar al-Sunnah executed a Turkish hostage and his Kurdish translator.
An internet statement signed by al-Sunna said Maher Kemal, a Turk taken captive between Mosul and Baghdad was killed after saying he was a contractor who worked on American projects near Baghdad.
Another statement said the beheaded Kurdish translator is Lukman Hussein, a member of Massoud Barzani's Kurdistan Democratic Party.
As of September 30, 2008, 1,264 contractors have been killed in Iraq.

[SargeistExisting]

These are the guys those Polish skinheads should be focused on.

[FireFlyGuts]

Tweaked & enhanced for Mags.

[suzanne]

i really would like to know how long peoples heads stay alive for after the behedaing. Can they still hear, see etc for a while?

[hugsuntkisses]

Suzanne, regardless of what many people say, people do not die quickly. Considering that the brain cells begin to die after about three minutes without oxygen (regardless of blood loss), people are, and will continue to be, conscious during and well after a beheading, however quickly or slowly it may be. The reason why there is no way to convey the extreme pain is due to the severing of the esophogus.

[rob666]

Originally Posted by hugsuntkisses ↗

Suzanne, regardless of what many people say, people do not die quickly. Considering that the brain cells begin to die after about three minutes without oxygen (regardless of blood loss), people are, and will continue to be, conscious during and well after a beheading, however quickly or slowly it may be. The reason why there is no way to convey the extreme pain is due to the severing of the esophogus.

Yeah, but when the oxygen is cut of you'd be unconcious..... well before the brain cells started dying... ever been in a choke hold? Once the blood gets cut off, your asleep....

[invoker47]

From what I understand, the rapid drop in blood pressure in your head would cause you to lose consciousness very rapidly.

Also, these guys don't seem very in to what they're doing. Kind of just going through the motions. Usually they're cheering and all happy and shit.

[daughterofthenight]

from all of the reading i've done, you have anywhere from 10 to 25 seconds of consciousness once the blood leaves your brain.

[vixenaimee]

wow count 10 seconds in your head now and thats a hell of a long time to bee feeling everything.

and what the hell is wrong with these people and their camera phones??

[~Z~]

Originally Posted by hugsuntkisses ↗

Considering that the brain cells begin to die after about three minutes without oxygen (regardless of blood loss), people are, and will continue to be, conscious during and well after a beheading, however quickly or slowly it may be.

AFTER? I dont think that's possible. During, ok, but after, no fuckin way.