Beheaded Man's Firm Was On Right-Wing 'Enemies' List

Breakfornews.com ^ | May 12, 2004 | Fintan Dunne

[Tarantulas]

Beheaded Man's Firm Was On Right-Wing 'Enemies' List

The family firm of beheaded American Nick Berg, was named by a conservative website in a list of 'enemies' of the Iraq occupation. That could explain his arrest by Iraqi police --a detention which fatally delayed his planned return from Iraq and may have led directly to his death.

Nick Berg, 26 disappeared into incommunicado detention after his arrest by Iraqi police in March, 2004. He vanished again after his release 13 days later. His body was found last Saturday in Baghdad, and a video of his beheading --supposedly by a radical Islamic group-- was posted on the Internet on Tuesday.

The official story of his gruesome murder has many dubious aspects, not least the real reason why Iraqi police detained the young man at a checkpoint. New research by BreakForNews has uncovered a plausible explanation.

The FreeRepublic.com web site and forum has a reputation for right-wing views, often fanatical Republican and relentless pro-war activism.

On 7th March, 2004, just three weeks before the first anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, an 'enemies' list of anti-war groups and individuals was posted on the Free Republic forum.

It began: "Here you are, FReepers. Here is the enemy."

The list had been copied from publicly available endorsements of a call to action for an imminent anniversary antiwar protest on 20th March, 2004. The protest was being organized under the banner of the A.N.S.W.E.R Coalition (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism).

Among those listed as having endorsed the call to action was this entry: "Michael S. Berg, Teacher, Prometheus Methods Tower Service, Inc."

That's Nick Berg's father, Michael who acts as business manager for his son in their family radio communications firm, Prometheus Methods Tower Service.

[Tarantulas]

I saw this on another message board and couldn't believe they're trying to blame this on the Free Republic.

[Born Conservative]

It's Free Republic's fault; I guess that lets George Bush off the hook. </sarcasm off>

[bboop]

No kidding! That is the most twisted 'logic' (and I use the word loosely).

[onyx]

Written by a left-wing-loon.
Yep, it's our fault.

[sandbar]

Ping

[Old Sarge]

That's some pretty good intel on the part of The Sand People, that they knew to come to FR to find a list of ANSWER donors, and matched up ONE name out of a list of people, and make the connection.

Why not just go to Who's Who In America, instead?

You got this off DU, didn't you?

[Bikers4Bush]

If you're going to lay blame in this manner then start with the father. He's the one that signed his name.

[Annie03]

Quite a stretch-but some people will resort to anything. There is no way the Iraqi police read FR. Nor do I think they would be able to make the connection (Berg is not an uncommon name). Further-why would the barbarians kill some one who they thought was on their side? This is just a load of crap for the lefty useful idiots. Lots of fodder for their tin foil theories and rantings. Sheesh.

[noscreenname]

Of course it's Free Republics fault! Don't you know how seditious those war mongers are! They'll do anything to further their cause of bringing down the true peace lovers of America and the world! <*sarcasm on*>

[onyx]

Featured link = your post.

[Mr. Bird]

If only our security apparatus was so efficient as to be able to pull info and make something happen that fast.

Also, I think the author needs a refresher. Nick Berg was not killed by U.S. or Iraqi police.

[Jim Robinson]

International A.N.S.W.E.R. is populated by fools, tools and dupes. The terrorists would slaughter them all if given the opportunity.

[Sloth]

LOL

and a video of his beheading --supposedly by a radical Islamic group--

-- but possibly by Scandinavian daycare workers --

[Tarantulas]

Actually it was posted by a liberal on a little board called Talk-Politics.com. Maybe he got it from DU, I don't know. I don't go to that place.

[rocky88]

A little bit about the "author" - what a wacko..

FINTAN DUNNE'S ONLINE ACTIVISM:

www.AidsMyth.addr.com

In April, 2000 I started the AidsMyth website with my partner Kathy McMahon. That was when the president of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki began to question the HIV=AIDS paradigm.

It began a heady year of battling the vast propaganda resources of the Pharma Cartel. That battle continues, but not without casualties:

In March, 2004 legendary AIDS activist, David Pasquarelli died following health problems caused by being jailed. [DavidPasqarelli.com]

He had been arrested on November 28, 2001, and imprisoned for 72 days in the San Francisco County Jail for charges related to his political activities. San Francisco authorities had used 'terrorism' laws and outlandish multi-million dollar bail to try shut David up about the corruption of AIDS Inc.

History will mark his energy and outrageous unique political theater of dissent, to be as vital a contribution as Mbeki's measured opposition.

www.PsyOpNews.com

We launched the website just a few months before 9/11, and this is where my infamous world scoop ' Wag The WTC ' first appeared --these groundbreaking articles were the first to expose the holes in the official 9/11 story.

'The Split Second Error' was published online just seven days after 9/11, and the second article 'The Blockbuster' a week later.

Within a month there had been half a million hits to the website.

9/11 activists tell me the articles spotlighted the key smoking guns and helped set the themes for examination by 9/11 investigators.

Unfortunately, we had to pull the website off the Internet only weeks after 9/11, warning readers in advance to copy the site contents. They did, and the articles were widely republished --most notably on www.Serendipity.li [Here and Here]

www.SickOfDoctors.com

From the eye-opening experience gained in investigating the AIDS fraud, it was clear that medicine was deeply corrupted --with an estimated 400,000 Americans being killed annually by iatrogenic medicine. The website examines a host of medical issues with a skeptical eye.

www.GuluFuture.com
www.GuluFuture.org

The Gulu websites, launched in 2002 were inspired by the appalling plight of the now landless Acholi people of northern Uganda, who are slowly being decimated, under cover of a staged 'conflict' between a rebel army and their government. Their story is on GuluFuture.org.


Early material on the GuluFuture.com site covered the Iraq II invasion and the attempts to prevent it --on which we reported extensively during 2003.

GuluFuture is where we exposed the outlandish cover-up by NASA of solar images depcting the passage of Comet NeatVI in February, 2003.

We were also among the first to reveal the highly suspicious aspects surrounding the 'suicide' of weapons inspector Dr. David Kelly --working with Rowena Thursby's 'Kelly Group', who have made such a strong case for murder.

The website is also a member of the eVote Truth Alliance, helping to spread word --along with with Scoop.co.nz -- of Bev Harris' devestating revelations about the built-for-fraud capabilities of Diebold's e-voting systems. Incredibly, this software keeps not one, but two Microsoft Access data tables of voting results. It's like a business keeping two sets of account books.

www.SarsTravel.com

With all that background in AIDS investigation, it didn't take us long to figure that the SARS hysteria just after the fall of Baghdad was based on junk science.

Launched 4th April, 2003 as SARS took off, and featuring articles by investigative journalist John Rappoport [NoMoreFakeNews.com], the site charts the rise of the SARS myth and it's flimsy scientific basis.

www.WagKingdom.com

At last a home for our groundbreaking 9/11 articles, which are now back online on this site. There also is the world-first story of the greatest deception of the current Iraq war -- 'The Sham Saddam Scam'.

This is a series of articles laying out the evidence that the Saddam 'capture' caper was a grand deception involving a Saddam double, prepared fake video clips, creative photography and a compliant, credulous and often complicit media.

[alisasny]

HEY FINTAN DUNNE since when did Nick Berg become Michael Berg? If you have a claim to make take it up with Michael Berg.
We know your lurking and salivating over this thread with your stupid conspiracy theory.

[AZamericonnie]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1134294/posts

Check this out....

[Imal]

I am always amused by the implication that we FReepers always agree with everything that is posted, and are in lockstep on every issue.

Only someone who has never actually visited FreeRepublic.com and has no clue about its format would ever make such a an incredibly stupid suggestion.

Once I see that, I know the rest of what an author has to say is basically worthless.

The idea that Iraqi security forces use the Free Republic for background checks is flattering, however, if somewhat fanciful.

[AZamericonnie]

I think her tinfoils on a little too tight!

[twigs]

Hmm. That's interesting. Everything I had heard locally was that Nick Berg was an independent contractor. This ANSWER list has his father as a teacher for the company that the son supposedly owned. And it wasn't an education company--it serviced communications towers.