Posted on 05/14/2004 7:12:53 AM PDT by kattracks
Nick Berg had a bit of a strange run the last few years - starting with the "coincidental" usage of his e-mail account by the alleged 20th 9-11 hijacker - ending with his beheading at the hands of terrorists in Iraq.He is described by various news agencies as a techno-genius, a dreamer, a wanderer, a funnyman and the ultimate Curious George.
Today, Philly.com revealed another item about Berg: "Berg's stubborn wanderlust made him a target of suspicion - a religious Jew riding around Mosul in a taxi with a copy of the Koran. ... Some U.S. soldiers even wondered if the patriotic Berg was 'a wannabe freedom fighter.'"
So what was he doing in Iraq? A friend told Fox News he thought Berg was "sailing in Turkey." (Sure ... if we were to go sailing, that's the place we'd choose as well.)
When Berg was arrested in Mosul, he had two items with him that made authorities nervous: A copy of the Koran, and another book reportedly entitled either "The Jewish Problem" or "The Jewish Solution." Why a Jew would be carrying these items is unclear, but Berg supporters say it was like him to be curious about such things.
Berg also refused to leave Iraq when asked to do so by the State Department.
He not only apparently felt the need to help rebuild Iraq, but he also wanted to go into business doing so. He told jailors that he was losing thousands of dollars while being detained.
He had worked in Africa (Uganda), and had some kind of a relative living in Mosul, so that's where he went in Iraq. He was only arrested because he was an unaccompanied American in a place where that was out of place.
A military source in Iraq told the Philadelphia Daily News, "He was jailed because unescorted Americans aren't usually seen downtown and 'they didn't know what to do with him.'
"Police were suspicious because of 'his demeanor'" and the two books he had.
Berg was, according to the paper, "under Iraqi control... the FBI also questioned Berg three times and visited his parents back in West Chester."
Authorities tried to tell Berg to go home, and offered to pay for everything, but he told them, "You don't understand these people like I do. You're here for a reason - and so am I."
On April 6th, Berg was released from jail, and three days later he disappeared.
Curiosity. Cat. Bad combination.
Berg is sounding more like a spy than anything but who as he spying for?
Curiouser and curiouser. Glen Beck talking about this now on his radio program.
"starting with the "coincidental" usage of his e-mail account by the alleged 20th 9-11 hijacker "
What is this about? Anybody have links??
Who funded that trip. Who was paying his bills while there.
Who paid him to climb communication towers?
How did he know that the prison was a source for 'work' for him?
All I know is that his father is a whacko. Nick Berg ended up dying in the most brutal way and his father is blaming Bush and Rumsfeld. Typical liberal terrorist appeaser. His son was in Iraq on his own.
Nick Berg sounds like a fearless adventurous guy who got in over his head.
No pun intended.
He probably would have had an interesting life, had he lived.
I dunno- I sometimes have issues of Z magazine, Covert Action Quarterly, etc. lying around- Know The Enemy.
I've been searching for a list of the "oddities". Does anyone know where I can find it? Glenn Beck is reading one off, but I just know that someone in FR has compiled one on another thread. Thanks.
This thing, it's unraveling faster than a cheap sweater bought at Dollar General.
Blood's been dumped into the water, so let us all just see what becomes of the feeding frenzy, shall we?
The one who [finally] uncovers this fraud will be a hands-down Pulizer Prize winner.
...for "Investigative Journalism."
Berg Had Koran, the 'Anti-Semitic' Book
this whole thing is just getting weird,im beginning to think that this is only the beginning,
Couldn't be Israel. No way they would send in a spy with a Jewish name, looking American and carrying a passport with an Israel stamp in it.
I know my antenna just went up. Really strange.
Useful Idiot for the Terrorists?
What exactly are you talking about? I haven't followed this story that closely so I don't know what people are speculating..
I agree Israel is smarter than that.
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