Body found on Baghdad overpass identified as that of American

Boston Globe ^ | 5/11/04

[areafiftyone]

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Relatives and U.S. officials said Tuesday a body found on a Baghdad highway overpass was that of an American civilian contract worker missing since April 9 the same day insurgents attacked a U.S. convoy west of the capital.

Also Tuesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said one Russian energy company worker was confirmed dead and two others abducted Monday when gunmen fired on their car south of Baghdad. An Iraqi serving as a bodyguard and translator was wounded, said Yevgeny Loginov, spokesman for the Interenergoservis energy company.

Gunmen attacked a U.S.-run civilian convoy operated by workers hired by a subcontractor of Kellogg Brown & Root in the western desert about 230 miles west of Baghdad, and a motorist said he saw six burned vehicles, including one Iraqi civilian car caught in the crossfire.

Although initial reports said some of the workers were missing and possibly abducted, Halliburton Corp. spokeswoman Wendy Hall said ''to our knowledge, all drivers have been accounted for.'' She said the workers had been hired by a subcontractor for Kellogg Brown & Root, a subsidiary of Halliburton.

The body found on the overpass was identified as Nick Berg, 26, of West Chester, Pa., a self-employed civilian contractor. Berg's body, with signs of trauma, was found Saturday, the military said.

The family was informed Monday of his death.

[pnz1]

Is there still an American soldier being held by someone?

[areafiftyone]

Yes I believe so.

[MediaMole]

Yes.

Pfc. Keith M. Maupin, of Batavia, Ohio

[eyespysomething]

His poor family (and him of course).

Prayers again for him.

[WestCoastGal]

Whoever leaked the prisoner pictures from Iraq and all these hearings being held now are directly responsible for the death of hostages and our troops still in harms way.

[pnz1]

Thanks.

[shellylet]

Can we expect to see and hear immediate outrage from the media and the democrats?

[ought-six]

West Chester, PA? My brother and his family live there. I wonder if they knew this guy.

[areafiftyone]

Heck we will be lucky if this is even on the mainstream media networks. All they are concerned about is Rumsfeld's defeat and the Iraqi Abuse.

[Living Free in NH]

The body, found on the overpass...with signs of trauma...

I'm glad they didn't humiliate him or else I'd really be pissed off.

[Rushmore Rocks]

I agree with you and I am so angry over all this PC crap.

Like Sen. Inhofe, I'm more outraged over the outrage.

[festus]

God be with him in the hearafter and his family here.

The press of course will not be outraged. They only get outraged about Iraqi's.

[r9etb]

I hope this story isn't about him....

[WestCoastGal]

I should also add the New Yorker and CBS are also responsible for any deaths to hostages or soldiers. I just posted at the end of this thread there is a line regarding a beheading of an American posted from MSNBC.

Did you get my PM?

[Adrastus]

I'm certain we'll be hearing some heart-felt apologies coming from the Arab world for his family.These are, after all, compassionate and peaceful people and this is certainly an aberration.

Sure you will.

[earlyamerican]

The press will never be outraged with true outrageous things. Normal people feel rage about this. The press tossed aside their humanity years ago.