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salon.com contacts DFU over FR's role in murder of Nick Berg by Islamofascist Terrorist b*st*rds
email from salon.com reporter | 5-12-04 | dfu

Posted on 05/12/2004 4:27:51 PM PDT by doug from upland

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Apparently, I am in the middle of a controversy regarding the brutal murder of Nick Berg by the Islamofascist terrorist b*st*rds.

I received the following FReepmail today from a salon.com reporter and spoke to him off the record. I will either call him back on the record or he can use my comments here on the record.

Salon.com inquiry, your post on the "enemies list"
From (redacted) | 05/12/2004 11:45:13 AM PDT read

Doug,

Hello. My name is (redacted), and I'm a reporter at Salon.com. On March 7, you posted a list of signatories to an ANSWER protest; that list, which is now being discussed by a few left-leaning bloggers, includes the name of "Michael S. Berg," who is the father of Nick Berg, the man beheaded in Iraq.

It seems as if you just posted a copy of the list from the ANSWER site, but the trouble is, your list appears much longer than the one on their page. Michael Berg's name -- and many others -- is not on their page.

So I wonder if you can tell me where you got your list -- have you any idea why yours is longer than the one they have?

I also wonder what you think about the fact that you named these people enemies; do you really think they're enemies? Some people on left-leaning blogs are floating the theory that Nick Berg was detained or singled out by U.S. authorities in Iraq because of the list you posted. I wonder what you think of that idea?

I'm not trying to attack you; I'm a reporter trying to get to the bottom of this story, and it'd be great to get your input. Can you e-mail or call, or let me know where to reach you? Thanks so much.

--(redacted)
Reporter, Salon.com (phone number redacted)

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NOTE: my first suggestion was to tell the report to ask ANSWER why many of the names have been removed from that original post.

Here is my post from a few months ago -- HERE IS THE ENEMY -- they have posted their names

Here is the link for the following excerpt on an FR thread -- Beheaded Man's Firm Was On Right-Wing 'Enemies' List

Original source -- original article by Fintan Dunne

Beheaded Man's Firm Was On Right-Wing 'Enemies' List
Breakfornews.com ^ | May 12, 2004 | Fintan Dunne
Posted on 05/12/2004 12:59:00 PM PDT by 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.

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Here is my immediate reaction --- what is the color of the sky in the fantasy world which Fintan Dunne calls home?

I can't wait for her next story. Let's set the scenario. Two guys are driving to the airport. Their upper radiator hose bursts, the car overheats, and they miss their flight. They get to the airport a few hours late and are able to catch the next plane. The plane crashes. Fintan Dunne headline: Pep Boys Implicated in Death of Innocent Travelers. If anyone could conceive such twisted logic, it would be Ms. Dunne. Without a defective radiator hose, they would have made it to the airport on time. Without a defective radiator hose they would not have been on the flight where the shoebomber detonated his loafers in the seat just behind the wing.

Do we have an official "enemies list"? If so, what do we do to them? Who is keeping track?

I will let you make some comments before I make additional on the record comments. Please don't be crazy. Think through your argument carefully. Some of this may appear on salon.com and we can perhaps help them get up to about 2 cents per share.


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To: xm177e2
RE #384: Better avoid provoking the humourless around these parts!
421 posted on 05/13/2004 8:31:01 AM PDT by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
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To: curious123344
Do you know any Muslims? I do. Quite a few. None are terrorists--not a one.

Well, I too know "any Muslims". I do. Quite a few. Everyone is a terrorist--every one! What do you say to that?

422 posted on 05/13/2004 8:33:24 AM PDT by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
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To: kjam22
How funny. The first thing I said to him was, "Did you ever write about Bill Clinton's rape of Juanita Broaddrick?"
425 posted on 05/13/2004 8:38:12 AM PDT by doug from upland (Don't wait until it is too late to stop Hillary -- do something today!)
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To: curious123344; Admin Moderator
the liberal values the US upholds (being able to pursue one's liberty).Thats the funniest thing I heard all week...

Using liberal and liberty in the same sentence is a party foul...liberals know nothing of preserving liberty. Liberals wish to confiscate guns, authorize state sanctioned racism, redistribute wealth, legislate freedoms including what we drive, where we drive, wether a business can allow smoking, wether a parent can home school...etc etc...

Drop dead you socialist pos

426 posted on 05/13/2004 8:38:13 AM PDT by antaresequity (This is not the "War on Terror", Islam is the common denominator)
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To: Condor51
Connect another dot:

Bad guys in Iraq find out that Dad is a commie-pinko ANSWER freak and figure that killing his son will add fuel to the fire.

Now commie-pinko Answer freak Dad is a tool of the bad guys and helping those that killed his son by attacking the war and the administration.

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Yeah I believe you.
But how about this scenerio....

Michael Berg is an old commie-pinko hippie.
Dad tries to indoctrinate son as to the benefits of Communism, but son ain't buyin' it.
Dad gladly & PUBLICLY adds his name to anti-american commie groups 'Call To Action'.
Son is sick of his father's anti-american stance & rebels.
Son goes to Iraq just to po commie-pinko dad.
Son is in the wrong pace at the wrong time and gets killed by sub-human savages.

Ergo -- IT'S HIS FATHERS FAULT!

429 posted on 05/13/2004 8:45:48 AM PDT by 5by5
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To: curious123344
Your dictionary definition of liberalism is pretty much the definition of modern conservatism. Individual freedom, personal responsibility...

Nowhere in your definition do I see collective responsibility, collective rights, collective economics.

Now if your freedom loving Muslim friends just had the courage to speak out against honor killing, slavery, and all the other degredations practiced in the world they left in order to reach secular America.
431 posted on 05/13/2004 8:49:28 AM PDT by js1138 (In a minute there is time, for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. J Forbes Kerry)
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To: doug from upland
May I suggest a new headline?:

'Insanity Runs Amok At Liberal Website Salon.com Cuckoo's Nest As They Accuse Conservative Website FreeRepublic.com Of Murder'

433 posted on 05/13/2004 8:51:45 AM PDT by F16Fighter
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To: js1138
Here we go again with the "moral equivalency" arguments....while Christians are being killed for being Christian in record numbers around the world....
435 posted on 05/13/2004 8:56:20 AM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: Colorado Doug
The tinfoil crowd over there is claiming that the hooded arabs are FBI agents.

I know, isn't that hysterical? One Einstein was all excited because he could see the hands of a couple of the killers and they wuz WHITE!!!. That was proof enough to Einstein that the killers were really FBI or CIA or BFEE.

After some helpful and semi-literate DUers pointed out to Einstein that it is possible for Iraqis or Arabs to appear "white", and that Muslims are not all dark brown, Einstein rebounded with another angle.

You see, DU Einstein has analyzed the body movements and posture of the killers, and determined that they clearly show "Western mannerisms". So clearly this poor Nick Berg was murdered by evil BushCo cronies because "he had knowledge of more prison atrocities" and "he never signed a confidentiality agreement". Positive proof of the evil plot.

Many of the following posts were taglined with "CONGRATULATIONS FREEPERS FOR GETTING ANOTHER AMERICAN KILLED"

437 posted on 05/13/2004 8:56:50 AM PDT by Sender (<a href="http://www.democrats.org/">Miserable Failure</a>)
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To: curious123344; Revolting cat!
"How do you know they are terrorists? What have they done? Seriously, I'd love to hear your answer. (And, please, be serious.)"

curious123344

Since May 13, 2004

Nice try, d*ck wad.

438 posted on 05/13/2004 8:57:37 AM PDT by F16Fighter
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To: Sender
Leftists have tendencies to hallucinate....and lie.
440 posted on 05/13/2004 8:58:15 AM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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