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I just watched the clip at Foxnews.com that shows this statement. The full quote is actually "They didn't know that they were doing. The Al Qaeda that killed my son didn't know what they were doing. They killed their best friend. Nick was there to build Iraq, not to tear it down. He was there to help people, not to hurt anyone." The anchor then clarifies by saying Berg didn't mean that his son was literally Al Qaeda's best friend, but that he was a friend of the Iraqi people.

It sounds like Mr. Berg is speaking as someone who believes terrorists are just frightened people on the defensive who believe all Americans are out to hurt them and therefore don't know any better than to murder an unarmed bystander.

A few other bits of information I learned from the report (and I apologize if all of this has already been posted):

Nick Berg helped set up equipment at the GOP national convention in 2000.

He had made several trips to third world countries. He once traveled to Africa to help a poor village and taught villagers in Ghana how to make bricks.

It sounds like he was just a guy with a heart for helping people. It chills my bones to read some others saying he died because he was stupid. He died because he was murdered. He may have made some foolish choices in Iraq, but if foolishness carried a death sentence there'd be a much smaller world population.

"It sounds like he was just a guy with a heart for helping people. It chills my bones to read some others saying he died because he was stupid. He died because he was murdered."

Well said.