Posted on 05/13/2004 8:35:22 PM PDT by SeenTheLight
The more we learn of this dude's life, the more questions we have. A pile of week-old lutefisk smells better than this fella's story.
But I do have some foolish radicals like this in Domestic Enemies.
This is what we were discussing over dinner. What sort of work was he supposed to have been doing? Lots of questions.
Does anyone just go to Iraq looking for work, without having anything lined up ahead of time, or without being contracted to work with other people? Why would he cruise around at night looking for work? What kind of tower work can be done by one man?
Good catch--the comparison to Oswald!
bump for later along with the other related threads
Yes, Oswald. Or Terry Nichols in the Philippines.
Thanks for the ping! This just gets stranger and stranger as the night goes on!
the brother in law Iraqi connection set off my alarm bells. I worried that this seemingly naive young man had possibly been "set up". It does not change my fury at his death.
"Reality check: it is virtually impossible to obtain such technical work as installing radio towers without a Professional Engineering license, let alone not having a college degree!"
She's wrong. A buddy of mine, no college degree, is with a group of soldiers of fortune types who travel the globe, installing radio comm. towers and gear. Last, in Africa.
Hmmm, I'm now starting to wonder. A radical, left-wing father aligned with ANSWER...a connection to Mossaoui...and he was wandering around the country with radio communications equipment. Was he spotting and intercepting US troop movements for the terrorists?
In the Norman Transcript which had local information on Berg it said he worked at night on a tower in "ABU GHRAIB" -- same place as the prison!
This is by far the best post about this story posted here!
Thank you for posting it.
I found it odd too that the people who worked at the hotel where he stayed said he would stay out all day, and return to his room after dark (around 10:00p.m.) every night with drinks, papers, and his computer. They made a point to say he loved his computer and was always on it while at the hotel.
It was also written somewhere that Berg helped his "uncle" set up a e-mail account. But the uncle got scared and they both left the house. Where is the "uncle" now?
I know emails are better than calling people and cheaper, but I also know his *new* email account was still out there for the FBI/CIA to recover. I wonder what was in his sent and received mail?
If our speculations turn out to be untrue you've got yourself a plot for a best selling novel. If our speculations here are true, then your novels are going to have to be moved to the non-fiction department.
Yup.
Have you read EF&D? Many readers report to me that they believe it as they read it.
Something just feels out of sorts here.
Speaking of videos. Check out what he Islamic Nazis did in Chechnya here and here.
Keep in mind these are the exact same people. Islam is a one world equal-opportunity cult.
Thank you, PM!
I'll post a few thoughts in a sec...
As yet no radio towers that Nicholas Berg may have built while in Iraq on either trip have been identified.
Question: did his former uncle have political ties that caused any suspicions for the coalition?
The contract that Nick allegedly was going to get a subcontract chuck of was the contract awarded to Florida based Harris Corp. The contract was worth 96 Million and was the second contract awarded to Harris in Iraq.
Link
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The Florida-based company told Reuters it had been informed late Thursday by the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority it was the winning bidder to develop the Iraqi Media Network and an official announcement would be made Friday.
Apparently the contract as soon as it was awarded came into question by the Iraqi Comminications Ministry
Link
--snip--
Less than 24 hours after Harris Corporation announced that it had won a lucrative contract to rebuild the technical infrastructure of the Iraqi media, doubts have emerged about whether it will go ahead.
Here is a link that indicates he worked on a tower near Abu Ghraib
Link
Berg was inspecting communications facilities, some of which were destroyed in the war or by looters.
During his time in Iraq, he struggled with the Arabic language and worked at night on a tower in Abu Ghraib, a site of repeated attacks on U.S. convoys and the location of the notorious prison where U.S. soldiers abused Iraqi inmates.
His father, Michael Berg, told the AP that Michael's sister, now dead, married an Iraqi man named Mudafer, who became close to Nicholas. In one of the e-mails, Nicholas Berg describes going to the northern city of Mosul, where he introduced himself to Mudafer's brother, identified as Moffak Mustaffa.
''We got along splendidly,'' Berg wrote. ''We spent a few hours and I helped him establish an e-mail account.'' --snip--
What else can comm equip be used for....IED
Bump for later.
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