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To: Junior_G
Ok, IF Nick Berg was in Iraq as one of Moore's spies, what are the odds that he just happened to be the guy picked up by the Al Qaeda nutcases?

Here's my take:

  1. Berg, for whatever reason, is poking around looking for insurgent contacts. Maybe he is working for Moore, maybe for himself.
  2. The FBI hears about his late night travels and decides to interview him.
  3. The bad guys see him talking to the FBI and decide he's dangerous, regardless of his loyalties.
  4. He's lured in by the jihadis -- people he had hoped to talk to. They pretend to be friendly, just before whipping out the knife.

This accounts for where he was an why. It also accounts for the father insisting it was Bush's fault. The FBI interview was the kiss of death.

346 posted on 05/28/2004 7:06:35 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: js1138

My take is a little different. He's hired by Moore to help with his schlockumentary, goes over there under the cover of "looking for work" and mingles with the populace. Gets some footage at the prison with willing military. Continues on, meets up with some of the bad guys, who view him as useful, but perhaps not in the way Berg thought. Note the beheading footage where he seems completely calm and unconcerned that he's their "prisoner." No, the beheading was not part of the deal he signed on for--but these people have no loyalty except to themselves.

Most sources said he was broke, and hadn't found work. However, he spoke of plans to visit Turkey for "sailing," among other things. He had money, then, after all. We've all wondered where it came from--my guess? When he got the prison footage and shipped it stateside, Moore gave him a bonus. Moore must have thought he'd struck gold.

No one--to my knowledge--has ever found proof that he "supported President Bush and the war" beyond his father's word. But his father also stated emphatically that his son was the best friends the terrorists had.


351 posted on 05/28/2004 7:17:20 AM PDT by MizSterious (First, the journalists, THEN the lawyers.)
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To: js1138

You are onto something. As far as I recall, there was never really any plausible explanation for Berg being picked up. With his history (and dad's) here in the U.S., our gov. was checking up on his activities in Iraq.


374 posted on 05/28/2004 7:47:21 AM PDT by bonfire
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To: js1138
The FBI interview was the kiss of death.

Daddy's lawsuit insisting Nick be released into Iraq's general population was the tongue down the throat.

384 posted on 05/28/2004 7:56:39 AM PDT by RGSpincich
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To: js1138

That works for me.


432 posted on 05/28/2004 8:31:47 AM PDT by Howlin
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