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Who killed Nick Berg? (Barf Alert! FreeRepublic mentioned!)
Sydney Morning Herald ^ | May 29, 2004 | Richard Neville

Posted on 05/28/2004 10:21:09 AM PDT by DocRock

Conspiracy theories about how the kidnapped American died in Iraq are flying around the world. Richard Neville explores the explanations.

Iraq in flames, Washington an object of disgust. What to do? At this pivotal moment, CNN and Fox News are tipped off to a clip of an American citizen being beheaded. The victim is a 26-year-old idealist from Pennsylvania, Nick Berg. Despite the perpetrators being masked, the vile deed is deemed the work of al-Qaeda.

The clip was first "discovered" on an Islamic website in Malaysia. Its Arabic title reads "Abu Musab al-Zarqawi shown slaughtering an American". al-Zarqawi is a 38-year-old Jordanian militant who fled to Iraq in 2001 after reportedly losing a leg in a US missile strike. al-Zarqawi's face is widely known and he credits himself with the deed, so why a mask?

The timing of the video was brilliant for the West. Media pundits judged the crime a deeper evil than the systemic torture of innocent Iraqis. But some people sensed a rat. But if it was not al-Qaeda, who? Surely not Uncle Sam. That's too dark, even for the CIA.

(Excerpt) Read more at smh.com.au ...


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KEYWORDS: barfalert; beheading; berg; ccrm; conspiracy; nickberg
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On March 7, 2004, two weeks before his arrest in Mosul, an "enemies list" had been posted on a conservative website, Free Republic.com. The list was compiled from signatories to an anti-war petition, and its implied purpose was to encourage readers to harass those it named.

Berg's father was on that list, as was the family firm, Prometheus. This information may well have triggered the arrest of Berg in Iraq.

I guess Richard reads the trash at DU and makes a living "exploring" it. What amazes me is that this makes the papers in Sydney just as news breaks that Nick was interviewed by Michael Moore.

1 posted on 05/28/2004 10:21:10 AM PDT by DocRock
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To: DocRock

Oh, I did a search and didn't see this posted anywhere and I'm not real familiar with all the rules in posting, so please feel free to correct me if I did anything wrong.


2 posted on 05/28/2004 10:23:00 AM PDT by DocRock (Nuke em till they glow, then shoot em in the dark!)
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To: DocRock
Who killed Berg ?

Film director Michael Moore says he has interview footage of slain US hostage Nick Berg that was not used in his anti-Bush documentary Fahrenheit 9/11.
3 posted on 05/28/2004 10:32:37 AM PDT by stylin19a (How does somebody know when a bagpipe is out of tune?)
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To: stylin19a

There reason why Moore didn't use the footage is because Moore only used footage of people trashing the U.S. He therefore probably only used 1% of the footage that he shot.


4 posted on 05/28/2004 10:34:33 AM PDT by Rodney King (No, we can't all just get along)
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To: DocRock; doug from upland

"The rumor that won't die" ping DFU!!!


5 posted on 05/28/2004 10:37:13 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (This is a tag: </> This is a Line ---------)
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To: DocRock
But some people sensed a rat.

Were the Clintons in on this?
6 posted on 05/28/2004 10:37:39 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Everything that matters, I learned from a song when I was 3. Jesus Loves Me.)
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To: DocRock

You're right . . . BARF!


7 posted on 05/28/2004 10:39:21 AM PDT by Saundra Duffy (Save Terri Schiavo!!!)
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To: freedumb2003

The thing I don't understand is that if they LOOK at that thread Doug put up, they have to KNOW that the list came directly from the A.N.S.W.E.R site -- it was copied and pasted.

One has to wonder why they leave that out.


8 posted on 05/28/2004 10:41:14 AM PDT by Howlin
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LOL, yeah I'm sure the US Armed Forces look to FR to get their 'enemies list' for the day!

Hey liberals, I'm adding bin Laden to the enemies list! Remember you saw it here on FR first!

9 posted on 05/28/2004 10:41:31 AM PDT by Sender (To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice. -Confucius)
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To: DocRock

Sadly, this is on the front page of the Sydney Morning Herald's website and probably on the front page of the paper itself. The Aussie version of the NYTimes, but with an even more leftist slant.


10 posted on 05/28/2004 10:45:45 AM PDT by rebel_yell2
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To: Rodney King

I'm not so sure the reason is that Berg didn't trash the US, my guess is that Moore didn't use the film because Berg was not really a Bush supporter. There is something very strange about who Berg really was, possible connections with Prometheus radio, a George Soros project and just a lot of unanswered questions. Just the fact that Berg's father calls him a Bush supporter doesn't make it so.


11 posted on 05/28/2004 10:48:32 AM PDT by Eva
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To: Howlin

I love the spin they put on it -- I especially love the statement that we were supposed to harass those on the list.

Liberal Site puts list up = good
Conservative site puts same list up = bad

Of course we don't need the "puts list up" part, do we?


12 posted on 05/28/2004 10:56:58 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (This is a tag: </> This is a Line ---------)
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. The Aussie version of the NYTimes, but with an even more leftist slant.

Not possible.

13 posted on 05/28/2004 10:58:22 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (This is a tag: </> This is a Line ---------)
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To: Howlin

You wondered why the spin doctors leave out the fact that the list was copied from ANSWER's web site, reason is that they don't want to point out the connection between themselves and the murderers, they don't want to take any responsibility for the murder at all. The truth is that there is no real evidence that Berg was a Bush supporter, that his father was the person who put that name on the web site or even that there was such a company. Berg's father's claim to be the person who placed the name on the web-site is actually bizarre when taken in context with the claim that Nick Berg was a Bush supporter.


14 posted on 05/28/2004 11:05:10 AM PDT by Eva
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Iraq in flames...

Oh dear GOD! I had no idea it was THIS BAD!!!!!!!!

15 posted on 05/28/2004 11:07:57 AM PDT by Lunatic Fringe (John F-ing Kerry??? NO... F-ING... WAY!!!)
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To: freedumb2003
"The Aussie version of the NYTimes, but with an even more leftist slant."

"Not possible."

I read the SMH frequently on line and yes, it is possible. If you really want a 'barf alert', read the editorials or letters to the editor.
16 posted on 05/28/2004 11:10:41 AM PDT by DocRock (Nuke em till they glow, then shoot em in the dark!)
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To: DocRock

Well when you are all the way to the left then all that is left is right.

But I know lots of non-USA papers are pretty communistic.


17 posted on 05/28/2004 11:12:56 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (This is a tag: </> This is a Line ---------)
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To: rebel_yell2

I thought Mark Steyn wrote occasionally for SMH. And isn't it a Murdoch paper?


18 posted on 05/28/2004 11:21:37 AM PDT by Eurotwit
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To: Howlin
The reason they left out that part (about the posting in FR being nothing more than a C&P from ANSWER) is because the writers, editors, publisher and owners of that particular periodical are part of the AlQaeda ground support team.

Same with Moore ~ so far, even though he's been given ample opportunity to correct the record ~ he has not denied that the interview with young Berg took place while he was held captive (which is why I am continuing to discuss this deal as though Moore was instrumental in it to some degree).

19 posted on 05/28/2004 11:26:10 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Lunatic Fringe

Didn't know sand could burn. I thought it was mostly SiO2.


20 posted on 05/28/2004 11:26:14 AM PDT by Betis70
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