Posted on 05/30/2004 1:28:05 PM PDT by Rennes Templar
Nick Berg, the American beheaded by terrorists was allegedly working in Iraq as a spy for American intelligence.
It is suspected by some Washington insiders that Berg's links with espionage may have led to his gruesome execution that was filmed on a videotape by terrorists.
"Washington is rife with rumors that Berg had a connection to U.S. intelligence. Fuelling the suspicion is that he had Arab language capabilities and he's said to be a computer genius," The National Enquirer quoted a source as saying.
"Someone who was prepared to brave the dangers of traveling to Iraq on an apparently legitimate business trip would obviously be of great interest to American intelligence for what he could find out.
There's also a lot of suspicion that maybe Nick unwittingly got sucked into spy games that ultimately cost him his life," added the source.
Berg's family has claimed that the 26-year-old Pennsylvanian had travelled to Iraq to find work for his radio tower business company, Prometheus Methods Tower Service. But it has been revealed that there is no evidence at all that Berg's company actually existed.
According to the report, Berg was arrested by Iraqi police on March 24 and questioned repeatedly by FBI agents before he was released on April 6. The agents wanted to know how his e-mail password had reached a September 11 terror suspect Zacarias Moussaoui.
However, in a bizarre disclosure that may have led to his death, Berg even confessed to one of his friends in Baghdad that there was a belief he was an agent of some sort, adds the report.
Berg apparently tried to make his way out of the country on April 10 but was captured by terrorists connected to Al Qaeda associate Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. (ANI)
I think it more likely that they have been "leaked" this information from the Moore camp, in order to cover Moore's rear.
Exactly what occurred to me.
Note the date of Moore's message dated *after* Nick Berg had disappeared (though we didn't know it, yet). Obviously Nick Berg was there at the same time Moore claimed to have crews over there to get information.
I am not saying ergo Berg worked for Moore, but you are flat out wrong to say the times don't coincide. They definitely do:
Michael Moore's "Secret" Movie About the US Army in Iraq
April 14, 2004
Excerpt:
I currently have two cameramen/reporters doing work for me in Iraq for my movie (unbeknownst to the Army).
~snip~
BTW, at Cannes he said he had THREE crews over there secretly.
If Moore did that, he is beyond the pale, having impressionable young leftists doing his dirty work for him. It is appalling.
Whatever he was or had hooked up with before he was killed, I believe he was up to no good, perhaps naively and unwittingly. I also believe we WILL find out what he was doing, although maybe not right off the bat.
I do enjoy reading all detailed theories here of who Berg REALLY was, though....heheh
Leni
Moore's website appears to be down...
That's what I think, too. This doesn't mean that he wasn't being used by others, though - ranging from his father to Michael Moore. He sounds too innocent for his own good, and I wouldn't be surprised if somebody convinced him that he could "negotiate" with AQ or take a "message of peace" to them.
Well .. Moore also said that he interviewed Fred Barnes, and Fred was on FOX a couple of days ago saying MOORE NEVER INTERVIEWED HIM, and Barnes further explained that he had never met Moore.
And .. if Berg were part of the intel committee .. the FBI would never have left him in the Iraqi jail .. they would have immediately taken him into their custody (on some pretext), and ferreted him away into hiding.
I'm anxious to see if the Cable talking heads take this up on Tuesday.
Moore never said a word about Berg that we can find until word about this interview was given to Salon, they say by someone not affiliated with Moore or his movie.
The story is that his crew, not Michael Moore personally, interviewed Berg at that conference.
I tend to believe the interview happened because of the supposed existance of the video proof of it.
Of course, we have no idea the tone or content, but it is damned odd.
It's different than the Barnes story. It all illustrates what a vile person Michael Moore is.
Thanks for the ping!
When I was 18 I went to England, bought a bike, and spent three months cycling around Europe, with a ground cloth, a sleeping bag, and a spare set of clothes. I think I spent $600 for the summer, $300 for living and traveling expenses and $300 for a Leitz microscope I had promised to bring back for a friend of mine (for which I was reimbursed).
That was before the days of hippies. I just spread my bag in the woods, behind the bushes in municipal parks, and the like. Never had any trouble.
Why in the world do you think that?
I think he was one of those human shields people. His actions sound too clumsy to be anything else. The ironic thing is these animals would have killed Rachel Corrie just the same as him without beating an eyelash. So much for trying to make peace.
Liberals like to "float" rumors like this so his murder seems justified in their minds.
Good source.
Aziz's organization is called the American Iraqi Council.
I drove over to their building yesterday because it is near my house. It is a dumpy brick midrise office building near a check cashing place and palm reading. A sort of cheesy street with dubious businesses. I didn't see the organization listed out front with other listings, but maybe they don't list. Trust me; this is not the office of Bush operatives. I know one person in the building, a lawyer. I think he does criminal law, but I don't know.
The address is 7263 Maple Place Suite 210 Annandale VA.
For you folks in N. Virginia, Maple Place is Backlick Road on the other side of Columbia Pike.
Here is the link for the organization that Aziz Al-Taee,
( one of his many names) the criminal who partnered with Berg, belonged to. He is listed second, so I wonder if this organization was really a criminal front posing as an emigre organization.
http://www.al-iraq.org/aic.htm
I think that this Aziz may have been involved in running drugs or weapons or both. He had ties in Philadelphia to the Russian organized crime.
The CIA does not exploit unwitting goofy kids and put them in dangerous situations. There are plenty of smart military types that can be spies.
This looks like some drug or weapons thing to me. Berg would be able to go anywhere because of his American passport. He could have been a useful go-between for Russian mafia and Iraq. I would take what Aziz says about Berg's activities with skepticism because he may be trying to blow smoke in our eyes. Who knows if Berg was writing his own e-mails.
The Russian tycoons are very into communications infrastructure. They need somewhere to put the money, and the media companies provide them with political influence.
Did anyone notice that the Russians said that none of their oil people were around during the terrorist attack at Khobar yesterday? Russians in the ME may have regular jobs and also belong to mafia structures. This would be weapons and drugs.
I have no inside information about this, but I have a background in Soviet Studies and have done research on drugs and weapons trafficking from time to time.
I think the young Berg was involved with a Russian mafia network. I don't think it was the CIA. I suppose the CIA might try to infiltrate the Russian criminal structures to get to Al Qaeda operatives, bu whould they use a Berg? He was a drifty kid who got in trouble for being a vagrant and who went from school to school never finishing anything.
The Russian mafia have armed people in the ME and in Chechnya. Where do you think terrorists get all the Russian weapons?
They basically infiltrated and took over the official weapons-selling businesses in the former USSR such as Rosvoruzheniye.
For more information, check out Turbiville Mafia in Uniform" on the internet. http://fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/fmsopubs/issues/mafia.htm
Aziz's organization is called the American Iraqi Council.
I drove over to their building yesterday because it is near my house. It is a dumpy brick midrise office building near a check cashing place and palm reading. A sort of cheesy street with dubious businesses. I didn't see the organization listed out front with other listings, but maybe they don't list. Trust me; this is not the office of Bush operatives. I know one person in the building, a lawyer. I think he does criminal law, but I don't know.
The address is 7263 Maple Place Suite 210 Annandale VA.
For you folks in N. Virginia, Maple Place is Backlick Road on the other side of Columbia Pike.
Here is the link for the organization that Aziz Al-Taee,
( one of his many names) the criminal who partnered with Berg, belonged to. He is listed second, so I wonder if this organization was really a criminal front posing as an emigre organization.
http://www.al-iraq.org/aic.htm
I think that this Aziz may have been involved in running drugs or weapons or both. He had ties in Philadelphia to the Russian organized crime.
The CIA does not exploit unwitting goofy kids and put them in dangerous situations. There are plenty of smart military types that can be spies.
This looks like some drug or weapons thing to me. Berg would be able to go anywhere because of his American passport. He could have been a useful go-between for Russian mafia and Iraq. I would take what Aziz says about Berg's activities with skepticism because he may be trying to blow smoke in our eyes. Who knows if Berg was writing his own e-mails.
The Russian tycoons are very into communications infrastructure. They need somewhere to put the money, and the media companies provide them with political influence.
Did anyone notice that the Russians said that none of their oil people were around during the terrorist attack at Khobar yesterday? Russians in the ME may have regular jobs and also belong to mafia structures. This would be weapons and drugs.
I have no inside information about this, but I have a background in Soviet Studies and have done research on drugs and weapons trafficking from time to time.
I think the young Berg was involved with a Russian mafia network. I don't think it was the CIA. I suppose the CIA might try to infiltrate the Russian criminal structures to get to Al Qaeda operatives, bu whould they use a Berg? He was a drifty kid who got in trouble for being a vagrant and who went from school to school never finishing anything.
The Russian mafia have armed people in the ME and in Chechnya. Where do you think terrorists get all the Russian weapons?
They basically infiltrated and took over the official weapons-selling businesses in the former USSR such as Rosvoruzheniye.
For more information, check out Turbiville Mafia in Uniform" on the internet. http://fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/fmsopubs/issues/mafia.htm
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