He ad been there when Moore was filming, so that is a possibility.
But he wasn't working to get footage for that film when he died, which is what people want to be true.
What makes you think he wanted the footage for the film most recently released? It's not as though a filmmaker makes just one film and then stops.
FYI.......ping.
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.