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Father of Executed American Blasts Bush, Media
Reuters via Yahoo ^ | June 29, 2004 | Kate Holton

Posted on 06/29/2004 4:36:57 PM PDT by Max Combined

LONDON (Reuters) - The father of an American civilian beheaded in Iraq (news - web sites) accused President Bush (news - web sites) and the U.S. media Tuesday of ignoring the "horrible face of war."

"People like George Bush and (U.S. Defense Secretary) Donald Rumsfeld (news - web sites) don't see the pain that people have to bear -- they don't know what it feels like to have your guts ripped out," Michael Berg told a news conference.

The decapitated body of Berg's son Nick was found by a roadside in Baghdad and a grisly video of his beheading was posted on an Islamist Web site in May.

"What I'm trying to do is show to the American people and the British people ... that war has a wretchedly horrible face," said Berg's father.

The elder Berg was in London to speak at a demonstration against the foreign troop presence in Iraq Wednesday, which had been scheduled to coincide with the planned U.S. transfer of power to the Iraqi people.

Nick Berg, 26, traveled to Iraq several times looking for work in the reconstruction effort before going missing on April 9.

"He thought he was supporting the Iraqi people and the Bush administration by going over there, not with a gun but with his engineering tools," Michael Berg said.

Bush and the American media have ignored the "true horrors," added Berg senior, who has blamed Bush and Rumsfeld for his son's death in previous interviews. He said he believed anti-war sentiment was now very strong in the United States.

"There are 11,000 plus Iraqi citizens that are dead and each one's family is as affected as I was, but the American media doesn't cover these people. It doesn't cover the people who are suffering the most."

Nick Berg was one of dozens of foreigners kidnapped in early April as U.S. forces launched an offensive on the restive city of Falluja, west of Baghdad.

He was believed to have been beheaded by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, an al Qaeda supporter.

Since his death, militants have also beheaded U.S. hostage Paul Johnson in Saudi Arabia and South Korean Kim Sun-il in Iraq. All three men were videotaped wearing orange jump suits similar to those worn by prisoners in U.S. detention facilities like Guantanamo Bay.

"This is not a game that people in Washington get to play," Michael Berg said. "It affects people the way it's affected me and my family and the families of Paul Johnson, Kim Sun-il and the thousands of Iraqis."

"Observing someone's pain just makes you think just how can they (Bush and Blair) possibly do this. There isn't enough money in the world that could ever make this worthwhile."


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: michaelberg; nickberg
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To: Max Combined
""People like George Bush and (U.S. Defense Secretary) Donald Rumsfeld (news - web sites) don't see the pain that people have to bear -- they don't know what it feels like to have your guts ripped out," Michael Berg told a news conference. "

I'm sure Mr Berg's grief is overwhelming but exploiting his son's death is a shameful way to memorialize his life. President Bush and Secretary Rumsfeld did not send Nick Berg or Kim Sun-il to Iraq. Both were civilians who traveled independantly to a dangerous war zone, both were well aware of the risks as were their families. They were not killed by soldiers in combat, they were slaugthered by islamic barbarians.

Islamic terrorists are without conscience or respect for any life. They would just as soon butcher an innocent muslim child as an "infidel" if it served their purpose. These perverts intend to take over the world and wherever they go there is death, destruction and misery. Nick Berg's brutal murder was a horror that civilized people will never forget. Nor will we forget that in the aftermath, Nick's father refused to let him rest in peace by continuing to pursue a political agenda that his beloved son did not agree with.

41 posted on 06/29/2004 5:53:03 PM PDT by Darlin' ("I will not forget this wound to my country." President George W Bush, 20 Sept 2001)
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To: Max Combined

42 posted on 06/29/2004 5:58:52 PM PDT by Boazo (OFF WITH MOORES HEAD)
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To: sandbar
"And these people weren't willing to kill Americans BEFORE the Iraq war?"

Exactly -- and when MICHAEL MOORE and his ilk scream that Iraq's Saddam Hussein NEVER harmed one American, leftists easily "forget" that Hussein attempted to assassinate former President Bush. Not only is President George H.W. Bush an American, he's one damn fine American at that.

43 posted on 06/29/2004 6:00:22 PM PDT by we_will_prevail
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To: Paul Atreides

Re;your tagline,it's amazing that someone's hairy palms don't get entangled in their keyboard when they post articles.


44 posted on 06/29/2004 6:02:28 PM PDT by Redcoat LI (You Can Trust Me , I'm Not Like The Others.....)
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To: onyx

It is not understandable, except in terms of gross immaturity, brainwashing, and cowardice.

Mr. Berg should be full of rage at the Islamo-fascists, and at least tolerant and respectful of the president who fights them.


45 posted on 06/29/2004 6:02:29 PM PDT by California Patriot (California Patriot)
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To: nopardons

I think the father still deserves an exemption from criticism at this juncture. I can't imagine his pain. Can someone provide a link to the Moore connection? I've never heard that before......


46 posted on 06/29/2004 6:04:53 PM PDT by soccermom
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To: sandbar

Old Man Berg Alert!


47 posted on 06/29/2004 6:08:17 PM PDT by stocksthatgoup (Polls - Proof that when the Main Stream Media wants your opinion, they will give it to you)
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To: soccermom
The father deserves revulsion and extreme criticism...nothing more and nothing less.

There's been HUGE threads chronicling both father and son's activities.Nick Berg met with Michael Moore before he went to Iraq.This is NOT a rumor.The father is a proud,active member of A.N.S.W.E.R. and has used the beheading of his son,as a stick,to beat President Bush and revile this country.

If his son had been serving in the military,been with the media,or a civilian contractor,then maybe,he'd deserve some sort of consideration...if he were able to keep his foul mouth shut.

48 posted on 06/29/2004 6:13:31 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: soccermom; Howlin
Howlin, do you have the link to the long investigative thread? I can't remember the name of it.

soccermom, you need to be prepared to do a lot of reading. Several of us found some very interesting connections to Mr. Berg and Michael Moore. You will really begin to wonder about Berg after you read the thread. Caution, though, it is very long.

49 posted on 06/29/2004 6:17:45 PM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: Max Combined
If the Iraqi government sets up immigration and visitor regulations half as restrictive as their surrounding countries, the Berg murder couldn't have happened. Once they get things in order, people won't be running around the country like it was a free store. Our people can only suggest people leave, as we did with Berg. The Iraqi government can now make people leave.
50 posted on 06/29/2004 6:20:56 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult ("Read Hillary's hips. I never had sex with that woman.")
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To: soccermom

We wouldn't have much respect for a soldier who freaked out and wouldn't fight anymore because he lost a buddy. We'd have even less respect for a parent who was furious with the police, but not the perpetrator, because his son was murdered in a ghetto.

The least we can expect from Mr. Berg is not to make an utter ass of himself by blaming absolutely the wrong people and letting the savages, who butchered his son, off easy.


51 posted on 06/29/2004 6:21:06 PM PDT by California Patriot (California Patriot)
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To: Miss Marple

Original "research" thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1143602/posts


52 posted on 06/29/2004 6:21:31 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: Max Combined
Michael Berg supports International Answer who declared that the acts of Iraqi resistance were legitimate.
53 posted on 06/29/2004 6:23:42 PM PDT by Flashman_at_the_charge (A proud member of the self-preservation society)
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To: California Patriot

Exactly right,
but Mr. Berg is a left-wing radical.


54 posted on 06/29/2004 6:31:26 PM PDT by onyx
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To: Howlin; soccermom
Howlin has provided the link to the evidence we have collected at post "52. Read it and you will understand.

Thanks, Howlin! I am going to bookmark it.

55 posted on 06/29/2004 6:40:30 PM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: Howlin
He's at it again.

This guy's a certified loon. I wouldn't be surprised by anything he says.

Too bad he's giving validity to the views of the very monsters who beheaded his son. Incredible.

56 posted on 06/29/2004 6:54:43 PM PDT by Jorge
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To: Max Combined

I particularly enjoyed the GOP rebuttal in this balanced article.

Didn't catch it?

The GOP rebuttal, for those who don't follow Reuters, is always 'virtual'. That is, it can only be imagined.

GOP-favorable news is accompanied by generous space for the favorite Leftist of the hour to attack the GOP position before it has even made the first news cycle.

But Socialist anti-American news is accompanied only by imaginary GOP rebuttals, and goes round and round the news cycle for days unchallenged.

Eventually, a GOP position article may emerge, typically in the context of "Democrats blast GOP censorship" or "Bush is a fascist".


57 posted on 06/29/2004 6:56:41 PM PDT by Stallone (Guess who Al Qaeda wants to be President?)
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To: Max Combined
I feel sorry for Mr Berg but he is blaming the wrong person how about the guy with the knife.And those brave Arabs with the ak47 standing by just in case Nick Berg started to fight back.
58 posted on 06/29/2004 7:01:31 PM PDT by solo gringo (Say No More Bush and Cheney in 04)
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To: Max Combined
Google it: These people are always angry about something.

 

Results 1 - 10 of about 241 for "democrats outraged. (0.18 seconds) 

Results 1 - 10 of about 141 for "republicans outraged. (0.22 seconds) 

 

Results 1 - 10 of about 767 for "democrats slam. (0.16 seconds) 

Results 1 - 10 of about 120 for "republicans slam. (0.22 seconds) 

 

Results 1 - 10 of about 2,290 for "kerry slams bush. (0.23 seconds) 

Results 1 - 10 of about 78 for "bush slams kerry. (0.33 seconds) 

 

 

 

59 posted on 06/29/2004 7:02:09 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny
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To: Grampa Dave

Which reminds me -- I've heard that both Nick Berg and Paul Johnson were from the same location in the US. And that "certain people" are looking for the very same man who recruited both. Anyone else hear of this?


60 posted on 06/29/2004 7:04:01 PM PDT by Alia (California -- It's Groovy! Baby!)
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