Posted on 05/13/2004 6:07:11 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Mosul police chief denies detaining slain American Nicholas Berg
"the 26-year-old was headed to Turkey. Berg's headless body was found Saturday"
(Sorry, it was bugging me....)
I Saw That Too, You Have To Put A Lot Of Effort Into Being That Stupid.
After looking at the byline, I understand why this is a poorly written article. ;)
Dangerous trying to be all things to all people because some things will cause some people to want to kill you.
ping a ling while we watch this unfold.
Sorry Ernest, this was for db.
American businessman Andrew Robert Duke said he and Nicholas Berg "had a few beers" on April 9, and Berg told him he "was single, hoping to find a young woman with whom he could have a child."
Duke, 50, also said Berg "spoke about going to Turkey - of going sailing in Turkey - and then home."
This is the first time I have seen this information. How strange.
I wonder why there is such mystery about "who" it was that had him detained. It just doesn't seem like that tough a nut to crack. Either the Iraqis had him, or the U.S. had him... and either might have had good enough reason to do so. Nomatter who it was, his presence there was unusual and worth looking into. They checked him out and released him. Big deal.
Do you have a link to the Berg beheading video?? I haven't seen it and I can't seem to find it. Although I am not sure I want to see it.
Even A Foreigner From Vegas Should Know Better Than To Use "Headed" And "Headless" In The Same Sentance In A Story About A Decapitation.
It sounds more and more to me as if he was a very confused young man. Communist parents. A prayer shawl AND antisemitic literature in his baggage. Traveling around a dangerous city with no escort and no obvious purpose.
The idea that he was somehow connected with the CIA or the Mossad seems laughable. He sounds more like a lost soul who was confused about who he was, and with parents who were unlikely to be of any help.
He may have thought that his leftist connections, or former leftist connections, would protect him from terrorists. That was a foolish mistake. The terrorists have an alliance of convenience with the leftists, but the relationship is just as uneasy as the Hitler-Stalin pact.
If I were Jewish the last place I would go is to Iraq with an Israeli sticker in my passport. I cannot believe the stupidity of the whole family.
ping
Yet Berg was prepared to drive by himself from Baghdad to Kuwait, or in another scenario, back through the north to Turkey. Why give three stories to three different people?
His friend at the hotel said he was going to Turkey for some sailing. Too many lies ...
Apart from the brutality of his murder, things just don't add up with this young man.
There is also the email terrorist connection from 9/11, when he was in college in Oklahoma. The FBI is labeling this connection as coincidental. They believe Mr. Berg was not involved.
I think I caught that on Foxnews this afternoon.
What is going on? I thought it was comfirmed that he was arrested by Iraqi police?
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