Posted on 05/14/2004 7:12:53 AM PDT by kattracks
Nick Berg had a bit of a strange run the last few years - starting with the "coincidental" usage of his e-mail account by the alleged 20th 9-11 hijacker - ending with his beheading at the hands of terrorists in Iraq.He is described by various news agencies as a techno-genius, a dreamer, a wanderer, a funnyman and the ultimate Curious George.
Today, Philly.com revealed another item about Berg: "Berg's stubborn wanderlust made him a target of suspicion - a religious Jew riding around Mosul in a taxi with a copy of the Koran. ... Some U.S. soldiers even wondered if the patriotic Berg was 'a wannabe freedom fighter.'"
So what was he doing in Iraq? A friend told Fox News he thought Berg was "sailing in Turkey." (Sure ... if we were to go sailing, that's the place we'd choose as well.)
When Berg was arrested in Mosul, he had two items with him that made authorities nervous: A copy of the Koran, and another book reportedly entitled either "The Jewish Problem" or "The Jewish Solution." Why a Jew would be carrying these items is unclear, but Berg supporters say it was like him to be curious about such things.
Berg also refused to leave Iraq when asked to do so by the State Department.
He not only apparently felt the need to help rebuild Iraq, but he also wanted to go into business doing so. He told jailors that he was losing thousands of dollars while being detained.
He had worked in Africa (Uganda), and had some kind of a relative living in Mosul, so that's where he went in Iraq. He was only arrested because he was an unaccompanied American in a place where that was out of place.
A military source in Iraq told the Philadelphia Daily News, "He was jailed because unescorted Americans aren't usually seen downtown and 'they didn't know what to do with him.'
"Police were suspicious because of 'his demeanor'" and the two books he had.
Berg was, according to the paper, "under Iraqi control... the FBI also questioned Berg three times and visited his parents back in West Chester."
Authorities tried to tell Berg to go home, and offered to pay for everything, but he told them, "You don't understand these people like I do. You're here for a reason - and so am I."
On April 6th, Berg was released from jail, and three days later he disappeared.
"For example, one poster notes Burg's shown in an orange jumpsuit when he's murdered -- & if you've viewed the video you know that's a fact -- yet the body found on (or near) the bridge (in Bagdad?) is dressed in civies."
Whoa, now that you mention it, there seems to be a Marcy Park type of deception going on. Real life fiction material.
So you're saying the DUmmies are RIGHT?
You just can't make this stuff up!
i think you've missed my humor... perhaps it wasn't so funny after all..
Yeah, Bush ordered it. Maybe even
wielded the knife. Doncha know?
But it is sounding more and more like Nick Berg and his father are Al Qaeda sympathizers who sold their out their country (and father Berg his son) for the anti-war, anti-Bush group ANSWER.
How much do you want to bet that George Soros is a financial backer of Al Qaeda.
With the remarks coming from Berg's father now, can you imagine what he would have had to say had the State dept. forced his son to leave Iraq?
It's Bush's fault.
The FSB is the Russian Federal Security Service (Federal'naya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti). It's what used to be known as the KGB during the Soviet era.
The same thing with this Berg dude; when are we going to get the story straight from the increasingly politically correct media? Why is it that a jew is carring a koran, and anti-Jewish book, and growing a Moslem looking beard?
Do terrorists normally have an inventory of orange jumpsuits for hostage use?
The more I hear about this family the more they remind me of the Rosenbergs.
Bergs= Rosenbergs..??? Wow that would be a shocker.
They are different and both bring something to the table.
I don't doubt that people would pay to listen to Beck. His audience is loyal, as is Rush's.
More and more, though, listening to his father and statements attributed to his father, I smell a lawsuit coming on.
The principle of "know your enemy"?
...and growing a Moslem looking beard?
Maybe his captors just didn't let him shave.
Beck is OK, but there are a dozen more entertaining shows than his and it seems a bit presumptuous for him to offer a premium service. Half the WABC shows are better (and stream for free) and Medved is more interesting as well (they do a semi-on-demand version of broadcasting his show on KRLA).
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