[abner]

Just thought I would throw this out there from someone that I personally know.

[justshutupandtakeit]

You have a lot of nerve to be posting something about a beheaded American. What, no news about a new mass murderer having his feelings hurt in Iraq?

[TOUGH STOUGH]

Maybe he was working for the good guys.

[cyborg]

I think there's more to this story than we'll ever know. FWIW, if he was for the bad guys we would have known that. I suspect he was doing something for the government. That's my tinfoil suggestion for the night.

[nunya bidness]

Thanks. Does your friend know if Nick Berg considered himself an asset of the US or Israel?

[Rokurota]

He says that as far as he knew, he was not uncomfortable speaking the language.

From what I've heard, Arabic is pretty tough to learn. Did he say how he learned the language? One surely would not feel comfortable unless he had plenty of opportunity to practice it with other Arabic speakers.

[dalebert]

Ashcroft seemed pretty convinced that Berg was no bad guy.

[Quix]

THANKS MUCH.

Interesting.

[Robert Lomax]

I don't think that was really Nick Berg in the video. I believe that Nick and Tim (Tim McVeigh bthat is) are sitting in some bar in Tahiti sipping fancy girl drinks that have umbrellas sticking out of them and talking about the good ole' days.

[Robert Lomax]

Oops.../sarcasm

[MediaMole]

Nick Berg info.

[CurlyBill]

Wait a minute, more photos of "prisoner abuse" coming out! Oh no!! We can't equate this beheading with the treatment of these ideal citizens of Iraq! No politics here!! </more sarcasm>

[Skywalk]

Well at least it's not the "terrorist speculators" on those recent threads. Man, it was like talking to people on the other side of the looking glass.

[Dolphy]

One thing is for certain, Nick Berg seemed to have many friends who remember him well. I did hear another friend of his interviewed who said he wouldn't describe Berg as a Bush supporter. And it's kind of hard to think of his father as "low key" not just because of his recent statements but because of his involvement in ANSWER.

I am not challenging what you have posted...only saying that there are many mysteries involved here.

[cherry]

thx.....we are listening, and we do care....

[Saundra Duffy]

No one should have to go out that way.

[aft_lizard]

Maybe, just maybe Nick was just as reported a small business pro-bush, pro-war american who got caught at the wrong place at the wrong time.

[Lancey Howard]

Thanks for the post. Good freeping.

I happen to believe that Occum's razor is in full evidence here. It is all as it appears to be. Nick Berg was an overconfident young man (read: invincible - - bad stuff only happens to OTHER people) who went to Iraq looking for adventure. His over-confidence may have been fueled by his proficiency in the native Arabic language. He obviously got more than he ever bargained for.

There's always people like this around and they are usually young men. Berg's story reminds me of the story about Howard Dean's brother. He's the brother who was killed in Vietnam where he went "touring" during the war, apparently off on an adventure.

[fatima]

Thanks abner.

[tubebender]

Where and when did he learn to speak Arabic? Was it while he was in OKC...

[Ken H]

My friend heard him speaking on the phone in Arabic on more than one occasion.

Is your friend certain that Berg was speaking Arabic? (just checking all angles here)