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I think that it would be very telling to know whoever trained Berg and got him interested in this highly specialized business in the first place.

I find this yet another of the irritating aspects of the reporting on this story. I have seen Prometheus Towers described as a tower builder, tower maintenance service and tower painter. There is a wide difference between these three things. Of course I have seen the name of his company as Prometheus Towers and Prometheus Methods Tower Services.

Apparently he had developed an innovative way to build towers out of bricks. He had an exhibit as pictured here,in November, 2003. This was supposed to be a major breakthrough for third world countries that couldn't afford to use traditional materials. The bricks, which could be made from local material, would be much less expensive. Sounds intriguing and would seem to offer endless opportunities for his adventurous spirit. And yet not a month later he's attending an Iraqi business conference and shortly thereafter he's off to that country to repair towers?

You have done some great work! Those pictures you posted are very interesting.

Are you in the tower business? We need to know what the business is about. How likely is it that Berg at his young age had not only gained the physical and intellecutal skills necessary to do the work but the financial backing and business savvy necessary to start and run the company. Sounds to me like he had lots of help of the type that Prometheus Radio Project could have provided.

I think that the facts about Berg's entry into this field would shed some light on why he was of value to certain Iraqi factions and to Michael Moore.

I really want to know if Berg had his skills before he met up with the Iraqis in OK or if he went there specifically to be trained. We can asssume that he had his skills before he started his business.

I also assume that his business Prometheus Tower Services, Inc. is an arm or off-shoot of Prometheus Radio Project. The similarity in names cannot be put down to coincidence.

PRP is located in West Philadelphia??? Is Michael Berg Pete TriDish ("petri dish")? What did Michael Berg teach? Chemistry? Biology?

Berg's innovation about building towers with bricks made of local materials is something that PRP would go far. It also sounds like that special project the OU professor said that Berg was working on -- making bricks out of compressed paper. When I read that I thought it sounded nuts -- who wants to live in a paper house (didn't they read the Three Little Pigs story?). But a radio tower made of paper bricks, I don't know, that might work.

Berg was one heck of a bright and energetic guy.