Nice outline. Do you know if it's rumor or fact that in his possession were a Koran and...I've forgotten, something peculiar?
Speaking on condition of anonymity in one media report, a U.S. official said Iraqi authorities detained Berg ''for his own protection'' because his behavior in Mosul seemed unusual for a Westerner. Plus Berg, who was Jewish, had in his possession texts that were considered ''anti-Semitic'' in tone. One of his friends has been quoted as saying that the Iraqi police thought Berg was an Israeli spy. To add insult to injury, Berg was also carrying some literature written in Farsi including a book about Iran.I also read he had in his possession Iranian money.
Also interesting in that article, and we don't hear much about:
Because he belongs to a far-left peace group and was known to authorities, Nicholas Berg's father likely raised a red flag and was a possible reason that the FBI visited the family in suburban Philadelphia at least three times during the 13 days that Berg was detained.
'something peculiar'? I think it was a jewish prayer-shawl...just doesn't fit with the koran, does it?
I communicated for a year or so with an israeli woman, an observant jew who told me 'don't be fooled, there are jews who love the arabs more than they love their own people'.
I found that hard to believe then, but it's beginning to sink in...maybe he thought praying to allah whilst wearing his prayer-shawl would prove something (?) World Peace...all one and the same God...brothers under the skin etc. Love them more and they won't kill us? Little Berg obviously never had a history lesson.