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PHILADELPHIA -- Relatives of Nicholas Berg, the young American entrepreneur beheaded in Iraq, have taken different paths as they've searched for solace in the year since his death. His father, Michael Berg, has intensified his anti-war activities and traveled the globe to meet families of other civilians kidnapped or slain in Iraq. His weekly peace vigil at a suburban Philadelphia courthouse and frequent interviews contrast sharply with the response of his wife, Suzanne, who has grieved privately since her son's body was found on a Baghdad street on May 8, 2004. "We're through the worst of the friction that emerged...

It is absolutely unconscionable that Democrats – and their media myrmidons - are once again trying to fabricate a scandal about a debatable issue concerning the Global War on Terror (GWOT). Ironically, this most recent allegation contains many of the same elements that liberals routinely use when vilifying law enforcement. There has been much purported angst – primarily although not exclusively by liberal Democrats - about the civil rights of those captured by our military and imprisoned for being Taliban, Al-Qaeda, Baathists and Iraqi soldiers. Their purpose is to try to discredit the Bush administration. This attempt is illustrated by...