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sisyphusshruggedMeet Nick Berg and his family. The Coalition authorities already knew them.
As I found out in the comments from the last post, this is also not the first time the Berg family has appeared on the pages of das Frei Republik. You could look it up yourself, under these categories: "APPEASENIKS; DAMNCOMMIES; ENEMYWITHIN; LEFTISTS; PEACENIKS; RATS; SCUMBAGS; TRAITORS; TREASONOUSSCUM; USEFULIDIOTS; WARONTERROR" but
The family of Nick Berg, the American civilian worker beheaded in Iraq by Islamic militants, said on Tuesday they were devastated by his death.
In a statement read on the lawn of the Berg family's West Chester, Pennsylvania, suburban home 15 miles west of Philadelphia, neighbor and friend Bruce Hauser described Nick Berg, 26, as "a great kid."
"The Berg family is devastated by this loss," the statement said. "They want to extend their sympathy to other families who have also suffered. They are asking the army to expedite the release of Nick's body so they can make arrangements and put this behind them."
Berg, owner of a communications tower business called Prometheus Methods Tower Service Inc., had been missing in Iraq for several weeks. His parents, Michael and Suzanne Berg, last heard from their son when he telephoned on April 9 and told them he was trying to find a safe way home...
Daily communications to his parents stopped on March 24 and he later told his parents he was jailed by Iraqi officials at a checkpoint in Mosul. On April 5, the Bergs filed a lawsuit that said their son was being held illegally by the U.S. military in Iraq. The next day, he was released.
As I found out in the comments from the last post, this is also not the first time the Berg family has appeared on the pages of das Frei Republik. You could look it up yourself, under these categories: "APPEASENIKS; DAMNCOMMIES; ENEMYWITHIN; LEFTISTS; PEACENIKS; RATS; SCUMBAGS; TRAITORS; TREASONOUSSCUM; USEFULIDIOTS; WARONTERROR" but
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<a href="http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=5109247" target="_blank">Meet Nick Berg and his family. The Coalition authorities already knew them.</a>
<blockquote>The family of Nick Berg, the American civilian worker beheaded in Iraq by Islamic militants, said on Tuesday they were devastated by his death.
In a statement read on the lawn of the Berg family's West Chester, Pennsylvania, suburban home 15 miles west of Philadelphia, neighbor and friend Bruce Hauser described Nick Berg, 26, as "a great kid."
"The Berg family is devastated by this loss," the statement said. "They want to extend their sympathy to other families who have also suffered. They are asking the army to expedite the release of Nick's body so they can make arrangements and put this behind them."
Berg, owner of a communications tower business called Prometheus Methods Tower Service Inc., had been missing in Iraq for several weeks. His parents, Michael and Suzanne Berg, last heard from their son when he telephoned on April 9 and told them he was trying to find a safe way home...
Daily communications to his parents stopped on March 24 and he later told his parents he was jailed by Iraqi officials at a checkpoint in Mosul. On April 5, the Bergs filed a lawsuit that said their son was being held illegally by the U.S. military in Iraq. The next day, he was released. </blockquote>
As I found out in the comments from the last post, this is also not the first time the Berg family has appeared on the pages of das Frei Republik. You could look it up yourself, under these categories: "APPEASENIKS; DAMNCOMMIES; ENEMYWITHIN; LEFTISTS; PEACENIKS; RATS; SCUMBAGS; TRAITORS; TREASONOUSSCUM; USEFULIDIOTS; WARONTERROR" but <a href="http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:Cgd2E_3UDnsJ:www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1092851/posts+"Here+is+the+enemy"+Berg+&hl=en&ie=UTF-8" target="_blank">I'll save you some time.</a>
In the comments, the freepers assembled announced their intention of reporting all the people listed in that post to the government and the armed forces.
Looks as if someone got through.
Way to translate talk into activism, guys and girls, and say hello to Ann and the boys when you get there.
edit: <a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/all-islamicsite-side-051104,0,7401208.story?coll=ny-homepage-big-pix" target="_blank">more about the feds and the army and the Bergs</a>
<blockquote>Michael Berg lashed out at the U.S. military and Bush administration, saying his son might still be alive had he not been detained by U.S. officials in Iraq without being charged and without access to a lawyer.
Nick Berg, a small telecommunications business owner, spoke to his parents on March 24 and told them he would return home on March 30. But Berg was detained by Iraqi police at a checkpoint in Mosul on March 24. He was turned over to U.S. officials and detained for 13 days.
His father, Michael, said his son wasn't allowed to make phone calls or contact a lawyer.
FBI agents visited Berg's parents in West Chester on March 31 and told the family they were trying to confirm their son's identity. On April 5, the Bergs filed suit in federal court in Philadelphia, contending that their son was being held illegally by the U.S. military. The next day Berg was released. He told his parents he hadn't been mistreated.
Michael Berg said he blamed the U.S. government for creating circumstances that led to his son's death. He said if his son hadn't been detained for so long, he might have been able to leave the country before the violence worsened.
"I think a lot of people are fed up with the lack of civil rights this thing has caused," he said. "I don't think this administration is committed to democracy."
The Bergs last heard from their son April 9, when he said he would come home by way of Jordan.
Berg had traveled several times to Third World countries to help spread technology, his family said. He had previously traveled to Kenya and Ghana, where they said he had purchased a $900 brick-making press for a poor village, the family said.
Berg's mother, Suzanne Berg, said her son was in Iraq to help rebuild communication antennas.
"He had this idea that he could help rebuild the infrastructure," she said.
Michael Berg described himself as fervently anti-war, but said his son disagreed with him.</blockquote>
I dunno how things work in freep world. Does that count as a woopsy?<img src="http://ljutils.hopto.org/cgi-bin/count.cgi?code=928892" width="1" height="1">
<blockquote>The family of Nick Berg, the American civilian worker beheaded in Iraq by Islamic militants, said on Tuesday they were devastated by his death.
In a statement read on the lawn of the Berg family's West Chester, Pennsylvania, suburban home 15 miles west of Philadelphia, neighbor and friend Bruce Hauser described Nick Berg, 26, as "a great kid."
"The Berg family is devastated by this loss," the statement said. "They want to extend their sympathy to other families who have also suffered. They are asking the army to expedite the release of Nick's body so they can make arrangements and put this behind them."
Berg, owner of a communications tower business called Prometheus Methods Tower Service Inc., had been missing in Iraq for several weeks. His parents, Michael and Suzanne Berg, last heard from their son when he telephoned on April 9 and told them he was trying to find a safe way home...
Daily communications to his parents stopped on March 24 and he later told his parents he was jailed by Iraqi officials at a checkpoint in Mosul. On April 5, the Bergs filed a lawsuit that said their son was being held illegally by the U.S. military in Iraq. The next day, he was released. </blockquote>
As I found out in the comments from the last post, this is also not the first time the Berg family has appeared on the pages of das Frei Republik. You could look it up yourself, under these categories: "APPEASENIKS; DAMNCOMMIES; ENEMYWITHIN; LEFTISTS; PEACENIKS; RATS; SCUMBAGS; TRAITORS; TREASONOUSSCUM; USEFULIDIOTS; WARONTERROR" but <a href="http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:Cgd2E_3UDnsJ:www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1092851/posts+"Here+is+the+enemy"+Berg+&hl=en&ie=UTF-8" target="_blank">I'll save you some time.</a>
In the comments, the freepers assembled announced their intention of reporting all the people listed in that post to the government and the armed forces.
Looks as if someone got through.
Way to translate talk into activism, guys and girls, and say hello to Ann and the boys when you get there.
edit: <a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/all-islamicsite-side-051104,0,7401208.story?coll=ny-homepage-big-pix" target="_blank">more about the feds and the army and the Bergs</a>
<blockquote>Michael Berg lashed out at the U.S. military and Bush administration, saying his son might still be alive had he not been detained by U.S. officials in Iraq without being charged and without access to a lawyer.
Nick Berg, a small telecommunications business owner, spoke to his parents on March 24 and told them he would return home on March 30. But Berg was detained by Iraqi police at a checkpoint in Mosul on March 24. He was turned over to U.S. officials and detained for 13 days.
His father, Michael, said his son wasn't allowed to make phone calls or contact a lawyer.
FBI agents visited Berg's parents in West Chester on March 31 and told the family they were trying to confirm their son's identity. On April 5, the Bergs filed suit in federal court in Philadelphia, contending that their son was being held illegally by the U.S. military. The next day Berg was released. He told his parents he hadn't been mistreated.
Michael Berg said he blamed the U.S. government for creating circumstances that led to his son's death. He said if his son hadn't been detained for so long, he might have been able to leave the country before the violence worsened.
"I think a lot of people are fed up with the lack of civil rights this thing has caused," he said. "I don't think this administration is committed to democracy."
The Bergs last heard from their son April 9, when he said he would come home by way of Jordan.
Berg had traveled several times to Third World countries to help spread technology, his family said. He had previously traveled to Kenya and Ghana, where they said he had purchased a $900 brick-making press for a poor village, the family said.
Berg's mother, Suzanne Berg, said her son was in Iraq to help rebuild communication antennas.
"He had this idea that he could help rebuild the infrastructure," she said.
Michael Berg described himself as fervently anti-war, but said his son disagreed with him.</blockquote>
I dunno how things work in freep world. Does that count as a woopsy?<img src="http://ljutils.hopto.org/cgi-bin/count.cgi?code=928892" width="1" height="1">
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Date: 2004-05-11 04:05 pm (UTC)http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1092851/reply?comment=1
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Date: 2004-05-11 05:22 pm (UTC)Far-right partisans taking responsibility for their own unintended(?) consequences? Like hell.
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Date: 2004-05-14 12:16 am (UTC)By Mark Dankof
Al-Jazeerah, April 27, 2004