Berg was kept in custody by US : Melbourne Indymedia

Why Did The US Take
Custody Of Nick Berg?
Various Sources
5-11-4

Nick Berg spoke to his parents on March 24 and said he would return home March 30. But he was detained by Iraqi police at a checkpoint in Mosul on March 24. At some point during his 13-day detention, U.S. officials took custody of him, his father said, and he was not allowed to make phone calls or contact a lawyer.

FBI (news - web sites) 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 sued the government in federal court in Philadelphia, contending that their son was being held illegally by the U.S. military.

Berg was released the next day, and he told his parents he had not been mistreated. They did not hear from him after April 9.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/2004051
1/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_american_found_8

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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.

"..Very suspicious circumstances surround Nick Berg's death....."

Yes, if only we could capitalise on this and shift blame from our friends in the "Iraqi Resistance" (Jordanian thugs actually).

Unfortunately, there's this annoying little fact;

"..On April 5, the Bergs filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government, naming Rumsfeld and alleging their son was being held illegally by the U.S. military in Iraq. The next day, he was released...."

http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2004/05/69971.php

And yet he chose to stay in Iraq, because he was a friend to the Iraqi people.

So annoying that he wasn't mistreated, isn't it?

And for being a friend of the Iraqis - and being Jewish - he was murdered by the same people who have been bombing mosques, aid centres, UN offices, and killing many hundreds of civilian Iraqis for months.

And you cheer them on.

Don't you?

So don't give me your hypocritical crocodile cheers for Mr Berg.

Try it sometime
by Thinking is a worthwhile pursuit Friday May 14, 2004 at 01:40 PM

I'm sure his father knows a lot more about this than you do-and cares more,as well.Please remove your face from between Rummy's buttocks and allow yourself the oxygen required for basic thought processes.