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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TigerPaw who wrote (12821)	5/13/2004 11:20:00 AM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

TP...two stories, one unfortunate young man. First story, he's held by the US govt. in Iraq for two weeks, calls his parents after release to say there are no flights out, so he'll try to drive overland out of Iraq. Second story, he was held by Iraqis, released, then told the FBI he did NOT want to fly out of the country, but wanted to drive through dangerous territory to Jordan. This does not add up at all. Berg was turned over to US officials and detained for 13 days. His father, Michael, said his son wasn't allowed to make phone calls or contact a lawyer. On April 5, the Bergs filed suit in federal court in Philadelphia, contending that their son was being held illegally by the US military. The next day Berg was released. He told his parents he hadn't been mistreated. His family last heard from him April 9 but it was unclear when and where he was abducted. christiansciencemonitor.com. WASHINGTON - The FBI (news - web sites) warned Nicholas Berg shortly before his disappearance that Iraq (news - web sites) was too volatile a place for unprotected American civilians but he turned down a State Department offer to fly him home, U.S. officials said Wednesday. Berg was detained by Iraqi police at a checkpoint in the northern city of Mosul on March 24 and was released April 6. FBI agents interviewed Berg three times while he was in the custody of Iraqi police, said a senior FBI official who spoke on condition of anonymity. The agents told him he was in a dangerous place and could be harmed, the official said. A few days after his release, a U.S. consular officer offered Berg a chance to fly back to America but he declined, spokeswoman Kelly Shannon said. "He told the consular officer that he planned to travel over land to Kuwait and would call the family from there," Shannon said. Berg's family in West Chester, Pa., has said they did not hear from him after April 9. His decapitated body was discovered Saturday by U.S. military personnel. A video posted Tuesday on a Web site linked to al-Qaida showed Berg beheaded by a group that said it was to avenge the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers. The FBI will lead the investigation into Berg's death along with military, intelligence and other U.S. agencies.