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| 2004/5/12 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:30185 Activity:high |
5/12 Berg's father blamed the U.S. government for creating circumstances
that led to his son's death.
Coalition spokesman Senor said that in Iraq, Berg had no affiliation
with the U.S. government, the coalition or "to my knowledge" any
coalition-affiliated contractor.
http://tinyurl.com/343s7 (yahoo news)
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\_ "On April 5, the Bergs filed suit in federal court in Philadelphia,
contending their son was being held illegally by the U.S. military.
The next day, Berg was released. He told his parents he had not been
mistreated.
Michael Berg said that in early April, his son refused a U.S. offer
to board an outbound charter flight because he thought the travel to
the airport through an area where attacks had occurred was too
risky.
State Department spokeswoman Kelly Shannon said that on April 10,
Berg told a U.S. consular officer in Baghdad that he wanted instead
to travel to Kuwait on his own."
\_ "Today, coalition spokesman Dan Senor in Baghdad said Berg had
been held by Iraqi police and questioned by the FBI three times.
Senor said that to his knowledge Berg 'was at no time under the
jurisdiction or detention of coalition forces,' according to the
Associated Press." |
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| tinyurl.com/343s7 -> story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=2&u=/ap/20040512/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_33 The video posted Tuesday showed a bound Berg in an orange jumpsuit -- similar to those issued to prisoners held by the American military at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He was sitting in front of five men, their faces masked, as one read an anti-American text. After pushing Berg to the floor, the men severed his head using sawing motions with a big knife and held it up for the camera. They said his killing was in response to the abuse of Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison. But unanswered questions remained about Berg in the days before he vanished, as well as where and when he was abducted. Berg spoke to his parents March 24 and told them he would return home on March 30, according to his family in suburban Philadelphia. But Berg was detained by Iraqi police at a checkpoint in Mosul on March 24. He was turned over to US officials and detained for 13 days, the family said. His father, Michael, said his son was not allowed to make phone calls or contact a lawyer. Coalition spokesman Dan Senor told reporters that Berg was detained by Iraqi police in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Senor said that to his knowledge Berg "was at no time under the jurisdiction or detention of coalition forces." However, calls by The Associated Press to police in Mosul failed to find anyone who could confirm Berg was held there. FBI agents visited Berg's parents 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 their son was being held illegally by the US military. Berg's father blamed the US government for creating circumstances that led to his son's death, saying if his son had not been detained for so long, he might have been able to leave Iraq before the violence worsened. "I think a lot of people are fed up with the lack of civil rights this thing has caused," Michael Berg said. "I don't think this administration is committed to democracy." Asked for details about Berg's last weeks in Iraq, Senor replied: "We are obviously trying to piece all this together, and there's a thorough investigation." He said he was reluctant to release details but did not say why. "The US government is committed to a very thorough and robust investigation to get to the bottom of this," Senor said, adding that "multiple" US agencies would be involved and that the FBI would probably have overall direction. Senor said that in Iraq, Berg had no affiliation with the US government, the coalition or "to my knowledge" any coalition-affiliated contractor. But Senor would not specify why Iraqi police, who generally take direction from coalition authorities, had arrested him and held him. Gen Mark Kimmitt said the only role the US military played in Berg's confinement was to liaise with the Iraqi police to make sure he was being fed and properly treated because "he was still an American citizen." It was unclear whether al-Zarqawi was shown in the Web site video or simply ordered the killing. Al-Zarqawi also is sought in the assassination of a US diplomat in Jordan in 2002, and Washington has offered a $10 million reward for information leading to his capture or killing. Berg's father, brother and sister wept in their front yard Tuesday when told of the video. "I knew he was decapitated before," said his father, Michael. "That manner is preferable to a long and torturous death. The father said "there's a better chance than not" that his son's captors knew he was Jewish. "If there was any doubt that they were going to kill him, that probably clinched it, I'm guessing," he said. Amnesty International condemned the killing as "a serious crime under international law," and said those responsible should be brought to justice. White House spokesman Scott McClellan said there was "no justification for the deliberate and brutal killing of an innocent civilian." US officials fear the savage killing might prompt more foreigners working on international reconstruction projects to flee the country. Since the security situation deteriorated last month, about three out of 10 Americans and other non-Iraqis involved in reconstruction projects financed by the US Agency for International Development have fled Iraq, the USAID director Andrew Natsios told The Associated Press. Berg's killing happened amid a climate of intense anti-Western sentiment, which flared in Iraq after last month's crackdown on Shiite extremists and the three-week Marine siege of Fallujah west of Baghdad. Anger at the United States swelled with the publication of photographs showing Iraqis abused and humiliated at Abu Ghraib prison, which continue to stir rage throughout the Arab world. US officials had feared the shocking photographs would endanger the lives of American troops and civilians. Seven soldiers from the 372nd Military Police Company face charges in the mistreatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib in a scandal that has sparked worldwide outrage. One of those soldiers faces a court-martial in Baghdad next week, the first to go to trial. My mother's name is Suzanne," he said while seated in a chair. The video then showed Berg sitting on the floor, his hands tied behind his back, flanked by the masked men, as a statement was read in Arabic. Berg sat still during the statement, facing the camera, occasionally raising his shoulders. The men said they had tried to trade him for prisoners at Abu Ghraib. "For the mothers and wives of American soldiers, we tell you that we offered the US administration to exchange this hostage for some of the detainees in Abu Ghraib, and they refused," one of the men read. "So we tell you that the dignity of the Muslim men and women in Abu Ghraib and others is not redeemed except by blood and souls. " After the statement, the assailant directly behind Berg took a large knife from under his clothing while another pulled Berg onto his side. The video showed assailants thrusting the knife through his neck as a scream sounded before the men cut Berg's head off, repeatedly shouting "Allahu Akbar!" The video is of poor quality, and its time stamp seems to show an 11-hour lapse between when the assailants finish their statement and push Berg down, to when they behead him. That suggests a delay between those two portions of tape posted on the Web site. The decapitation recalled the kidnapping and videotaped beheading of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who like Berg was Jewish. Four Islamic militants have been convicted of kidnapping Pearl in 2002 in Pakistan, but seven suspects -- including those who allegedly slit his throat -- remain at large. Last month, Iraqi militants also videotaped the killing of Italian hostage Fabrizio Quattrocchi. |
| csua.org/u/72a -> www.deviantart.com/view/6285357/ Services | 10 Help & FAQ it's times like these A deviation by 11 krysti-stockphotos, Apr 2, 2004 Copyright 2004 12 krysti-stockphotos 13 View deviation details | 14 Full view deviation (1280x960) 15 krysti-stockphotos Artist's Comments 16 krysti-stockphotos, deviant since Feb 6, 2004 when you realize everyone only wants my body and not my mind or anything else. Minimum Rating: None Update 20 starstrucklooser Deviant: 21 starstrucklooser ( 22 #40558725) Date: Apr 2, 2004, 10:14:02 PM i dont think thats the best thing to think. For the most part, the only time we users get a glimpse of ur mind is when ur depressing about something. Make it known that you have a voice, and you want it to be heard. I know this is my picture account, but it's true - no one wants me for my mind, just my body. Take some more meaningfulk photos of not only you, but the world around you, and then we can see you for whop you are, and not what you currently present to the world at DevArt. But the real problem is that you think someone can't like your appeareance and at the same time be able to like another aspect of yourself, which is actually a signal of insecurity, you think that cuz' you have more confidence in your looks than in your thoughts. And you wouldn't be posting at an art site, you would be posting in a forum. Well, being so skilled at writing, and having people atracted to you because of your delightfuly iluminated mind, you wouldn't be able to accept that someone could be able to get interested in your looks since your body ain't that atractive. In this chase, you wouldn't be ugly, but you would develop a low self steem pattern because you're always praised and admired because of your writing skills, no one would post a message saying: "oh you're so beautiful, I want to do kinky stuff with you" they would praise your way of writing etc etc not your body. But that wouldn't mean none of the people who like your writing, wouldn't be able to like your phisical appeareance as well So, in your chase: you're godly beautiful, with eyes so charming you can make any man your slave, a gorgeous face and moisty lips that could be watched for an entire day, a slender body and voluptuos breasts which can develop the most feral desires in the depths of my flesh, terrific hair that could be easily mistaken by silk threads, and a seductive appereance that could turn into hetero any gay. I mean, you've mistaken the fact that most men (like me), would be atracted by your looks (cuz' you're obviously like the hotest someone can be), with the posibility of them having even the slightest interest in knowing something else about you than your bra size and your phone number. I'm sorry if I wrote too much, If you find my thoughts in this topic somehow agressive, or being too imprudent, I apologize in advance, it was never my intention. I just got kinda concerned about you, having that perspective about things made me sad, cuz' I suspect that you're refusing people who likes your body and like another aspect of yourself at the same time. I mean, I got in here cuz' I saw your picture while browsing the stock photos section, that picture featured a gorgeous woman I couldn resist to watch. Now, why would I stop in here, and only look at your pictures? The only things I can substract from them would be obviously superficial, cuz' they only represent your graphical esthetic. I may use some of your photos later, so I'll tell you if I do. Have a nice day =D -- hail to the burning legion of naked people! I know there's a lot more to me than my looks, but I just can't imagine why anyone would want to know, why anyone would care, because though i'm pretty, i'm not all that talented at anything and i'm actually quite a semi-boring person at times. I know I'm pretty, I just need to find something else I can be proud of. I wish I could write so beautifuly that someone would be moved to tears, at least that would be one incredible talent. I can't believe you wrote all that either, but I appreciate it so much! It actually made me feel better, and happy that you'd write so much to me. I apologize for tearing your head off - It wouldn't get rid of the feeling, because i get that feeling in real life all the time too. I don't think you have to be "the greatest" artist ever born, or the best singer with the most outstanding voice, nor an olimpic athlete to feel proud of yourself. It's society which makes you want to be something like that, while you tend to keep diminishing the value of your own merits. Sometimes is due to a mistake from the parents who don't encourage the abilities of their childs (I think that's my chase), but the only person to blame is oneself , for binding our wings with imaginary chains, felling as you said "worthless" and unable to have an "incredible talent" Being as you like, and trying to be happy is "marvelous" enough to charm any one, or distinguish among the cattle. I just felt like doing it ^^ -- hail to the burning legion of naked people! |