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Originally posted by WarChild
The latest polls show that the American public, by a margin of 2-1, do NOT hold George Bush or even Donald Rumsfeld responsible personally for the prisoner abuses. Only Americans can vote, so as far as re-election goes .. Doesn't much matter what the rest of the world thinks.
This beheading is not going to save anybody in the millitary from being punished. And by all accounts, the very top brass doesn't NEED saving from this particular scandal.
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Okay, then tell me why you think the US denied ever having him in custody? And why was he still in an orange prison jumpsuit?
I think the most likely scenerio is for whatever reason the government wanted to get rid of him and made it possible for him to be captured.
Here is an interesting email from
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/grou.../message/19463
From: "oldtowerguy" <oldtowerguy@y...>
Date: Wed May 12, 2004 12:49 pm
Subject: About Nick Berg
Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 12:35:16 -0400
From: "Mark Humphrey" <mark@y...>
Subject: Remembering Nick (was Why was Nick in Iraq?)
The tragic news about Nick Berg's murder hit very close to home, as I
had known him for about two years and we hired him for several
recent projects -- in fact, he installed an auxiliary antenna for WPLY in
February, just before heading back to Iraq. Perhaps I can shed some
light on this situation.
<snip>
Why did he go to Iraq?
He was aware that some towers were damaged last year during bombing
missions, and many more had been looted... copper lines removed,
diagonal members taken out, etc. Few obstruction lighting systems
were functional -- he mentioned an 800 foot tower two miles from an
airport (used by our military) that was totally dark. So he first went over
in December to see if he could help to assist in the reconstruction,
restore Iraq's broadcast services, and repair the serious structural
damage that endangered the lives of their citizens.
I received the following email message from Nick in early January:
>About Iraq-
>I am taking photos - where allowed. It's actually pretty sad - I just
>got off one of two 320 meter monster towers in Abu Gharib (also home
>to the main political prison) which use to support most of Baghdad
>area's VHF and UHF.
>Both have been badly looted, including 4000 feet or more of flexible
>6-1/8" heliax, two full 12X4 panel TV antennas, and even some
>structural members. I was also in the North as I mentioned, but here there
>wasn't as much damage. I'll definitely share some of these pix with
>you and others next time I'm in the area - I'd love to put together a
>little presentation for SBE or PAB in about six monthes after I've
>been on every site and fixed some of them.
He returned to Philadelphia in late January to catch up on some
domestic business -- then in early February, tackled an antenna
replacement job at our aux site, which he had quoted last summer.
<snip>
If you've been following all sides of this story, you may have read
that his parents did not receive much cooperation from <b>OUR Federal
Government</b> when trying to learn his whereabouts, which is very
disturbing. He had reportedly booked a March 30 flight back to New
York, but missed it because he had been detained by our military.
<b>Today's "spin" on the story is that they told him to get out, but I'm
not buying that.</b>
Let's keep his family in our thoughts and prayers. Our industry (and
humanity) has lost a very fine person.
Mark