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US Denies Holding Beheading Victim Berg
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas May 12, 2004 02:48pm |
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| Media | News Service - Associated Press |
| News Date | Wednesday, May 12, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | US Denies Holding Beheading Victim Berg
The Honolulu Advertiser
An American civilian who was beheaded in a grisly video posted on an al-Qaeda-linked Web site was never in U.S. custody despite claims from his family, a coalition spokesman said Wednesday. The body of Nicholas Berg, 26, was found Saturday near a highway overpass in Baghdad, the same day he was decapitated. 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.
Berg, who was Jewish, 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, was turned over to U.S. 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. Michael Berg told The Associated Press that U.S. officials were "playing word games. The Iraqi police do not tell the FBI what to do. The FBI tells the Iraqi police what to do. Who do they think they're kidding?" the elder Berg said. |
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