Pa. family angry with American government over son's brutal death

pennlive ^ | 5/11/2004, 2:34 p.m. ET | By JASON STRAZIUSO

[The Sons of Liberty]

Michael Berg described himself as fervently anti-war

It he were my son, I would be declaring my own "jihad" against every raghead, and believe me, GOD would be the only one that would be showing any mercy!

[Petronski]

Father of beheading victim shows up on your 3-7-2004 rogues list from CANSWER. How bout that.

[Jaded]

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 guess I'm just too stoopid to follow that train of thought. It's the US government's fault that he didn't leave the country the first chance he got?

[HostileTerritory]

In other words, there is *NO* reason to believe *ANYTHING* this scumbag says.

I think family members of recently murdered Americans should be kept away from the press for their own good for at least 48 hours.

I wouldn't hesitate to criticize this guy for what he did with the Marxists at ANSWER, but jeez, can you call him a "*SCUMBAG*" for not controlling what comes out of his mouth with what he has just been through? What the hell have you been through that gives you the standing to say you'd be any cooler?

This man deserves our prayers and our sympathy, and a quiet disregard for whatever politics he interjects.

[Sloth]

Dancing on his son's grave. Nice.

[cvq3842]

:)

[b4its2late]

I guess we now know the true meaning of the word "atrocity".

[mudblood]

"DUers are saying..."

The DUers couldn't be any DUmber if their parents were blood relatives. That being said...

"Michael Berg said he blamed the U.S. government for creating circumstances that led to his son's death"

His son willingly participated in those circumstanaces (ie., went to war). The only people left out of his condemnation of his son's death were the terrorists who cut his son's head off. He's an opportunistic slime-ball.

[mudblood]

"DUers are saying..."

The DUers couldn't be any DUmber if their parents were blood relatives. That being said...

"Michael Berg said he blamed the U.S. government for creating circumstances that led to his son's death"

His son willingly participated in those circumstanaces (ie., went to war). The only people left out of his condemnation of his son's death were the terrorists who cut his son's head off. He's an opportunistic slime-ball.

[exile]

Since Mr. Berg described his son as a Bush supporter, I'm sending the President a contribution in his honor.

[per loin]

A nice harmless little photo that the media releases to occasionally intersperse with their endless replay of the "abuse" photos.

Show the photo of the savages holding Berg's severed head aloft and let the American people get a gut reaction to what kind of people our troops are dealing with.

[Sir Valentino]

I wouldn't hesitate to criticize this guy for what he did with the Marxists at ANSWER, but jeez, can you call him a "*SCUMBAG*" for not controlling what comes out of his mouth with what he has just been through? What the hell have you been through that gives you the standing to say you'd be any cooler?

Maybe "scumbag" was a little *HARSH*, but the *FACT* remains that this guy is taking advantage of his son's death to spout DNC talking points. This is *WAR*, people. We can't let *KERRY* win.

[HostileTerritory]

Is Berg a a Jewish name

It's ambiguous on its own, but with a brother and sister named David and Sarah, that's the likely guess.

Between Berg's death and Daniel Pearl's murder it seems like Jews in particular have no chance to survive a situation like this.

[Petronski]

The DUmmies are blaming you, DFU, and by extension, all of FreeRepublic, here.

[dawn53]

Weird story, hard to follow the details, IMHO.

First the timeline seems to put his death before the prison scandal broke.

Secondly, what was this about, I don't get it???

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.

[Polybius]

Hmmmm...... And no anger towards CBS or Hackworth. .... Hmmmmm.

Right here:

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[LibWhacker]

"He was a Bush supporter," Berg said.

I don't know what to believe, except I ain't buying what this POS says. If his son was detained for a couple of weeks by American authorities, he was probably up to no good. But the gloves have to come off and, yes, we had the gloves on at Abu Ghraib.

[LibWhacker]

"He was a Bush supporter," Berg said.

I don't know what to believe, except I ain't buying what this POS says. If his son was detained for a couple of weeks by American authorities, he was probably up to no good. But the gloves have to come off and, yes, we had the gloves on at Abu Ghraib.

[stevio]

You said it all! This is all coming to a head in this country, by the enemies within. The little liberal bastards hiding in their transgendered mother's skirts. Let's get it on!

[HostileTerritory]

If he shills for Kerry after this week, I'm totally there with you in condemning him. However his initial comments right now will have no effect at all on the election six months from now. He's shooting his mouth off because his SON just had his head cut off on tv. Again, I've never been in the situation he's in now, and never hope to be.