salon.com contacts DFU over FR's role in murder of Nick Berg by Islamofascist Terrorist b*st*rds

email from salon.com reporter | 5-12-04 | dfu

[doug from upland]

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Apparently, I am in the middle of a controversy regarding the brutal murder of Nick Berg by the Islamofascist terrorist b*st*rds.

I received the following FReepmail today from a salon.com reporter and spoke to him off the record. I will either call him back on the record or he can use my comments here on the record.

Salon.com inquiry, your post on the "enemies list"
From (redacted) | 05/12/2004 11:45:13 AM PDT read

Doug,

Hello. My name is (redacted), and I'm a reporter at Salon.com. On March 7, you posted a list of signatories to an ANSWER protest; that list, which is now being discussed by a few left-leaning bloggers, includes the name of "Michael S. Berg," who is the father of Nick Berg, the man beheaded in Iraq.

It seems as if you just posted a copy of the list from the ANSWER site, but the trouble is, your list appears much longer than the one on their page. Michael Berg's name -- and many others -- is not on their page.

So I wonder if you can tell me where you got your list -- have you any idea why yours is longer than the one they have?

I also wonder what you think about the fact that you named these people enemies; do you really think they're enemies? Some people on left-leaning blogs are floating the theory that Nick Berg was detained or singled out by U.S. authorities in Iraq because of the list you posted. I wonder what you think of that idea?

I'm not trying to attack you; I'm a reporter trying to get to the bottom of this story, and it'd be great to get your input. Can you e-mail or call, or let me know where to reach you? Thanks so much.

--(redacted)
Reporter, Salon.com (phone number redacted)

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NOTE: my first suggestion was to tell the report to ask ANSWER why many of the names have been removed from that original post.

Here is my post from a few months ago -- HERE IS THE ENEMY -- they have posted their names

Here is the link for the following excerpt on an FR thread -- Beheaded Man's Firm Was On Right-Wing 'Enemies' List

Original source -- original article by Fintan Dunne

Beheaded Man's Firm Was On Right-Wing 'Enemies' List
Breakfornews.com ^ | May 12, 2004 | Fintan Dunne
Posted on 05/12/2004 12:59:00 PM PDT by Tarantulas
Beheaded Man's Firm Was On Right-Wing 'Enemies' List

The family firm of beheaded American Nick Berg, was named by a conservative website in a list of 'enemies' of the Iraq occupation. That could explain his arrest by Iraqi police --a detention which fatally delayed his planned return from Iraq and may have led directly to his death.

Nick Berg, 26 disappeared into incommunicado detention after his arrest by Iraqi police in March, 2004. He vanished again after his release 13 days later. His body was found last Saturday in Baghdad, and a video of his beheading --supposedly by a radical Islamic group-- was posted on the Internet on Tuesday.

The official story of his gruesome murder has many dubious aspects, not least the real reason why Iraqi police detained the young man at a checkpoint. New research by BreakForNews has uncovered a plausible explanation.

The FreeRepublic.com web site and forum has a reputation for right-wing views, often fanatical Republican and relentless pro-war activism.

On 7th March, 2004, just three weeks before the first anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, an 'enemies' list of anti-war groups and individuals was posted on the Free Republic forum.

It began: "Here you are, FReepers. Here is the enemy."

The list had been copied from publicly available endorsements of a call to action for an imminent anniversary antiwar protest on 20th March, 2004. The protest was being organized under the banner of the A.N.S.W.E.R Coalition (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism).

Among those listed as having endorsed the call to action was this entry: "Michael S. Berg, Teacher, Prometheus Methods Tower Service, Inc."

That's Nick Berg's father, Michael who acts as business manager for his son in their family radio communications firm, Prometheus Methods Tower Service.

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Here is my immediate reaction --- what is the color of the sky in the fantasy world which Fintan Dunne calls home?

I can't wait for her next story. Let's set the scenario. Two guys are driving to the airport. Their upper radiator hose bursts, the car overheats, and they miss their flight. They get to the airport a few hours late and are able to catch the next plane. The plane crashes. Fintan Dunne headline: Pep Boys Implicated in Death of Innocent Travelers. If anyone could conceive such twisted logic, it would be Ms. Dunne. Without a defective radiator hose, they would have made it to the airport on time. Without a defective radiator hose they would not have been on the flight where the shoebomber detonated his loafers in the seat just behind the wing.

Do we have an official "enemies list"? If so, what do we do to them? Who is keeping track?

I will let you make some comments before I make additional on the record comments. Please don't be crazy. Think through your argument carefully. Some of this may appear on salon.com and we can perhaps help them get up to about 2 cents per share.

[armymarinemom]

Man are we powerful around here! How bout the time we told SF's where Saddam's spider hole was located.

Seriously what is wrong with these people?

[alnick]

what is the color of the sky in the fantasy world which Fintan Dunne calls home?

Apparently psychadelic.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Bring 'em on - I'm sitting here watching "The Green Beret" with John Wayne - let's go kick some ass. :)

[New Girl]

Nick Berg was most likely detained because he was wandering around alone in Iraq and not affliliated with any of the big companies that actually have contracts to do work there... THAT is a plausible explanation as to why he was detained...

Nick Berg was killed because the "things" that detained him have no respect for human life...even the life of an innocent civilian...

[MJY1288]

If the reporter at Salon.com wants to know why Nick Berg was beheaded, tell him it was the Democrats who have been politicizing the misbehavior of a few prison guards at an Iraqi prison led by a fat drunk Senator from Massachusetts known as the "Liberal Lion" that caused his death

I'm sure it will take the nimrods at Salon a few weeks who I'm talking about, but at least they will be kept busy trying to figure it out

[John Lenin]

Exactly, lets go by their theory that Doug pulled Bergs name out the air in his original post.( It's not on ANSWERS web site). CASE CLOSED !

[Peach]

It's called research....Doug did a little digging......something you and your fellow members of the press need to do.

LOL

Old Media just acts like little stenographers for the DNC. They are becoming as irrelevant as Old Europe and the UN.

[Brett66]

This is a hit piece, obviously. There's this story at yahoo news that states that the FBI actually verified that Berg was not under suspicion.

FBI Saw Berg During Iraq Police Detention

This is the worst sort of slander.Demonstrably false.

[Vigilantcitizen]

Your "Standby Ackmed" line...had me blow beer thru my nose...now stop that!

I hate beer sneeze.

[Riley]

It began: "Here you are, FReepers. Here is the enemy."

Doug, and the nameless Salon.com reporter who is undoubtedly following this thread with interest:

If they're our enemies, then they are the friends of the Jihadist mobsters and their 'left-leaning' American allies.

There is no way that they would take mention on Free Republic as a death sentence for Berg's son- at least until it became known that he disagreed with his father's views. And that didn't happen until the bastards executed him, and his name became a household word for those who are informed of such things.

[cwb]

"Hi you filthy scum sucking fascist pig."

Yeah...you'd think that after years of using the same descriptions, they'd come up with something more original by now. Progressive my as®.

[Pukin Dog]

I have not read through the whole thread, but in case no one else mentioned it, these things can sometimes take on a life of their own. Were I you, I would save all correspondence and sent it to your favorite lawyer. You never know, partner.

[VeniVidiVici]

doug, even the worst lawyer I've ever known could express himself more articulately and coherently than this:

Remember that this is a liberal lawyer. Probably got through on affirmative action.

[Cultural Jihad]

Your post was not a waste of time. I for one thoroughly enjoyed the precision craftsmanship of the author.

[freeangel]

for later reading.

[Peach]

Hey, PD. Good advice.

If this turns into something, it will be because of Hillary's goons. After reading "Hillary's Secret War" for which Jim Robinson wrote the forward and FR is featured prominently, I can believe anything of her.

[Dems_R_Losers]

Y'all are laughing about this, but we won't be laughing in a few days when this "story" turns up on the Today show, the ABC Nightly News, Nightline, or similar lamestream media show. They haven't had a good turn at the "right wing nuts" since Oklahoma City, and if a semi-legit outlet like Salon reports this, it WILL get picked up. We'd best be ready for the onslaught.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

But in bad weather, the chair is behind the doors. Jim Morrison took drugs and died.

[Peach]

The leftists are already taking Rush Limbaugh's comments out of context and saying he thinks the Iraqi prison pictures are "nothing". They are going after him hammer and tong.

[Pukin Dog]

I have seen things in the past few days that make it clear to me that the left has no concept of truth or honor. Since we cant all hire Roy Black to defend us, we best always take a defensive angle about things like this.