"he refused the flight offer because he thought the travel to the airport would be too dangerous."
OK, now daddy is an out an out liar.
BTW, just how did Berg end up in the hands of Zarqawi?
As far as we know, Berg left "the hotel" telling a friend he was "going to the airport." Was he really?
How was he captured?
With each hostage story we seem to know the "how" - usually a convoy/auto ambush.
With Berg, nothing.
IMO, most of the kidnappees seem to be held by local sunni or shi'ite thugs and mafias. Yet Berg ended up in the hands of #3 AQ official Zarqawi. How does that happen?
A little to adventurous like Daniel Pearl?
Something else?
Why did daddy call him "their" "best friend."
Did some local peacenik/ANSWER contacts go wrong?
There's more to this story.
Other fascinating thing is that the father already had a meeting with Kerry...
Maybe they waved enough cash at him and he thought he could do business. Maybe he was desperate for business if his own company stateside was having trouble.
But it looked like he was held for quite awhile so they didn't just decide to kidnap him and then butcher him.
That's my question, too.
I thought it was reported that Nick frequently traveled by taxi - not using a regular driver and a regular translator is an invitation to trouble in Iraq.
So, he had told his roommates he was taking a taxi - but they don't know if he was heading home, to cross the borer to Kuwait to fly home or what.
What puzzles me is why he would say an escorted trip to the airport would be "too dangerous" when he would be taken by the US Army and protected.
Instead, he takes a taxe, gets himself kidnapped and we know how the story ends.
But between the "authorities" offering him a ride to the airort and taking a taxi, there are lots of hours and lots of unanswered qustions.
TNT