WP: Beheading Victim 'Loved Adventure and Risk'

[AZCat]

Beheading Victim 'Loved Adventure and Risk'

By Sewell Chan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, May 14, 2004; Page A01

BAGHDAD, May 13 -- Nicholas Berg came to Iraq in December with little more than a bag of tools and a desire to find work in his chosen trade: repairing transmission towers. He hoped to tap the opportunities available to individual contractors willing to brave the hazards of living in a war-scarred country.

In the four months before he was decapitated by Islamic guerrillas who said they were avenging the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers, Berg was robbed once, arrested twice and detained for 13 days by Iraqi police who were both incredulous and suspicious that an American would travel alone.
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link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25401-2004May13.html?nav=headlines

Good article about Berg. It seems like it has additional info, but I haven't read all the articles out there so I may be wrong.

The whole story still seems fishy.


On Edit: Added source to title

[nonbelief]

1. What is it about Americans, Brits and Australians?

Is the planet one big frigging disneyland to America and its "coalition" lackeys?

Our countries invade another country illegally, rape and kill their way through the population, destroy the infrastructure, and then "adventure-seeking" young "risk takers" buy airline tickets to the carnage and look for "business opportunities amongst the skulls and used condoms...

[lostnfound]

2. WP deep ties to CIA means you can't necessarily believe everything here..

Since the Washington Post has very close ties to the CIA (see Operation Mockingbird). Could be planted information.