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June 14, 2004
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“There are a lot of questions still surrounding the circumstances leading up to the beheading of Nicholas Berg and Wednesday there were angry words from the Berg family aimed at the U.S. government…
Nick's older brother, David, spoke with a New York Times reporter Wednesday refuting an article. The family has said Nick was being detained by U.S. officials before falling into the hands of militants...
In the article, U.S. officials denied the 26-year-old contractor was ever in U.S. custody, saying it was Iraqis who had detained him. That has angered the family.
“The jail had U.S. MP's in it. Technically it was an Iraqi prison, but there is no Iraqi government, so what does that mean?” David Berg said.”
“U.S. government officials have said Berg, who was found dead last weekend in western Baghdad, was detained by Iraqi police March 24 and was never in the custody of Americans.
The Berg family wants to know why the U.S. government keeps insisting Nick was under arrest by Iraqi police, not the U.S. military.
"Nick told his father that he was being held by the American government. The FBI came to the Berg's home and questioned the parents about their son, so let's ask the question -- were the FBI working for the Iraqis? Do the Iraqis send the FBI to the Berg's home to ask about Nick?" said Bruce Hauser, a family friend. His father, Michael, said his son wasn't allowed to make phone calls or contact a lawyer.
“In Baghdad on Wednesday, Dan Senor, spokesman for the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority, said that to his knowledge, Berg "was at no time under the jurisdiction or detention of coalition forces." Senor would not specify why Iraqi police, who generally take direction from coalition authorities, had arrested and held him. He said the investigation was continuing.
The FBI warned Berg shortly before his disappearance that Iraq was too volatile a place for unprotected American civilians but he turned down a State Department offer to fly him home, U.S. officials said Wednesday.”
“Berg is believed to have been kidnapped within days of his April 6 release by either Iraqi police or coalition forces, and later beheaded by militants who videotaped the slaying.
To back its claims that Berg was in U.S. custody, the family showed The Associated Press an April 1 e-mail from Beth A. Payne, the U.S. consular officer in Iraq.
"I have confirmed that your son, Nick, is being detained by the U.S. military in Mosul. He is safe. He was picked up approximately one week ago. We will try to obtain additional information regarding his detention and a contact person you can communicate with directly," the e-mail said.
The State Department says the e-mail from a consular officer in Iraq that said Berg had been in U.S. custody was based on erroneous information. Spokeswoman Kelly Shannon said the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq had sent the incorrect information to the diplomat.
In another e-mail four hours later, Payne wrote, "I have been able to confirm that your son is being detained by the U.S. military. I am attempting to identify a person with the U.S. military or FBI here in Iraq who you can contact directly with your questions."
In a third e-mail later that day, Payne wrote she was still trying to find a local contact for the family.
The military informed the FBI, which sent agents to interview Berg on March 25 and 26. The substance of the interviews is still not clear...
In the meantime, Berg's parents had prepared a petition for the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, arguing that the U.S. military had illegally detained their son...They contended that his detention prevented his planned return to the United States on March 30.
The petition was filed April 5, and Berg was freed the next day. It is not known why he was held for 13 days.
Berg wrote his parents after his release that federal agents had questioned
