Pardon me for commenting on a story that is five days old, but I've been on vacation and have one burning question: Am I the only one who wants to know what this asshole Nick Berg was really doing in Iraq before he got his head lopped off?
Let's follow his alleged story for a second.
He says he was in Iraq as a "private contractor" to rebuild telecommunications infrastructure. Right. "The government contracts for telecommunications services in Iraq go to….Halliburton, Nextel, Lockheed-Martin…..
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and Nick Berg". My bullshit alarm is ringing softly.
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Furthermore, the government has vehemently denied that he was in fact doing any official CPA (Coalition Provisional Authority, the body that is governing Iraq right now) business there. The State Department, on numerous occasions, extended offers to Berg for a flight out of the country and in fact detained him on multiple occasions to inquire about his activities there. The alarm is starting to crescendo.
Lastly, it is absolutely impossible for an American citizen to LEGALLY enter Iraq right now unless they are a contractor, according to the State Department consular information. Since the government has not disputed the fact that they were aware of Berg's entry into the country, a question becomes clear: why was he allowed entry if he was not affiliated with any official entity? Are we to believe that anyone who feels like being a handyman will be allowed in Iraq to wander about testing phone lines?
Anytime someone feels like explaining what he was REALLY doing there – covert ops, running guns, trying to join the Hezbollah, etc – I would love to hear it.