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Beheaded Man's Firm Was On Right-Wing 'Enemies' List
Fintan Dunne, Editor BreakForNews.com
The family firm of beheaded American Nick Berg, was named by a
conservative website in a list of 'enemies' of the Iraq occupation. In a
commentary on the beheading of Nick Berg, Rivero writes: "How
wonderfully lucky for Bush and the NeoCons that such a great piece of
pro-war distract-from-the-torture-scandal event happens at this
particular moment."
"...you couldn't design a better scenario to validate the
administration's slant on the war than this. That's a good reason to
maintain a healthy skepticism. In fact, there are a number of good
reasons to take this story with a grain of salt..."   continua /
continued <http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=2668>     [2668] [ 12-may-2004
22:47 ECT ]


U.S. Denies Holding Beheading Victim Berg
ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press Writer
<http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=2664>	...unanswered questions remained
about Berg in the days before he vanished, as well as where and when he
was abducted. Berg, who was Jewish, spoke to his parents March 24 and
told them he would return home on March 30. But Berg was detained by
Iraqi police at a checkpoint in Mosul on March 24, was turned over to
U.S. officials and detained for 13 days, the family said.
Berg was detained by Iraqi police in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
The Iraqis informed the Americans, and the FBI questioned him three
times about what he was doing in Iraq."
Michael Berg told The Associated Press, however, that U.S. officials
were "playing word games"...   continua / continued
<http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=2664>     [2664] [ 12-may-2004 22:03 ECT ]


Rights groups say prisoner abuse similar in Iraq, U.S.
KATHARINE WEBSTER, Associated Press Writer
A man shackled to a post for hours in the blazing sun. Prisoners
controlled with stun guns and shotguns. Guards sexually assaulting
prisoners. These are not photographs and accounts from the Abu Ghraib
prison in Iraq, but documented cases from American prisons and jails.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld recently called the abuses at
Abu Ghraib "fundamentally un-American." But human rights groups say
similar abuses occur with alarming frequency in American jails and
prisons...   continua / continued <http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=2666>    
[2666] [ 12-may-2004 22:32 ECT ]




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Beheaded Man's Firm Was On Right-Wing 'Enemies' List
Fintan Dunne, Editor BreakForNews.com
The family firm of beheaded American Nick Berg, was named by a conservative
website in a list of 'enemies' of the Iraq occupation. In a commentary on
the beheading of Nick Berg, Rivero writes: "How wonderfully lucky for Bush
and the NeoCons that such a great piece of pro-war
distract-from-the-torture-scandal event happens at this particular moment."
"...you couldn't design a better scenario to validate the administration's
slant on the war than this. That's a good reason to maintain a healthy
skepticism. In fact, there are a number of good reasons to take this story
with a grain of salt..."   <http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=2668>continua /
continued      [2668] [ 12-may-2004 22:47 ECT ]

U.S. Denies Holding Beheading Victim Berg
ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press Writer
<http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=2664>  ...unanswered questions remained about
Berg in the days before he vanished, as well as where and when he was
abducted. Berg, who was Jewish, spoke to his parents March 24 and told them
he would return home on March 30. But Berg was detained by Iraqi police at
a checkpoint in Mosul on March 24, was turned over to U.S. officials and
detained for 13 days, the family said.
Berg was detained by Iraqi police in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. The
Iraqis informed the Americans, and the FBI questioned him three times about
what he was doing in Iraq."
Michael Berg told The Associated Press, however, that U.S. officials were
"playing word games"...   <http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=2664>continua /
continued      [2664] [ 12-may-2004 22:03 ECT ]

Rights groups say prisoner abuse similar in Iraq, U.S.
KATHARINE WEBSTER, Associated Press Writer
A man shackled to a post for hours in the blazing sun. Prisoners controlled
with stun guns and shotguns. Guards sexually assaulting prisoners. These
are not photographs and accounts from the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, but
documented cases from American prisons and jails.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld recently called the abuses at Abu
Ghraib "fundamentally un-American." But human rights groups say similar
abuses occur with alarming frequency in American jails and prisons...
  <http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=2666>continua / continued      [2666] [
12-may-2004 22:32 ECT ]




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