[R-G] The Mysterious Death of Nick Berg

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

I'm struck by the fact that we got to know about a few mysterious 
circumstances (see, for instance, Robert H. Reid's AP story 
"Questions Surround Young American Shown Decapitated in Video," May 
12, 2004) of the last days of Nick Berg only after his death: Nick 
Berg being held in US custody for 13 days (which the government now 
oddly denies), the FBI's visit to Nick's father Michael Berg, the 
Bergs suing the government in federal court on April 5th, Nick being 
released on April 6th, the Berg family losing contact with Nick on 
April 9th (which is more than a month ago), Nick being "last in 
contact with U.S. officials in Baghdad on April 10" (Reid, May 12, 
2004). Shouldn't we have heard about Nick Berg's disappearance about 
a month ago, rather than just now, when it's too late? There are so 
many newsworthy elements here, which the US media failed to 
investigate and expose in time to save Berg's life.

The contrast between our lack of knowledge about Nick Berg and 
intensive coverage of Japanese, Korean, Italian, Russian, and other 
hostages (in their own national media, but also in the international 
media) from the beginning to the end (be it death or release) of 
their captivity is very striking. . . .

The rest of the posting at 
<http://montages.blogspot.com/2004/05/mysterious-death-of-nick-berg.html>.
-- 
Yoshie

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