- Nick Berg spoke to his parents on March 24 and said he
would return home March 30. But he was detained by Iraqi police at a checkpoint
in Mosul on March 24. At some point during his 13-day detention, U.S. officials
took custody of him, his father said, and he was not allowed to make phone
calls or contact a lawyer.
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- FBI (news - web sites) agents visited Berg's parents
in West Chester on March 31 and told the family they were trying to confirm
their son's identity. On April 5, the Bergs sued the government in federal
court in Philadelphia, contending that their son was being held illegally
by the U.S. military.
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- Berg was released the next day, and he told his parents
he had not been mistreated. They did not hear from him after April 9.
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- http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/2004051
1/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_american_found_8
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- Michael Berg lashed out at the U.S. military and Bush
administration, saying his son might still be alive had he not been detained
by U.S. officials in Iraq without being charged and without access to a
lawyer.
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- Nick Berg, a small telecommunications business owner,
spoke to his parents on 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. He was turned over to U.S. officials and detained for 13 days.
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- His father, Michael, said his son wasn't allowed to make
phone calls or contact a lawyer.
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- FBI agents visited Berg's parents in West Chester on
March 31 and told the family they were trying to confirm their son's identity.
On April 5, the Bergs filed suit in federal court in Philadelphia, contending
that their son was being held illegally by the U.S. military. The next
day Berg was released. He told his parents he hadn't been mistreated.
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- Michael Berg said he blamed the U.S. government for creating
circumstances that led to his son's death. He said if his son hadn't been
detained for so long, he might have been able to leave the country before
the violence worsened.
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- "I think a lot of people are fed up with the lack
of civil rights this thing has caused," he said. "I don't think
this administration is committed to democracy."
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- The Bergs last heard from their son April 9, when he
said he would come home by way of Jordan.
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- FULL STORY http://www.pennlive.com/newsflash/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-16/108430077760820.xml
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