From INN World Report :
In a "perfect timing", an unknown group tries to distract from Torturegate. It is linked to Ahmad Fadeel Nazal Al-Khalayleh, known as Abu Musa’ab Al-Zarqawi, who didn't show his face in this video. In this video, Berg is wearing an orange jumpsuit, as US prisoners wear .
There is one problem. Al-Zarquawi is believed to be dead since April 2003, as AsiaTimes wrote 2 months ago.
http://inn.globalfreepress.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=185
From CBS News :
Iraqi police arrested Berg in Mosul on March 24 because local authorities believed he may have been involved in "suspicious activities," Senor said. He refused to elaborate, except to confirm that the Americans were aware Berg was in custody.
Berg was released April 6 and "was advised to leave the country," Senor added. Instead, Berg checked into a Baghdad hotel.
Berg had told friends he was arrested by Iraqi police in Mosul because he had an Israeli stamp in his passport. In e-mails released by his family, Berg wrote about his experiences in trying to track down and later meet an in-law in the Mosul area.
In Mosul, police chief Maj. Gen. Mohammed Khair al-Barhawi insisted Thursday that his department had never arrested Berg and maintained he had no knowledge of the case.
"The Iraqi police never arrested the slain American," al-Barhawi told reporters. "Take it from me ... that such reports are baseless."
Since Iraq remains under U.S. military occupation, it seems unlikely that the Iraqi police would have held Berg, or any other American, for such a length of time without at least the tacit approval of U.S. authorities.
"The Iraqi police do not tell the FBI what to do, the FBI tells the Iraqi police what to do," Berg's father, Michael Berg told the AP. "Who do they think they're kidding?"
The younger Berg told his family that U.S. officials took custody of him soon after his arrest and he was not allowed to make phone calls or contact a lawyer, his father said.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/11/iraq/main616842.shtml
Posted by erp at May 14, 2004 12:00 AM