Sinister web of politics

"Who do they think they're kidding?" said Berg's father Michael while talking to the Associated Press.

It is strange that the son of a father who opposed the war in Iraq, a son who believed in helping others was doomed to die in the hands of faceless assassins.

Berg , the 26 year old private contractor, would have been safe by now if he hadn't missed his flight, if he hadn't been detained and kept incommunicado for 13 days.

A coalition spokesman in Baghdad said that Berg had been picked up by Iraqi police. As a result of the detention, he missed a booked March 30 flight back to the US.

The following day, an FBI agent visited Berg's family to find out what Berg was doing in Iraq. Statements made by US officials in Iraq leave many unanswered questions, including why Iraqi police jailed Berg for nearly two weeks. When US authorities were notified and the FBI visited him on several occasions why he was not permitted to make calls or contact a lawyer? Why a US spokesman in Iraq said Iraqi police had arrested Berg in Mosul when Mosul police denied any knowledge of the Berg case. Strange, very strange,

Berg's family sued the Federal government for illegally detaining his son, but the officials claim that Berg had been detained by Iraqi police, although interviewed three times by the FBI while in custody. They could not save their son.

Our thoughts are united with the Berg family in its grief.

The timing of this act serves the American administration and occupation forces in Iraq to present excuses and pretexts for their inhumane practices against Iraqi detainees.

Sadly enough, the truth will once again elude us.