Father of Iraq Beheading Victim Rips Bush

[Rose Siding]

LONDON -- The father of an American beheaded in Iraq said Tuesday the handover of sovereignty there was a sham and accused President Bush of causing immense pain to thousands of people by going to war.

Michael Berg, whose 26-year-old son, Nicholas, was decapitated by militants, said at a news conference organized by the Stop the War Coalition that the transfer was "nothing more than another nut-and-shell game."

"We know that the Iraqi people have not had an election yet, so we do not have a democracy over there, we just have a dictatorship of Bush and (Prime Minister Tony) Blair," he said. "What kind of stability is there in Iraq when we have to sneak the transfer of power in two days ahead of time for who knows why?"
...
"People like George Bush and (Defense Secretary) Donald Rumsfeld, they don't see the pain that people have to bear, they don't know what it feels like to have your guts ripped out, and there are so many people," he said.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-berg-iraq,0,1560619.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

[Francis]

1. Heard him interviewed

on BBC radio
An eloquent man who wants the US out of Iraq now

[Briar]

3. Yes, he was impressive

Also noteworthy was the way the BBC interviewer clawed at him. What a contrast with the way they bow and scrape before pro goverment/war spokesmen and usually draw their commentators from a pool of solidly right wing pundits. In the lead-up to the hand-over, Iraqis friendly to the Americans, ambassadors who had *not* signed the critical statement and former coalition advisors were interviewed, for instance. Dissent was barely audible.

[donco6]

4. Welcome to DU Briar

Enjoyed your post.

[Briar]

12. Hi!

Thanks.

[Francis]

7. It was tough

but he held his line and wasn't ruffled

[Wright Patman]

2. First time I've

ever heard a CIA black ops team called "militants."

[Spazito]

5. A courageous man!

He is so right in this statement:

"People like George Bush and (Defense Secretary) Donald Rumsfeld, they don't see the pain that people have to bear, they don't know what it feels like to have your guts ripped out, and there are so many people," he said."

[Guaranteed]

6. Go look at the neo-cons rejoicing in Nick Berg's death on Yahoo

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040629/ts_nm/iraq_britain_berg_dc_4

These people are disgusting.

[blindpig]

8. THAT is some of the worst shit I've yet seen

from those scum. I'd sure like to introduce those fuckers to Mr Berg.....and I'd help him.

[Guaranteed]

9. Yup.

Some people really don't deserve to live here.

[PaDUer]

10. How dreadful!

Isn't there a moderator on yahoo? But you can bet that if they wrote about * that way, you'd have a visit from the feds.

[johnnie]

11. Yahoo has about 10 people who just troll a bunch of shit...

I have also noticed that during the day the posts seem to be mainly neo-con posts, and at night the more liberal minded post on there.

[acmavm]

13. Think that tells you a lot about which bunch are smart enough to hold

down a job, and which aren't?

Just wondering.