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All - This is the CPA CJTF7 briefing from tonight, as it pertains to Nick Berg. Thought you would all find it useful. (Only one question asked tonight) COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY BRIEFING WITH BRIGADIER GENERAL MARK KIMMITT, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR COALITION OPERATIONS;
AND WD j(bH.6) I SENIOR ADVISER, CPA LOCATION: BAGHDAD, IRAQ TIME: 10:10 A.M. EDT DATE: FRIDAY, MAY 14, 2004 Q Stephanie Halasz from CNN . We're still trying to -- this is regarding Nicholas Berg we're still trying to understand why you're -- well, you keep saying that he was never in coalition force s' hands when we have it from several sides that he was detained by U.S.
forces, U.S. / coalition forces .
GEN. KIMMITT: Yeah . That -- again, it's one of those common misconceptions, and it may have been facilitated by some of the e-mail reports.
When that question was asked, we went up to Brigadier General Carter Hamm (sp).
the commander of the Multinational Brigade forces. whose jurisdiction extends into Mosul.
General Halllll (sp) is a friend of mine. H e said, "NO, Mark. That just didn't happen."
It 1s true that we have joint IP -- Iraqi police -- stations. For good reason~ we put oftentimes Military Police side by side with Iraqi police in the police stations. That facilitates command and control. If there's a military issue~ then we can work it through t here . If there's a civilian issue, if there 's crime on the street, they can talk to the military. If there' s a ~ilitary incident~ they can talk to the civilians. That m akes sense.
In this particular IP station where Berg was brought, he was put into a cell with other Iraqis. The Military Police did have contact with young Berg. They found out that he was in there. Being good, compassionate Americas, they checked in on him every once in a while and said, "Hey~ do you need a toothbrush? Do you need some soap? Anything we can do to help you." But that is, to our understanding, the only contact that Nicholas Berg had with American military forces during that 12-day time period between the 24th and the 6th, while in Mosul.
MR . SENOR: And the only other contact -- primary contact he had with American officials was. as you know, the FBI visited with him t hree times. But as General Kimmitt said, during the entire period~ he was detained by Iraqi police in Mosul~ and he was in the custody of Iraqi police in Mosul. And I do know there's a lot of these e-mails circulating.
We're trying to get to the bottom of them. But as far as we know, at this point, at no time was he out of custody of Iraqi police.
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Subject: TRANSCRIPT: 12 May 94 CPA CJTF-7 press conference Attached is the transcript from Wednesday's CPA CJTF-7 press conference.
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COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY BRIEFING WITH
BRIGADIER GENERAL MARK KIMMITT,
DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR COALITION OPERATIONS;
AND DAN SENOR, SENIOR ADVISER, CPA
LOCATION: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
TIME: 9:38 A.M. EDT
DATE: WEDNESDAY, MAY 12,2004
MR. SENOR: Good evening.
I have a couple of opening announcements and General Kimmitt has his regular operational briefing, plus an announcement about the ongoing investigation and court martials at Abu Ghraib.
Firstly, on Ambassador Bremer's schedule, he attended a ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the official handover of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Iraqi minister. At the ceremony Ambassador Bremer spoke to the many accomplishments of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs over the past number of months -- all the work that the minister, Hoshyar Zebari, has done to facilitate Iraq's welcoming-- integration into the international community and the number of international organizations that Iraq is now a part of. Mr. Zebari -- the foreign minister, Hoshyar Zebari, spoke at the ceremony as well.
Following that Ambassador Bremer attended his weekly Governing Council meeting, which is part of where they discussed the ongoing consultations on the political transition, and then that was followed by internal meetings Ambassador Bremer had with the CPA.
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GEN. KIMMITT: Yes, and on behalf of the coalition military forces, we also would like to extend our sympathies to the Berg family.
Good afternoon. The coalition continues offensive operations to establish a stable Iraq, in order to repair infrastructure, stimulate the economy and transfer sovereignty.
In the north central zone of operations yesterday, there was an attack in Kirkuk-- in a Kirkuk neighborhood market, using an improvised explosive device consisting of a rocket, C-4 explosives and propane tanks. Four Iraqi civilians were killed. Twenty-five Iraqi civilians were wounded. No group has claimed responsibility, and the Iraqi police service has the lead for the investigation.
This morning the Au Mutawaka (sp) police station was attacked with rockets in Samarra. The Iraqi police station is located a block south of the green mosque, and four to five rockets impacted on the building. The attack resulted in three Iraqi police service wounded, as well as major structural damage to the police station.
In the western zone of operations, on 9 May, a convoy of 20 vehicles belonging to a Turkish company acting as a subcontractor was attacked with small-arms fire. The subcontractors were delivering living containers and had entered Iraq from Syria. The convoy was originally attacked near a fuel station east of Arupah (sp), where they were forced to download three of the truck containers. The convoy was again stopped 70 kilometers east of that location and were forced to download four more containers.
The attackers destroyed a total of seven of the vehicles in the convoy and hijacked eight of the trucks. Five trucks made it to their final destination in Baghdad. All 20 drivers are accounted for, four of which sustained wounds from the attacks.
The situation in Fallujah remains calm. There have been no cease-fire violations for over a week. Reports indicate religious leaders have contributed to this environment with peaceful messages from the mosques.
Coordination continues with the Fallujah Brigade for follow-on operations, demonstrating freedom of movement in Fallujah. Further adherence to the provision of the cease-fire remains the focus.
In the central south zone of operations, offensive operations continue against Muqtada's militia.
Throughout recent operations in Karbala, coalition forces have come under fire repeatedly from the 12-building AI-Mukaim (sp) mosque and shrine complex. The shrine complex had been used by Muqtada's militia as an operation base and an ammunition and weapons holding area. It had also been the subject of discussions three weeks ago between the Iraq Religious Endowments Directorate of Karbala and the Iraq Ministry of Health in reaching an agreement on the transfer of the mosque to the Karbala Directorate of Health for use as a specialized health clinic.
Last night at approximately 2300, coalition forces conducted a cordon and search of the area in order to eliminate the enemy presence there and to restore Iraqi security force control. Early in the operation, coalition forces were attacked by two rocket- propelled grenades, striking a Bradley and wounding one coalition soldier. Coalition forces requested close air support, resulting in five enemy killed.
Approximately four hours after the initial engagement, coalition forces reported that Muqtada militia members had reorganized and established a fighting position in the nearby Mukaym (Ph) shrine. By 0400 this morning, Iraqi security forces cleared the shrine while coalition forces maintained the outer cordon. By 9: 15, the Iraqi police service had retained security to the area. Coalition forces also rescued five Iraqi police officers who were discovered bound and gagged inside one of the Mukaym (Ph) complex buildings. In the mosque itself, coalition forces found extensive weapons caches, and three other weapons caches were discovered in the nearby area.
In the southeastern zone of operations, coalition and Iraqi security forces conducted 259 patrols and captured four anti-coalition suspects. The governance area in Basra City will continue to be heavily patrolled by coalition forces to deter any further moves to take control of key points by anti-coalition forces. Coalition forces are also continuing to dominate al-Amarah and have started to carry out routine patrols from static locations within the city. AI-Amarah is relatively quiet and seems to have adapted to the increased coalition presence without adverse reaction.
Three final notes. First, 315 detainees are scheduled to be released from the Abu Ghraib prison on 14 May at 0900. The next release at Abu Ghraib is scheduled for 21 May. And the diagram to the right shows you how many of those detainees will be returning to each of the multinational division areas.
Second, I want to clarify a comment made at a previous press conference regarding the chain of command relationships for the 372nd Military Police Company in Abu Ghraib from 19 November 2003 until recently. On 19 November 2003, a fragmentary order was issued by CJTF-7 that placed the 320th MP Battalion, the parent organization of the 372nd MP Company, under the tactical control, TACON, of the 205th Military Intelligence Brigade. Tactical control, or T ACON, provides authority for the 205th MI Brigade to assign missions and tasks to the 320th MP Battalion. However, the 800th MP Brigade was still responsible for command oversight, leadership, discipline and training for subordinate units, of which the 372nd Military Police Company was one.
While the 205th MI Brigade was given TACON for the purpose of assigning missions or
tasks, its FRAGO did not change the command relationship or responsibilities within the 800th MP Brigade.
Last, we are announcing two additional court-martials related to Abu Ghraib.
The charges were referred against Sergeant Javal S. Davis to a general court- martial. The five charges are conspiracy to maltreat subordinates, dereliction of duty for negligently failing to protect detainees from abuse, maltreatment of detainees, rendering false official statements and assault.
Charges were also referred against Staff Sergeant I van L. Frederick III to a general court-martial. The five charges are conspiracy to maltreat subordinates/detainees, dereliction of duty for negligently failing to protect detainees from abuse, maltreatment of detainees, assault and wrongfully committing an indecent act by watching detainees commit a sexual act.
The charge sheets for these court-martial cases and the case of U.S. v Specialist Jeremy Sivits will be available after this press conference.
MR. SENOR: And with that, we'll happy to take your questions.
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Q Yeah, Bob Moran with the Philadelphia Inquirer. Can you elaborate or give any details on the detention of Mr. Berg? You. know, I guess he was picked up by Iraqi police and at some point he was in -- transferred to U.S. custody or at least to be released.
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Q Peter Hermann from the Baltimore Sun. Is there a date for the general court- martials, and will they be held here in the convention center as Mr. Sivits'?
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Q Thank you. Charlie Mayer from NPR. Are you keeping track of the number of Americans who are missing now in Iraq? And if so, can you give us some sense of those numbers?
MR. SENOR: For operational security reasons we do not generally make those numbers public. We are attempting to track the numbers of civilians that have been taken hostage, either U.S. citizens or others here from coalition countries, or just any civilians who are here. And we try to communicate that information, obviously, with the host governments -- with the government of the countries that those civilians are from.
We are reluctant right now, Charlie, to make that information public. We don't want to provide an opportunity for kidnappers and terrorists to track that sort of information. It's not in anybody's interest but theirs, and therefore, I hope you understand why we are not making it public.
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Q (Through interpreter.) (Name and affiliation inaudible.) General Mark Kimmitt, how do you evaluate the command now in Fallujah? The command of Mohammed Abdul-Latif, how do you evaluate his command?
GEN. KIMMITT: Right now we're quite pleased with the command structure that's operating within Fallujah. Obviously we're starting to see some results. There have been no cease-fire violations in the last seven days. We are conducting patrols inside the city. We've actually had a joint patrol corne in and depart the city. We still have objectives to attain, but at this point, I would say that the Marines are quite pleased with the efforts and the command of General Latif.
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Q Josh Hammer of Newsweek. Do you have any more information about the circumstances of Mr. Berg's departure from Iraq and how he might have been captured?
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Q Dan Williams, Washington Post. What agency of the government or the authority is investigating the Berg kidnapping?
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Q (Through interpreter.) There are estimation about reestablishing discussions with Mr. al-Sadr. So how credible is this information?
MR. SENOR: I think you're referring to reports that the governor of Najaf was engaged in negotiations with Muqtada al-Sadr. He was not negotiating on our behalf; the governor was not negotiating on our behalf, and we were not consulted on any details of any discussions he mayor may not have.
That said, we obviously encourage any and all Iraqis who want to step forward and playa constructive role in minimizing bloodshed and reaching a peaceful resolution in these matters to do so. We have been quite clear that we have some criteria, however, relating to Mr. al-Sadr. One, he must submit himself to Iraqi justice. There is an Iraqi arrest warrant out for him relating to a murder. Two, Mr. al-Sadr must disband his illegal militia, must return government assets, must order his militia to withdraw from government buildings.
Now there are a number of concrete steps that Mr. al-Sadr must take. That is our starting point and our ending point.
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Q Ivan (Waler?) with CNN. If I can just go back to Mr. Berg real quick, can you give us an idea of when he entered the country? You said he registered with the U.S.
Consular Service. When did he register with them?
And also, we've tried to contact the Iraqi police, who have not responded to any of our inquiries about why he was detained and why he was released. So we've seemed to have reached, you know, a dead end with that. So can you elaborate on maybe why that happened, or what do you know about it?
MR. SENOR: Where have you -- which police department have you contacted?
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Q Inge Hoff (sp) with Neue Zurcher Zeitung. Can you tell us how many detention facilities are run by the Iraqis? How many people are detained there? Are there any other foreigners detained? And do you check these prisons as far as Iraqis -- (inaudible) -- right now?
MR. SENOR: Do we what? What's the last question?
Q Sorry. Is there any kind of checking in - checks in these detention centers?
Is there anybody going there -- MR. SENOR: Sure. Sure. My understanding is that there's between 2,500 and 3,000 individuals in detention in the Iraqi criminal system -- criminal detention system that have been designated as criminal detainees.
I don't know of any other foreign nationals. That's not to say there aren't any. We can check on that for you.
And yes, we are obviously concerned about conditions within the Iraqi prison facilities. In fact, Ambassador Bremer just today conducted a meeting with senior coalition staff relating to this issue of monitoring and getting more information on the state of the Iraqi prisons. It is obviously, in light of the incidents at Abu Ghraib, something that we want to keep an eye on, and that stimulated Ambassador Bremer looking closely at it.
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Q (Through interpreter.) From al-Watan aI-Arabi. General Kimmitt, two days ago you said when a person is captured, nobody can put a hood on his head. And you have also stated that women will not be detained. When will a decision be passed by the coalition forces not to detain women?
GEN. KIMMITT: Well, first of all, I said two days ago that we have stopped the practice of hooding our detainees. I don't believe at that time we made any categorical statement referring to no longer detaining women. If anyone is a security threat, an imperative security threat to the country of Iraq and to coalition forces, they will be detained. That's our obligation.
MR. SENOR: Yes?
Q (Through interpreter.) General Kimmitt, peace be upon you. From the Iraqi press. Did you discuss with the religious and tribal leaders in al-Sadr? Why did you strike a federal office?
GEN. KIMMITT: We had an operation two nights ago, three nights ago, against the al-Sadr Bureau in Sadr City. That is a bureau that was not anything more but a place
being used by the Sadr militia, by Mugtada's militia to organize, plan and execute attacks against the legitimate democratic institutions of Iraq. From this bureau building, they had planned attacks against Iraqi police stations, against Iraqi media, against Iraqi government buildings. That was a security threat and remains a security threat to the coalition forces but, more importantly, to the people ofIraq. From that location, they were planning and executing operations against the Iraqi people. That is why we attacked it and that is why we have destroyed it.
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Q Kater Ingam (Ph) with the Romanian Radio. Dan, you said that Mr. Berg was detained by the Iraqi police, but I was told that when he came back to Baghdad from Mosul, he said that indeed it was the Iraqi police that detained him, but then they surrendered him to the coalition forces, and he stayed in coalition custody for two weeks.
So I was wondering if you can explain these conflicting reports, and why, if what I know is true, why would an American citizen be held by American forces for two weeks without charges?
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Q Hi. Aram Roston at NBC News. The first thing is you said that the FBI asked him or requested or advised him to leave the country. Do you know why that is, and whether it was a specific reason? And also, what was the role, if any, of Zarqawi?
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I mean, I will tell you that we have our own -- we've had our own concerns that Mr. Zarqawi has been operating inside this country for some time. We believe that he has taken credit for a number of terrorist incidents in this country. We believe that he has planned other terrorist incidents or terrorist acts in this country. We've obtained a
document that we believe was headed for senior al Qaeda leadership in which Mr.
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We have seen these acts of terror, whether they are Zarqawi-type bombings or brutal mutilations and murders like we've seen the last couple days with Mr. Berg or the four American civilian contractors in Fallujah a few weeks ago. We've seen these grotesque acts of terror here for some time. Whether or not Mr. Zarqawi is directly involved remains to be seen.
GEN. KIMMITT: I mean, the only indication we have right now was the claim made on the website entitled, "Abu Musaab al-Zarqawi Kills an American." We don't know -- we don't have at this point any other intelligence corroborating that either he was or was not involved in the murder.
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Q Patrick McDonnell, Los Angeles Times. Have you heard of any agreement or has any agreement been presented to you by clerical and civic leaders in Najafthat would essentially result in the disarming of Mr. Sadr's militia and the turning of the militia into a legitimate political party? Has that come to your attention at all or been presented to the military?
MR. SENOR: It has not come to my attention nor the civilian side of the coalition.
GEN. KIMMITT: And all the negotiations and discussions that we're having are tied with the CPA and the government officials. So we have not received a separate offer that we're aware of with regards to this disarmament.
MR. SENOR: Pat, I would just add that we do know that there are a number of notables, Iraqi notables, who are working towards a peaceful resolution in Najaf. As I said earlier, we encourage it. We think it's a positive sign. Even if it doesn't lead to a peaceful resolution, we do think it's a positive sign that Iraqi leaders are stepping forward and they are trying to make a constructive contribution to minimize bloodshed in their own country, particularly when they're speaking out against their fellow Iraqis like Muqtada al- Sadr, who has been engaged in orchestrating so much violence. But those individuals are not speaking on our behalf, and in the case of the Najaf governor, was not consulting us in those discussions.
Q Just one follow-up. Would any such agreement have to be approved in any way by the coalition or by the military, by the coalition military?
MR. SENOR: Well, certainly we are demanding that Mr. al-Sadr face justice.
We are demanding that his militia be disbanded. We're demanding that he withdraw from government buildings. We're demanding that he tum over government assets. So clearly, if there's an effort to minimize bloodshed and reach a peaceful resolution, we
would have to be the ones who make the final determination as to whether or not those conditions are met.
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Q David Lynch, USA Today. Dan, can you provide any more detail on the FBI contact with Mr. Berg, what the dates of the interviews were, how many agents, how long the individual sessions lasted?
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Q (Through interpreter.) Mr. Dan and General Kimmitt, the case of al-Sadr is an Iraqi case. The Iraqis have the full ability to resolve this problem if the coalition consents to this. They should consent of letting the Shi'a leadership in Iraq to take decisions regarding the case of al-Sadr, decisions such as postponing the demands for the arrest of Mr. al-Sadr till after handing over sovereignty. It can also be resolved by the tribal leaders which have quite an experience in this field. Because us, as Iraqis, are very well rooted and committed to our tribes. So why doesn't the coalition allow the Shi'a leadership to take decisions in this case to save bloodshed? Thank you.
GEN. KIMMITT: Well, one thing I would say is, as you heard last night from General Dempsey, he is fully engaged with Shi'a leadership, tribal leadership, clerics, a very large number of persons, for the purpose of coming forward to find a resolution of this problem in a peaceful way that satisfied everyone's objectives. So in fact, as you described, that's entirely what is happening, that there is a multi- disciplinary track towards this -- from both the government side, clerical side -- and everybody is working together to try to achieve a peaceful resolution consistent with the objectives set out.
MR. SENOR: Yes, go ahead. Carol.
Q Carol Rosenberg with the Miami Herald. Back to the Abu Ghraib business.
Has there been any additional people criminally charged since the initial seven on March 20th?
And two more questions for our continuing course in UCMJ for dummies. What's the maximum penalty for the convictions in those two court martial packages today?
And this one seems to be -- these two seem to be a general court martial; the first was special. Can you explain to us the distinction?
GEN. KIMMITT: I can help you with one out of three, and then we're going to have to bring the professor in afterwards so she can go through each of the different characteristics of a general court martial versus a special court martial, and what the maximum penalties in both are.
There have not been any further criminal charges levied against anyone, either in relation to the criminal investigation division, investigation of criminal charges of maltreatment or the administrative review or the currently ongoing investigation of military intelligence.
MR. SENOR: Yes, sir. Right there. Go ahead.
Q (Through interpreter.) General Kimmitt, you mentioned earlier today that you have started not hooding the detainees when they are arrested. So let us say that we may have achieved some progress in this field. But is this the only face of the violation of human rights? When you block 76 streets in Baghdad, doesn't this represent a violation for human rights? When U.S. soldiers behave with a bad manner with Iraqi people, doesn't this represent a violation of human rights? You are always concentrating on terrorism and explosive devices, but there are many faces for violations of human rights.
Can you comment on this?
Thank you.
GEN. KIMMITT: Well, simply I would say that those 76 roads inside Baghdad that are being blocked are being blocked for security measures because they are trying to probably uphold the greatest human right, which is the right to life. Those streets are not being blocked for inconvenience. They're not being blocked to somehow make life more difficult. They're not being blocked to somehow irritate the people of Iraq. They are blocked because there are security threats out there.
If you can imagine the 14th of July Bridge a week ago, had it not been blocked and that explosive device had been able to come over the bridge and into one of the housing areas on the other side of the bridge, there would have been massive loss of life.
Those barriers, which are -- I agree are an inconvenience, saved lives. It is our only intention for putting up the barriers, our only intention for running those tanks up and down the streets, and our only intention for having American soldiers walk up and down the streets of this fine nation, is to save lives. They are the ones who are most concerned about human rights.
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Q Toby Hamden from the Daily Telegraph. Could you give us some more details about the finding of Mr. Berg's body? Who found it? Exactly where was it found?
Was it suspended from a bridge? And was the head at the scene?
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Q (Through interpreter.) Usam Hamad (Ph) from Al Harabetz (Ph), and salaam. In a press interview conducted in Mosul, many citizens of Mosul complained of security violations by some people who hire children to carry out terrorist acts, and there are machineries carrying out operations in Mosul. And in Fallujah, the Fallujans said that a IS-year-old boy was detained. He was recruited by an American woman, and she sent him to intercept the opposition forces in Fallujah. How far are these information correct?
MR. SENOR: Oh, I don't think they're correct at all. And that's one of the great things about a free Iraqi press, is that you now have the opportunity to go check those facts with other witnesses to see if those facts can be corroborated. But I can tell you that those facts as you've laid them out are entirely false.
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Q Yeah, Dan, I was wondering if you could tell us how the investigation by the Governing Council is proceeding into the oil-for- food. And also, is there any threat to the funding of this investigation by Ambassador Bremer?
MR. SENOR: No, not at all. The investigation into the oil-for- food program fraud case has been shifted by the coalition from the Governing Council to the Board of Supreme Audit. The basis for that shift is that the Board of Supreme Audit -- the Iraqi Board of Supreme Audit is a more politically independent and objective body. But we are still overseeing the funding of that program and investigation, and intend to fund it.
As for who will conduct the actual audit, what firm conducts the actual audit, I've been told that the tender for that has closed on April 20th. And the Board of Supreme Audit is doing a technical review right now of the submitted proposals, and will have an announcement to make shortly. But the process is moving forward.
And I'd also add, Kim, that Ambassador Bremer, from the moment this broke and there was -- the U.N. announced that it was conducting an investigation, the U.S.
Congress announced that it was conducting its investigation, Ambassador Bremer issued a directive to all the ministers and the directors-general of all the ministries advising them to collect all documents pertaining to the oil-for-food program and setting them aside so they could be collected and put in a safe location so that they could be used to assist all the investigations that are ongoing, including the one conducted by the Board of Supreme Audit.
Yes, ma'am?
Q Hi. Janet Wrightman (sp) from Rolling Stone magazine. General Kimmitt, are there criminal investigations going on into abuse at other detention facilities besides Abu Ghraib? And specifically, could you comment on a report of a military trial now going on at a Marine base near Camp Fallujah regarding abuse at a small detention facility near there?
GEN. KIMMITT: I'm not aware of any criminal trial going on. But as you can imagine, in any of the detention facilities there often are reports of maltreatment and misconduct. All those are completely investigated. Some lead to criminal charges.
But to my knowledge -- and we'll confirm it right after the press conference -- there have not been any additional criminal charges since the onset of the Abu Ghraib criminal charges. And I believe the last set of criminal charges were resolved in early January; those related to the Camp Bucca incidents. But we'll confirm that right after this.
MR. SENOR: Yes, sir?
Q (Through interpreter.) Qadda Mushati (Ph) from Iraqi News. We have submitted a memorandum of protest to Mr. George Bush. We said that the party of the people are condemning this act carried out by the coalition forces against the Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib prison, the brutal acts which contradicts our Arabic traditions and our religion, and prohibited by all religions. Apology is not enough, and we advise John Kerry and we are calling on the Governing Council not to remain silent about these barbaric acts.
I was a detainee in Abu Ghraib for 14 years. During the past regime, I have never been subjected to such an abuse. Thank you.
GEN. KIMMITT: Is there a question?
MR. SENOR: There wasn't.
I will say that we share your outrage. We do. This -- what occurred at Abu Ghraib offends the sensibilities of all Americans. It offends the sensibilities of all Iraqis.
And we are committed, as you can see by our actions, to not only apologize and to not only express outrage, but to get to the bottom of what happened. And if you monitor events that occurred in Washington, D.C., over the past few days, or the sorts ofthings that General Kimmitt is talking about with regard to court martial announcements, the U.S. government is strongly committed to accountability and justice. And you can be assured of that.
GEN. KIMMITT: And as you say -- and we agree with you--
Q Thank you.
GEN. KIMMITT: -- apology is not enough-- Q Thank you.
GEN. KIMMITT: -- that in fact there will be more than apologies. We have six soldiers right now that are facing criminal charges, three that are facing court martial.
We have numerous people in the supervisory chain who are going to potentially lose their careers because they failed to check, double-check and do what supervisors are expected to do.
We have another investigation going on that's looking even further into the conduct of the persons out at Abu Ghraib. So we do agree with you.
Q Thank you, Mr. Kimmitt. Thank you, Mr. Kimmitt.
GEN. KIMMITT: You're welcome.
MR. SENOR: Yes?
Q Gregor Mayer from the German Press Agency, DPA. General Kimmitt, some clarifications to the Karbala operations. What exactly was the number of enemies killed? Because this morning it sounded like 20 to 25. Now you mentioned five killed, perhaps only in one stage of the operation. And what is the exact number of coalition soldiers wounded? Because we had the release of the Polish division speaking about six coalition soldiers wounded. That was coalition.
GEN. KIMMITT: Yeah.
Q You didn't account them -- for -- GEN. KIMMITT: Yeah. The total number, we believe, right now is 22 enemy killed, six coalition wounded. Four of those coalition wounded will return to duty.
MR. SENOR: Yes, sir?
Q (Through interpreter.) From AI-Zemin (sp). After the clashes which took place in al-Sadr City and Karbala and Najafbetween al-Mahdi Army and the coalition forces, what's your opinion about settling these clashes? Can you solve the problem through peaceful means without resorting to armed violence?
GEN. KIMMITT: We certainly hope so. You heard General Dempsey last night talk about all the efforts that he is making with those areas that he controls in Karbala and
Najaf. And I'm certain if General Chiarelli was here, who could talk about Baghdad, he would say the same thing.
We are willing to give a peaceful resolution a chance. Weare seeking a peaceful resolution as our primary method. However, when our soldiers patrol through the areas and they're shot at; when our soldiers, along with their Iraqi counterparts, attempt to go into a building that has been handed over from one Iraqi ministry to another Iraqi ministry and they are met by gunfire and find out that that building has been used as weapon cache, they are invoking their inherent right of self-defense. We want to solve these problems in a peaceful manner.
We always seek peace and a peaceful resolution as our first option.
MR. SENOR: Yeah? Go ahead.
Q Hi, Tracy Wilkinson from the L.A. Times. You said that the FBI -- back to the Berg case -- the FBI visited him three times in the, I guess, 13 days that he was in custody. Do you know if he had any other significant contact with other American agencies, authorities, coalition authorities, consular officers? Anybody else who would have seen him in that period?
MR. SENOR: While he was under detention-- Q In Mosul.
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Q Just on Berg. Was he ever a U.S. government employee while he was in Iraq? I think you said he wasn't a CPA employee.
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Q And can you be a little bit more specific about what the specific activity was that he was engaged in? I mean, was it political? Was it criminal?
And then, just briefly, to follow up on something Patrick said, the governor of Najafhas said he has been extensively engaged in consultations with the CPA throughout all these negotiations. I just want to make sure you would agree with that statement.
MR. SENOR: Make sure that I agree? I do not agree.
Q You do not agree. Okay.
MR. SENOR: (Laughs.) You don't have to make sure. I don't.
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We have time for one more question. Someone who hasn't asked a question.
Najim, go ahead.
Q (Through interpreter.) General Kimmitt, yesterday General Dempsey talked about forming a force in Najafto take charge. Will it be formed in the same manner in which the force of Al Fallujah was formed? And will it join the Ministry of Defense in order to avoid any problems that faced the force in Fallujah? Thank you very much.
GEN. KIMMITT: Yeah, Najim, I think that it probably is going to look more like the 36th ICDC Battalion. General Dempsey had a significant amount of influence in the formation of that unit. That unit is a regular Iraqi Civil Defense unit that answers directly up through the normal hierarchy. So we'll have to wait and see, but I would suggest that probably if you wanted to look at a parallel between this unit that he is attempting to
form, probably a better parallel would be with the 36th ICDC rather than the Fallujah Brigade.
MR. SENOR: Thanks, everybody.
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I write to you toQay to request a full and comprehensive briefing from Coalition ProviSiOnal Authority staff who have knowledge of details relating to the detainment, release and subsequent death of Nicholas Berg.
The family of NiCholas Berg. who was brutally murdered In Iraq by Islamic terrorists, are my constituents and have asked me CO dO whatever I can to get details of Nicholas' detention and whereabOuts leading up to his death. I understand that Nicholas faaed to SIgn a privacy release form while he was in Iraq. However, now that he is deceased, I believe his family has every right to know what interaChon their son had with u.s. and Iraqi authorities there. If you do not believe the Berg famfty is entitlod to such jnfonnation. I would appreciate an immediate reply by letter regarding the specific legal authority upon which you base such a conclusion.
, have been requesting this briefing since NichOlas' parents asked me to find out what happened to their son on the day they found out that Islamic terrorists murdered Nicholas. After contacting the Oepanment of Defense and Department of State on numerous occaSions, it is my understanding that the Coalition Provisional Authority has extensive and comprehensive knOWledge of Nicholas' detention. I also understand that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) interacted with NiChOlas While he was detained and I exped FBI staff to brief me as well.
I would appreciate if you would advise me as saon as possible as CO what you will do to faCilitate SUCh a bneflflg.
With kind regards. I am
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I write to fOllow Lip on my letter t1ated May 19, 2004, together with subsequent phOne ~lIs to staff. requesting a fun and comprehensive briefing from the Coalition Provisional AuthOrity and the FBI relating to the detention, release ant1 subsequent death of Nicholas Berg. Unfortunately, we have not receiVed an affinnative and specific reply baCk. from your staff on arrangements for such a briefing.
Consequently, if I do not receive an appropriate reply witI'lin the next week, I will make a request to Chairman Duncan Hunter of the HOll$8 Armed Services Committee for a hearing under oath regarding this matter.
It is imperative that the Berg family hilve an opportunity to have all details and questions answered regarding Nick's detention and events leading up to his murder.
The courtesy of a favorable reply by June 16 is requested and I look foJW8J'tt to hearing from you or your staff by that date. Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.
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By Jon Hurdle
PHILADELPHIA, May 12 (Reuters) - Fa~ily and friends of the ~rlcan civilian executed by Isla~lc ~ilitants arc angry about U.S. government denials that their son was ever in U.S. custody in Iraq, a faMily spokesMan said on Wednesday.
Meanwhile . t he body of Nick Berg. a communications tower business~an , arriVed at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, funeral director Carl Goldstein told reporters outside the family's suburban home in West Chester, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
Neighbor Bruce Hauser, who has acted as a fa~ily spokesman, said, "The c~unity feels that if the govern~nt had Nick Berg in their control they should have sought to release Berg back to his home country." "I have to believe that the American govern~nt had hi. in their custody .
The Bergs knew that Nick was in their custody and the Be rgs wanted the government to release hi. so he could come hone, ,. Hauser said.
On April 5, nearly two weeks after Berg disappeared in Iraq, the fa~ily sued in federal court in Philadel phia and na ~d U.S. secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld as responsible for their son's disappearance .
Berg was missing fro~ March 24 until his release on Ap ril 6, when he told his parents he had been detained by Iraqi police in Mosul. He disappeared agai n on April 9 after telling his parents he was looking for a safe way out.
W&n Senor, spokesman for the C oalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad, said on wednesday that Berg had not been in U.S. custody before or after his arrest. But U .S.
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Senor said Berg was visited three ti~s by t he FBI for possibly suspicious activities but dete~lned he was " not involved in any cri~inal or terrorist activities." A Web site video on Tu~ s da y showed a Masked Man cutting off the head of Berg and said al Qaeda's leader in Iraq had personally carried out the killing in revenge for abuses against Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers in Abu Ghraib prison.
Seven soldiers face charges in the prison scandal that exploded around t he world two weeks ago with the publication of graphic pictures of rwistreatment.
The video i s similar t o the one made in 2902 of the beheading of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl by Isla.ie Militants in Pakistan. Pearl was forced to say before his killing that he and his parents were Jewish.
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The funeral director Goldstein said a ~emorial service had been tentatively scheduled for Friday at a West Chester synagogue.
Berg went missing on Apri l 9 around the time dozens of foreigners were seized by guerrillas after U.S. Marines began a crackdown in the city of Falluja.
"I still hold hiM (RuMsfeld) responsible because if they had let him go after a reasonable tiNe or given access to a lawyer we could have gotten hi~ out of there before the hosti lities escalated," Mi chael Berg told WBUR public radio station on Tuesday.
In the suburb where Berg grew up, he was r~bered as a stocky, intelligent man with a crew cut who had worked in Africa before going to U.s.-occupied Iraq with the idealistic ~ission to help with reconstruction.
The execution unleashed i~passioned reactions f~ s y~pathy for his faMily to a desire for revenge to anger at the Bush admini stration, to attacks on both Mu sliMS and Jews, A sa~pling of hundreds of e-Mails reacting to Tuesday's beheading displayed a nationalistic l~pulse for quick revenge and a growing resent~nt of MusliMS living 1n the United States.
others directed their anger at the Bush ad~ini st ratlonJ blaming the killing on the invasion of Iraq that has fueled the fury of Musli~ fUndaMentalists against the United States.
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PRESS RESPONSE
May 12,2004
NICHOLAS BERG - U.S.CITIZEN SLAIN IN IRAQ
This is in response to numerous press inquires regarding the FBI's involvement in the Iraqi Police detention of Nicholas Berg. On 5/11/04, a video was posted on an Islamic militant website showing the beheading of Nicholas Berg. The video showed five men wearing headscarves and black ski masks standing over a bound man in orange clothing who identified himself as Nicholas Berg. After reading a statement, the masked men were seen pulling Mr.
Berg to his side and he was brutally murdered.
On 03/25/04, the U.S. military notified FBI Agents in Iraq that the Iraqi Police had detained a U.S. person in Mosul, Iraq. The U.S. person was identified as Nicholas Evan Berg.
Mr. Berg had been detained by Iraqi Police who then notified the U.S. military.
Mr. Berg was interviewed by FBI Agents at an Iraqi Police Station in Mosul, Iraq, while in the custody of the Iraqi Police. Mr. Berg told Agents that he had entered Iraq through Jordan for the purpose of establishing working relationships and to acquire contracts for his business. After a thorough review of records, the FBI relayed to the U.S. military and the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) that no derogatory infonnation was developed about Mr. Berg that would warrant further detention by the Iraqi Police. During interviews with Mr. Berg, FBI Agents and CPA officials emphasized to him the dangerous environment that exists in Iraq, and encouraged him to accept CPA's offer to facilitate his safe passage out of Iraq. Mr. Berg refused these offers. The CPA coordinated with the Iraqi police for Mr. Berg's release on 4/6/04. He also refused government offers to advise his family and friends of his status.
On 5/8/04, Mr. Berg's remains were discovered by the U.S military in north central Baghdad.
FBI Director Robert Mueller and the men and woman of the FBI offer their deepest sympathies to the Berg family. The FBI's Office of Victim Assistance is providing support and assistance to the family.
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Questions about Berg's stay in Iraq (news <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http:/search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Iraq%2 2&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw> - web sites <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http:/search.yahoo.com/bin/search?cs=nw&p=Iraq> ) remain, including the time and place of his abduction. U.S. and Iraqi officials have offered varying accounts of their contacts with the self-employed telecommunications businessman from West Chester, Pa., a Philadelphia suburb.
U.S. officials said wednesday that Iraqi police arrested Berg in Mosul on March 24 because they believed he may have been involved in "suspicious activities." U.S. spokesman Dan Senor would not explain those suspicions but insisted that Berg was held by Iraqi - and not American - authorities. He said, however, that the FBI (news <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http:/search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22FBI%22 &c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw> - web sites <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http:/dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S __ Government/Exec utive_Branch/Departments_and_Agencies/Department_of_Justice __ DOJ_/Federal_Bureau_of_Investiga tion __ FBI_/> ) visited Berg three times before he was released April 6.
In e-mails released by his family, Berg wrote about his experiences in trying to track down and later meeting an in-law in the Mosul area. Berg also described his work in seeking to repair communications towers in Iraq.
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In Mosul, police chief Maj. Gen. Mohammed Khair al-Barhawi insisted 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." Berg's family said the young Berg was transferred to American custody soon after his arrest.
The family blames American authorities with exposing their son to worsening danger in Iraq by holding him until a flare-up of anti-American violence that set the stage for his abduction and death.
In an e-mail released by the family to The New York Times, Berg wrote to his parents after his April 6 release that federal agents had questioned him about whether he had ever built a pipe bomb or had been in Iran.
After his release, Berg traveled to Baghdad and checked into the Fanar Hotel. An acquaintance quoted Berg as saying he had been arrested by Iraqi police in Mosul because he had an Israeli entry stamp in his passport. The acquaintance spoke on condition of anonymity.
Most Arab countries bar foreigners from entering their territory if their passports contain Israeli entry stamps. Controls along Iraq's border have relaxed since the fall of Saddam Hussein (news %2~Hussein%22&c=&n=2e&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw> <http://us . rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http:/search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Saddam
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Seasoned travelers in the Middle East know to ask Israeli border officials not to stamp their passports if they are traveling to Arab countries.
Berg checked out of his Baghdad hotel April 1e. U.S. officials said they offered him a flight to Jordan, but he refused it. His father, Michael, said his son declined the offer out of fears that the travel to the airport was too dangerous. Attacks had taken place in the areas his son would need to drive through, Michael Berg said.
A u.s. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Berg was detained by Iraqi authorities "for his own protection" because his behavior in Mosul seemed unusual for a Westerner.
He had been seen traveling in taxis and moving about the dangerous city without any escort, the official said. He added that Berg, who was Jewish, had in his possession texts that were "anti-Semitic" in tone, the official said without elaborating.
In his e-mail quoted by the Times, Berg guessed the FBI agents in Mosul had questioned him about Iran because he was carrying some literature in Farsi and a book about Iran.
He also wrote that u.s. military police who were supervising the Iraqi police had heard some of his fellow prisoners referring to him as an Israeli and suggested he be moved to a separate cell.
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Michael Berg also said Iraqi police found Jewish religious items - a prayer shawl, for instance - in his son' s possession when he was detained on March 24.
U.S. officials have accused Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. an associate of Osama bin Laden (news < http: //us.rd.yahoo.com/ DailyNews/ manual/*http:/search.news.yahoo. com /search/ news?p3%220sama% 20bin%20Laden%22&c=&n=2e&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw> - web sites <http://us.rd.yahoo. com / oailyNews/manual/*http: /search.yahoo.com/bin/searCh?cs=nw&p=osama%20b i n%20Laden> ). of the killing. Al-Zarqawi has been blamed by the military for a wave of suicide attacks in Iraq.
Lt. Gen . Ricardo Sanchez, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, told reporters Thursday in Baghdad that it appears al-Zarqawi was responsible.
A sked whether he meant al-Zarqawi personally performed the execution, Sanchez said. "All indications are he did it." A sked about al-Zarqawi's whereabouts. he said, "We believe he' s moving around the country." Press Officer CPA -- Office of Strategic Communications l(bl!S) 5
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Taguba Cites Mismanagement in Iraq Abuse <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/iraq/export/top2/*http:/story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor y&u=/ap/20040S11/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_prisoner_abuse&cid=S42&ncid=1480> AP - 6 minutes ago Special Coverage <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/iraq/2/*http:/news.yahoo.com/iraq> The video showed five men wearing headscarves and black ski masks, standing over a bound man in an orange jumpsuit - similar to a prisoner's uniform - who identified himself as Nick Berg, a U.S. contractor whose body was found on a highway overpass in Baghdad on Saturday.
"My name is Nick Berg, my father's name is Michael, my mother's name is Susan," the man said on the video. "I have a brother and sister, David and Sarah. I live in ... Philadelphia." After reading a statement, the men were seen pulling the man to his side and putting a large knife to his neck. A scream sounded as the men cut his head off, shouting "Allahu Akbar!" - "God is great." They then held the head out before the camera.
Berg was a small-business owner from the Philadelphia suburbs, his family said Tuesday.
Berg's family said they knew their son had been decapitated, but didn't know the details of the killing. When told of the video by an Associated Press reporter, Berg's father, Michael, and his two siblings hugged and cried.
"I knew he was decapitated before. That manner is preferable to a long and torturous death.
But I didn't want it to become public," Michael Berg said.
The video tape included a statement by one of the executioners:
"For the mothers and wives of American soldiers, we tell you that we offered the U.S.
administration to exchange this hostage with some of the detainees in Abu Ghraib and they refused." "So we tell you that the dignity of the Muslim men and women in Abu Ghraib and others is not redeemed except by blood and souls. You will not receive anything from us but coffins after coffins ... slaughtered in this way." The video bore the title "Abu Musab al-Zarqawi shown slaughtering an American." It was unclear whether al-Zarqawi - a lieutenant of Osama bin Laden (news <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http:/search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%220sama% 20bin%20Laden%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw> - web sites <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http:/search.yahoo.com/bin/search?cs=nw&p=Osama%20b in%20Laden> ) - was shown in the video, or was claiming responsibility for ordering the execution.
The Web site on which the video was posted is known as a clearing house for al-Qaida and Islamic extremist groups' statements and tapes.
The family of Berg, 26, of West Chester, Pa., said they were informed by the U.S. State Department on Monday that Berg was found dead near a highway overpass in Baghdad.
Berg's mother, Suzanne Berg, said her son was in Iraq as an independent businessman to help rebuild communication antennas. He had been missing since April 9, she said.
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"He had this idea that he could help rebuild the infrastructure," she said, The U.S. military Tuesday said an American civilian was found dead in Baghdad. but did not release his identity. S tate Department spokeswoman Susan Pittman said she couldn't release the name of the dead American. but said she not aware of more than one civilian found dead in recent days .
The military said there were signs of trauma to the body. Suzanne Berg said she was told her son's death was violent but did not want to discuss details.
Berg, who was in Baghdad from late December to Feb . 1, returned to Iraq in March. He didn't find any work and planned again to return home on March 39, but his daily communications home stopped on March 24. He later told his parents he was jailed by Iraqi officials at a checkpoint in Mosul.
"He was arrested and held without due process." his father. Mic hael Berg. told the Daily Local News of West C hester recently. "By t he time he got out t he whole area was inflamed with violence.
The FBI (news
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The Bergs last heard from t heir son April 9, when he said he would come home by way of Jordan, Turkey or Kuwait. But by then. hostilities in Iraq had escal ated.
Suzanne Berg on Tuesday said she was told her son's body would be transported to Kuwait and then to Dover, Del. She said the family had been trying for weeks to learn where their son was but t hat federal officials had not been hel pful .
"I went through t his with them for weeks," she said. "I basically ended up doing most of the investigating myself." l(b)(S) 000 OGC/IA Pentagon Rm. 3A935 l(b)(S) 3
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Parents Sue Over Son Held In Iraq The U.S. military is detaining him without merit, his West Chester parents say in their suit.
By Joseph A. Slobodzian, Inquirer Staff Writer The parents of a young Philadelphia-area businessman sued Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld 1n federal court in Philadelphia yesterday, contending that the U.S. military in Iraq is holding him incommunicado.
The parents of Nicholas Evan Berg, 26, filed the habeas corpus action, which asks a federal judge to order defense officials to permit contact with Berg and explain why he has been detained.
"There is no authority to detain an American citizen without a finding of probable cause," the suit reads. "The detention of Nicholas Berg by, at the direction of, or pursuant to the authority of [the military] is an illegal detention and violates Nicholas Berg's constitutional rights and freedoms." Michael S. and Suzanne Berg of West Chester filed the suit. Michael Berg said he would be unable to comment without first talking with his lawyer.
The Bergs' attorney could not be reached for comment.
According to his parents' suit, Nicholas Berg traveled to Iraq earlier this year "for business purposes and to participate in the reconstruction and rebui lding of that nation and to develop business opportunities in Iraq." A Department of Defense spokesman said he could not comment specifically about Berg's case but emphasized the ambiguous situation in Iraq.
"There are literally thousands of people being held in Iraq," the defense spokesman said. "We are working through the cases of all the people who are there. If he is being held in Iraq, we will work to get to the bottom of it and take care of him . " Berg owns a West Chester company, Prometheus Methods Tower Service Inc. , which the suit says builds, maintains and inspects communications towers.
The Bergs last spoke with their son on March 24, the suit says, and learned he was scheduled to return to the United States on March 30. Nicholas Berg, however, never deplaned from his scheduled flight when it landed at ~ F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.
The FBI subsequently called the Bergs, the suit says, and told them that their son was safe but was being detained in Iraq after being arrested by Iraqi police in Mosul and transferred to the U.S. military.
The lawsuit says that the FBI and the Departments of State and Homeland Security confirmed Nicholas Berg's identity, and that the FBI recommended to the military that he should be released from detention. Linda Vizi, a spokeswoman for the FBI in Philadelphia, said yesterday that she could not comment.
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Parents Sue Over Son Held In Iraq The U.S. military is detaining him without merit, his West Chester parents say in their suit.
By Joseph A. Slobodzian, Inquirer Staff Writer The parents of a young Philadelphia-area businessman sued Defense Secretary Donald H.
Rumsfeld in federal court in Philadelphia yesterday, contending that the U.S. military in Iraq is holding him incommunicado.
The parents of Nicholas Evan Berg, 26, filed the habeas corpus action, which asks a federal judge to order defense officials to permit contact with Berg and explain why he has been detained.
"There is no authority to detain an American citizen without a finding of probable cause," the suit reads. "The detention of Nicholas Berg by, at the direction of, or pursuant to the authority of [the military] is an illegal detention and violates Nicholas Berg's constitutional rights and freedoms." Michael S. and Suzanne Berg of West Chester filed the suit. Michael Berg said he would be unable to comment without first talking with his lawyer.
The Bergs' attorney could not be reached for comment.
According to his parents' suit, Nicholas Berg traveled to Iraq earlier this year "for business purposes and to partiCipate in the reconstruction and rebuilding of that nation and to develop business opportunities in Iraq." A Department of Defense spokesman said he could not comment specifically about Berg's case but emphasized the ambiguous situation in Iraq.
"There are literally thousands of people being held in Iraq," the defense spokesman said. "We are working through the cases of all the people who are there. If he is being held in Iraq, we will work to get to the bottom of it and take care of him." Berg owns a West Chester company, Prometheus Methods Tower Service Inc., which the suit says builds, maintains and inspects communications towers.
The Bergs last spoke with their son on March 24, the suit says, and learned he was scheduled to return to the United States on March 30. Nicholas Berg, however, never deplaned from his scheduled flight when it landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.
The FBI subsequently called the Bergs, the suit says, and told them that their son was safe but was being detained in Iraq after being arrested by Iraqi police in Mosul and transferred to the U.S. military.
The lawsuit says that the FBI and the Departments of State and Homeland Security confirmed Nicholas Berg's identity, and that the FBI recommended to the military that he should be released from detention. Linda Vizi, a spokeswoman for the FBI in Philadelphia, said yesterday that she could not comment.
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