Nicholas Evan Berg was an American freelance radio-tower repairman who went to Iraq after the United States' invasion of Iraq.
27 Facts About Nick Berg
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Nick Berg was abducted and beheaded according to a video released in May 2004 by Islamist militants in response to the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse involving the United States Army and Iraqi prisoners.
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The CIA claimed Nick Berg was murdered by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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Nick Berg grew up in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia.
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Nick Berg graduated from Henderson High School in West Chester in 1996.
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Nick Berg took classes at Drexel University in 1998, and, in 1999, attended summer sessions on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania.
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At some point, Nick Berg took a class at the University of Oklahoma in Norman.
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Nick Berg inspected and rebuilt communication antennas, and had previously visited Kenya and Uganda on similar projects.
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Nick Berg set up a subsidiary of his company, Prometheus Tower Services, Inc.
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Nick Berg first arrived in Iraq on December 21,2003, and made arrangements to secure contract work for his company.
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Nick Berg went to the northern city of Mosul, visiting an Iraqi man whose brother had been married to Berg's late aunt.
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Nick Berg had intended to return to the United States on March 30,2004, but he was detained in Mosul on March 24.
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Nick Berg said that he had not been mistreated during his confinement.
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Nick Berg is said to have refused this offer and traveled to Baghdad, where he stayed at the Al-Fanar Hotel.
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Nick Berg had his last contact with US officials on April 10,2004 and did not return again to his hotel after that date.
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Nick Berg's family became concerned after not hearing from him for several days.
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Nick Berg's family, frustrated with what they say was a lack of action by the US government, hired a private investigator and contacted both their Congressional delegation and the Red Cross in search of information.
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Nick Berg's body was found decapitated on May 8,2004, on a Baghdad overpass by a US military patrol.
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Nick Berg's family was informed of his death two days later.
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Military sources stated publicly at the time that Nick Berg's body showed "signs of trauma", but did not disclose that he had been decapitated.
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The video shows Nick Berg, seated, facing the camera and his captors standing behind him facing the camera.
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Nick Berg is wearing an orange jumpsuit, similar to ones worn by prisoners in US custody.
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The Dallas Morning News showed an image in which the killer holds Nick Berg's severed head, while Seattle Times only displayed the image of the killer.
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Nick Berg's killing was condemned by the Arab League, and United Nations, as well as Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the UAE, and Hezbollah.
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Many others in the Muslim world condemned the killing, and BBC journalist Paul Wood found that the "Arab street" condemned the killing of Nick Berg, saw it as contrary to Islam, and saw it as a reaction to US prison abuses.
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Nick Berg gave the details of his own email account and password, which were later used by Moussaoui.
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The FBI found that Nick Berg had no direct terrorism connections or direct link with Moussaoui.