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2004-05-27 Fifth Column

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Posted by growler 2004-05-27 6:06:05 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 (Posted story the same exact time Charles did over at LGF. Weird.)

Posted by growler 2004-05-27 6:27:35 PM|| 2004-05-27 6:27:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Or maybe Moore is embarrassed to release the video because it would highlight how shameful a person he is. Think about it: Berg apparently was a supporter of Bush and the Iraq war. Moore's strategy in interviewing such a person would be to make them look stupid. If that is what the video shows, anyone who watched Moore condescending to and snidely belittling a person who got his head sawed off would be revulsed by Moore. This is just my immediate reaction. The Berg story is truly bizarre.

Posted by Sludj 2004-05-27 6:36:34 PM|| 2004-05-27 6:36:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Odd. I thought Nicholas's father said his son was a Republican who was pro-Bush and in favor of the Iraq War...why would a pro-Bush person have anything to do with Moore, especially when he knows Moore is in the process of filming an anti-Bush documentary? Nicholas Berg's "mission" in Iraq seems to get fuzzier as more information is revealed about him.

Posted by rex 2004-05-27 6:37:21 PM|| 2004-05-27 6:37:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Hmm... This may actually lend credence to the theory that Berg was anti-war, anti-Bush and quite possibly over there to wage jihad against the americans.

Of course, it could just be any old interview where Moore takes everything out of context and spins it against the Pres.& Administration.

Posted by Anonymous4021 2004-05-27 6:37:30 PM|| 2004-05-27 6:37:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted]

Posted by Dog Bites Trolls TROLL 2004-05-27 6:42:27 PM|| 2004-05-27 6:42:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I've only seen snippets of Moore's movies, but he doesn't only interview people who agree with him. He seeks out people who take the opposite view (and who aren't especially bright), doesn't disclose what he is doing, and essentially tricks them into looking stupid in defending their views. Maybe that is what was going on here.

Posted by Sludj 2004-05-27 6:45:43 PM|| 2004-05-27 6:45:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 DBT, at least you didn't try to link to anything this time... :-)

Posted by Raj 2004-05-27 7:20:34 PM|| [http://angrycyclist.blogspot.com] 2004-05-27 7:20:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Too many weird 'coincidences' with the Berg case. Direct link with a 9/11 plotter and now MM. I don't normally go in for conspiracy theories, but this smells like one.

Posted by Phil B 2004-05-27 7:49:27 PM|| 2004-05-27 7:49:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 If he met Oliver Stone too I'm gonna explode!

Posted by Frank G 2004-05-27 7:50:54 PM|| 2004-05-27 7:50:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 I've got it! Michael Moore and Moussaui were gay lovers. Moore accidently contacted Berg when trying to e-mail operational instructions to Moussaui. Fill in the rest.

Posted by Sludj 2004-05-27 8:04:03 PM|| 2004-05-27 8:04:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 gee thanks, Sludj - now I've gotta drink that visual outta my head

Posted by Frank G 2004-05-27 8:08:56 PM|| 2004-05-27 8:08:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 MM sent cameramen to Iraq who didn't reveal who they were working for.Berg may not have known he was dealing w/MM.Also possible,Berg came across as a very articulate good-guy defender of Bush and enthusiastic about how his work would actually help ordinary Iraqis,which is reason MM wouldn't put footage into his anti-Bush film.

If Berg had come across as greedy or stupid or anti-Bush,he would have made the film.After all,the film was finished long before Berg was killed.

Posted by Stephen 2004-05-27 10:09:52 PM|| 2004-05-27 10:09:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 If Michael Moore is involved, I think we can definitely rule out discretion and human decency.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-05-27 10:47:09 PM|| 2004-05-27 10:47:09 PM|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Dog Bites Trolls 2004-05-27 6:42:27 PM|| 2004-05-27 6:42:27 PM|| Front Page Top

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