September 11 Commission Report - Gnostic Liberation Front

Prior to being in Iraq, Nick Berg developed a relationship with Aziz Kadoory Aziz, also
known as Aziz al-Taee. In Iraq, he linked up Aziz again. Aziz talked to Nick on the last
day he was seen, and reports that Nick had found transportation to Jordan with “friends.”
Aziz has a relevant background. Having left Iraq in 1993, he came to Philadelphia,
where he got involved with the Russian Mafiya - a network run by a Soviet immigrant
named Valery Sigal. (Sigal was arrested at least three times, once for involvement in
distribution of drugs, and once for involvement with stolen computers, and once for
selling counterfeit disks.) Aziz met Nick in the US, and Nick used his office in Baghdad.
This strange linkage to the Russian underworld will continue to become a highly
redundant phenomenon as this investigation unfolds, as many of the Israeli secret service
are demonstrated to have roots in the underworld of the former Soviet Union.
More curious though than the link to the Russian Mafiya is Aziz’s link to Washington
DC based, neo-conservative, pro-Israeli group known as PNAC (Project for a New
American Century), and a web site fronting for this group having labeled Nick Berg’s
company (Prometheus Methods Tower Service) as a “traitor.” (See Section 4.1: Project
for a New American Century) This website had trademarked a list known as the “Traitors
List,” where those listed are accused of being anti-American. Nick’s father and Nick’s
company were both identified on this list as “Traitors.” The owner of this site would
later hire Jeff Gannon/(aka Jeff Guckert) as its Media Director. It seems that shortly after
the murder of Nick Berg, Joe Aziz returned to the US to make a living with speaking
engagements promoting the official US Government position in Iraq. As part of this
promotional tour, Joe Aziz was escorted and introduced in US political circles by Jeff
Gannon/Jeff Guckert of the Talon News Service. (Gannon/Guckert would later be
exposed as a $200 an hour male prostitute who made over 200 trips to the Whitehouse,
according to Secret Service log books at the Whitehouse.)
Shortly after Nick Berg’s company was labeled “traitor” by the PNAC website, Nick was
befriended by a convicted felon who traveled to Iraq with Nick and become the last
known person to see Nick alive. After Nick’s murder, this same ‘instant business partner’
was then shopped around Washington DC by the same group that had labeled Nick’s
company “traitor,” and promoted by a pro-Israeli website. (The role of the PNAC
members in the events of September 11 is discussed in detail in later chapters.)
Berg’s execution took place in Mosul. Mosul has been a hotbed of Mossad activity for
strategic defense reasons. The Mossad has long worked in this region to promote its
strategy of a weaker Iraq, created by supporting and fomenting rebellion in the Kurdish
northeast. If the Mossad is active in Iraq at all, it will be active in Mosul.
It has been reported by people who knew Nick in Iraq that Nick had the peculiar habit of
traveling and working at night. When he was picked up by the Iraqi Police he was held
because of "suspicious activity." His residence in Mosul was also suspicious. Staff at Al-
Fanar Hotel in Baghdad apparently told The Associated Press that Berg stayed there for
several days until April 10. It was reported that a U.S. Consul contract worker checked at
the hotel on 4/14, and staff there did not remember Berg. It seems that a lot of people
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