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Spokesman Says Berg Never Held by Forces

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Spokesman Says Berg Never Held by Forces

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The young American who was shown being decapitated on a videotape posted by an al-Qaida-linked Web site was never under U.S. custody despite claims from his family, coalition spokesman Dan Senor said Wednesday.

Senor told reporters that Berg, 26, from West Chester, Pa., was detained by Iraqi police in Mosul. The Iraqis informed the Americans and the FBI (news - web sites) met with Berg three times to determine what he was doing in Iraq (news - web sites).

Senor said that to his knowledge, "he (Berg) was at no time under the jurisdiction or detention of coalition forces."

However, calls by The Associated Press to police in Mosul failed to find anyone who could confirm Berg was held there.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=721&e=7&u=/ap/20040512/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_berg

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