Son's Death in Iraq Prompts Bid for Congress

Son's Death in Iraq Prompts Bid for Congress

By IAN URBINA
Published: March 29, 2006
WILMINGTON, Del. — Michael S. Berg and his son Nick could not have been more different.

Nick Berg, who was pro-Bush and a supporter of the Iraq war, was, in his father's words, a "marine wannabe" and a devoutly religious Jew. Michael Berg has been a pacifist and an atheist most of his life.

But Michael Berg says he and Nick shared a belief in taking a principled stand. It is this belief that Mr. Berg says inspired his Green Party bid for Delaware's only Congressional seat in the wake of Nick's kidnapping and killing in Iraq two years ago.

"Nick stood by what he thought was right," said Mr. Berg, a 61-year-old former teacher who is trying to unseat a seven-term Republican, Michael N. Castle. "I plan on doing the same."

The videotaped beheading of Nick Berg, a 26-year-old freelance radio-tower repairman, shocked a world audience after it was broadcast on the Internet.
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after Nick was killed. He is the kind of good human who is trying to turn his devastation into something good for all. I wish him the very best.