[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9234]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          MURDER OF NICK BERG

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, yesterday we were reminded of who the real 
enemies are in Iraq. A video was released showing the brutal murder of 
a young man from Pennsylvania, 26 years old, a small businessman who 
was there to help rebuild Iraq. I offer my deepest condolences to his 
family and friends, and I join with my colleagues to call for bringing 
these terrorists to justice.
  The fact is, Nick Berg's murder comes from the same terrorist 
extremists as the September 11 attacks. It was not about revenge; it 
was about intimidation. They brutally murdered an innocent civilian on 
camera so that the world could see it and tremble. These terrorists 
will use any convenient excuse to take innocent life if they believe it 
will advance their agenda.
  Mr. Speaker, yesterday's murder should not shake us. It should steel 
our resolve to do the right thing in Iraq, and it should remind us that 
there can be no negotiating with an enemy who hates freedom, despises 
human rights, and uses any excuse to brutally murder innocent 
civilians.

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