Reply #8: Berg's email gives more detail

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I guess it's been a busy time since my trip to Mosul and the great quest to locate Uncle-In-Law Moffak. The week of 4 Jan 2004 was very busy as there were several RFQ's (requests for quotations) due by the end of the week, most only announced Monday. This gave us little time to respond to some very appropriate bid requests. The other big news was the announcement Friday morning (9 Jan 2004) that the Harris/Al-Fawares/Lebanon Broadcast Company consortium had finally been awarded the new IMN contract. With out getting too technical, this is a one year (at least) contract to operate and rehabilitate the former Ministry of Information, Minister Naji's turf.

The reason this is good news is that we were announced as Harris's approved tower sub-contractor about two days before the award, and we have been working with Al-Fawares since I met one of their guys in early December.
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/8651712.htm?1c

So Berg believed he had a deal with Florida based Harris Corp. after his first trip to Iraq. Given the bizarre Moussaoui link not even what Berg says can be taken at face value, but that apparent offer of work needs looking into.