Peter Arnett speaks out

[Kevin Robert Dean]

http://tinyurl.com/8k4x

THIS WAR IS NOT WORKING 
 
Apr 1 2003
 
By Peter Arnett
  
I am still in shock and awe at being fired. There is
enormous sensitivity within the US government to reports
coming out from Baghdad.

They don't want credible news organisations reporting from
here because it presents them with enormous problems.

I reported on the original bombing for NBC and we were half
a mile away from those massive explosions. Now I am really
shocked that I am no longer reporting this story for the US
and awed by the fact that it actually happened.

That overnight my successful NBC reporting career was
turned to ashes. And why?
Full:
http://tinyurl.com/8k4x
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