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<DIV><FONT face=Georgia color=#008000 size=2>aw, shucks. now we'll never
get any meaningful news from iraq. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Georgia color=#008000 size=2>no mention of geraldo's interview
with arnett.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Georgia color=#008000 size=2>R</FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Pentagon removes Geraldo Rivera
from Iraq </P>
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size=2><A
href="http://www.kstp.com/article/view/90310/">http://www.kstp.com/article/view/90310/</A></FONT><?xml:namespace
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Updated: 04-02-2003 03:31:56
PM<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Fox News correspondent Geraldo
Rivera and his crew were flown out of Iraq Wednesday by members of the Army's
101st Airborne Division.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Earlier this week, military
officials accused Rivera of disclosing military movements without military
authorization after a report in which he squatted in the desert and outlined
military movements in the dirt. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Eyewitness News reporter Dean
Staley, who is embedded with the 101st Airborne division in Iraq, interviewed
Rivera before he was transported to Kuwait by the 101st Airborne
division.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">"I think I will go back to
Kuwait.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I feel like I have been
scolded," Rivera told Staley.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The Pentagon said Tuesday that
Fox agreed to remove Rivera from his posting with U.S. troops in Iraq.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Later in the day he appeared on Fox from
Iraq.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Rivera told Staley that he hoped
to be in Kuwait for a week and then make arrangements to rejoin the 101st
Airborne as an embedded reporter.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>U.S. military officials inside Iraq said they knew of no such plan.
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">KSTP will air the interview with
Rivera on Eyewitness News at 10 p.m. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Staley reported members of the
Army's 101st had mixed reactions Rivera as he passed through their camp in
Iraq.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">"Some
of them wanted a picture or autograph. Others were really angry because they had
heard what Geraldo had done and they understood the reason he was being sent
home."<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Staley
said.</SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>