Peter Arnett.....tried to tell us the war was wrong!!March 31, 2003

[bluedog]

• Transcript: Peter Arnett interview on Iraqi TV

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The U.S. war plan has "failed," veteran war correspondent Peter Arnett told Iraqi TV in an interview that aired Sunday.

"The first war plan has failed because of Iraqi resistance. Now they are trying to write another war plan," Arnett said. "Clearly, the American war planners misjudged the determination of the Iraqi forces."

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Arnett told the Iraqi TV interviewer, who was dressed in an Iraqi Army uniform, that President Bush is facing a "growing challenge" about the "conduct of the war" within the United States.

"President Bush says he is concerned about the Iraqi people, but if Iraqi people are dying in numbers, then American policy will be challenged very strongly," he said. In the interview, Arnett said reports from Baghdad on civilians being killed are being shown in the United States, and "it helps those who oppose the war when you challenge the policy to develop their arguments."

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/03/30/sprj.irq.arnett/

[loathesomeshrub]

1. And what has happened to him since then? n/t

[indigobusiness]

2. Peter has been vindicated.

I, for one, miss him.

http://sludgereport.blogspot.com/

[bluedog]

3. Fired HIM

hired :April 2003

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Britain's Daily Mirror hired veteran war correspondent Peter Arnett Tuesday, less than 24 hours after he was fired by NBC and National Geographic for saying on Iraqi TV the U.S. war plan has "failed."

fired from:

NBC News President Neal Shapiro said in a statement published on MSNBC.com: "It was wrong for Mr. Arnett to grant an interview to state-controlled Iraqi TVespecially at a time of war and it was wrong for him to discuss his personal observations and opinions in that interview. Therefore, Peter Arnett will no longer be reporting for NBC News and MSNBC."

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/03/0331_030331_arnettfired.html