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To: steve harris who wrote (383221)3/31/2003 7:33:07 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston  Respond to of 769670
 
Britain's Mirror Hires Fired Veteran Arnett
Reuters
Monday, March 31, 2003; 6:50 PM
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Daily Mirror said on Tuesday it had hired veteran U.S reporter Peter Arnett, sacked by American TV network NBC after he told Iraqi television the U.S, war plan against Saddam Hussein had failed.
"I report the truth of what is happening in Baghdad and will not apologize for it," he told the tabloid newspaper, one of the most prominent opponents of Britain's involvement in the war.



To: steve harris who wrote (383221)3/31/2003 7:44:47 PM
From: Kevin Rose  Respond to of 769670
 
Well, I don't believe it is the same thing to express views on an internet forum, cocktail party, or even peaceful demonstration, and to go on Iraqi tv. I think that must be what Arnett doesn't understand (but something that Hanoi Jane now has burned into her brain). Too bad, I did like his reports from Baghdad...