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Daily Mirror, London, April 1, 2003, page 1 |
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Fired by America for telling the truth ... Hired by Daily Mirror to carry on telling it The reporter sacked by America TV for telling the truth about the war is joining the Daily Mirror. Veteran newsman Peter Arnett was axed by NBC yesterday accused of being a Saddam stooge. He told state-run Iraqi TV the conflict was not going to plan because of fierce resistance and said his Baghdad reports "help those who oppose war". He joins the Mirror on the day it was revealed that 8,700 bombs have rained down on Iraq in 12 days, including 3,000 missiles over the weekend. After his sacking, Pulitzer Prize winner Arnett said: "I report the truth of what is happening here in Baghdad and will not apologise for it. I have always admired your newspaper and am proud to be working for it. The New Zealand-born journalist was vilified across the US for an interview in which he said: "The first war plan has failed because of Iraqi resistance. Now they are trying to write another war plan. Clearly, the war planners misjudged the determination of the Iraqi forces. In my TV commentaries I’d tell the Americans about the Iraqi forces and their willingness to fight. "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." Arnett, 68, added that there was growing opposition about the conduct of the war. He said: "Our reports about civilian casualties here about the resistance of the Iraqi forces, are going back to the US. It helps those who oppose the war when you challenge the policy." |
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"Bush is
waging terrorism" |
"Faces of terror: A child with horrific burns is treated in hospital in Bagdad."
Daily Mirror (London), Mar 24 2003, page 1 |
