Talk:Peter Arnett

This is not correct. The firestorm of controversy had to do with Arnett saying that his reports to the United States were helping to strengthen opposition to the war. -- Zoe

Source? -- Branden

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/71883p-66599c.html: Arnett, who had been freelancing for MSNBC, set off a firestorm Sunday when he told an Iraqi interviewer that the U.S. war plan had failed and that reports of casualties are used in the U.S. to fuel anti-war protests

http://www.aljazeerah.info/News%20archives/2003%20News%20archives/April%202003%20News/1%20news/Arnett%20fired%20over%20Iraq%20remarks%20aljazeerah.info.htm: "So our reports about civilian casualties here, about the resistance of the Iraqi forces are going back to the United States. It helps those who oppose the war and who challenge the policy, to develop their arguments," Arnett said.

-- Zoe