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 when you challenge the policy to develop their arguments.

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White House reports diverged at this time. Newsweek called the incident a "ham-handed attempt to depict a bombed-out biological-weapons plant near Baghdad as a baby-formula factory. About halfway through the war the CIA approached Mr.

Arnett worked for National Geographic magazine and later for various television networks most notably CNN. He is well known for his coverage of war including the Vietnam War and the Gulf War.