Peter Arnett
Peter Arnett
Peter Gregg Arnett, ONZMis a New Zealand journalist...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth13 November 1934
apologize clearly giving interview iraqi people weekend
I want to apologize to the American people for clearly making a misjudgment over the weekend by giving an interview to Iraqi Television,
instinct microphone
He had the microphone first, the instinct to broadcast, to be there. He didn't hesitate. He scooped the world.
broadcast knowledge
He's the one who made that first broadcast possible. He had a real knowledge of broadcasting.
across lit moments room skies
The first moments of the bombing, when the skies were lit up, I was in a room across the hall,
determination failed iraqi planners trying war
The first war plan has failed because of Iraqi resistance. Now they are trying to write another war plan. Clearly, the American war planners misjudged the determination of the Iraqi forces.
baghdad apologizing reports
I report the truth of what is happening here in Baghdad and will not apologize for it.
determination war force
Clearly, the American war planners misjudged the determination of the Iraqi forces.
vietnam towns vietnam-war
It became necessary to destroy the town to save it,
islands swim trying
There's a small island, inhabited in the South Pacific that I will try to swim to.