Arnett fired for pro-Iraq propaganda statement. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)

Peter Arnett was known as "Hanoi Pete" for his biased war reporting from Vietnam for the Associated Press. Later, he was known as "Baghdad Pete" for his pro-Saddam propaganda for CNN during the 1991 Desert Storm war. At the beginning of the current Gulf conflict, he was reporting for NBC and National Geographic--until he was fired on March 30th for providing propaganda statements for Iraq's state-run television.

Arnett told his interviewer, attired in an Iraqi Army uniform, that the U.S. "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." Arnett also thanked Iraq for giving him and other reporters a "degree of freedom which we appreciate." By that time Iraq had already expelled many journalists, and apparently imprisoned two journalists from the New York newspaper Newsday.

During the Iraqi TV interview, Arnett said, "I'd like to say from the beginning that the 12 years I've been coming here, I've met unfailing courtesy and cooperation, courtesy from your people and ...