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| '''Anne Garrels''' (born ], ]) is a foreign correspondent for ] in the ]. She was one of the few Western journalists who remained in ] and reported live during the ]. Shortly after her return from ], she published ''Naked in Baghdad'' (ISBN 0374529035), a memoir of her time covering the events surrounding the invasion. She has since returned to Iraq several times for ], including during the ] ], which she covered from ]. She was an embedded reporter with the U.S. Marines during the November 2004 attack on ]. | '''Anne Garrels''' (born ], ]) is a foreign correspondent for ] in the ]. She was one of the few Western journalists who remained in ] and reported live during the ]. Shortly after her return from ], she published ''Naked in Baghdad'' (ISBN 0374529035), a memoir of her time covering the events surrounding the invasion. She has since returned to Iraq several times for ], including during the ] ], which she covered from ]. She was an embedded reporter with the U.S. Marines during the November 2004 attack on ] and, on November 10, 2004, was the reporter who first reported information, soon refuted, that the Marines had found a "store of sarin nerve gas" during the attack . | ||
| Garrels graduated from ] in 1972. In the 1980's, Garrels was a member of the ]. Before joining NPR in 1988, Garrels was the NBC News correspondent at the U.S. State Department. Prior to that, Garrels worked at ABC News in a variety of positions over the course of ten years. She served three years as Moscow bureau chief and correspondent until she was expelled in 1982. | Garrels graduated from ] in 1972. In the 1980's, Garrels was a member of the ]. Before joining NPR in 1988, Garrels was the NBC News correspondent at the U.S. State Department. Prior to that, Garrels worked at ABC News in a variety of positions over the course of ten years. She served three years as Moscow bureau chief and correspondent until she was expelled in 1982. | ||
| Garrels is married to ], one of two ] agents in Laos in the early 1960s, working with the ] tribesman and the CIA-owned airline ]. Garrels and Lawrence live in Connecticut. | |||
| In November 2005, Al Jazeera correspondent Ahmed Mansour reported on his blog that security contractors provided by NPR to protect Garrels had killed three men in a pick-up truck on Haifa Street, where Garrels was meeting a source. According to Mansour, the men were unarmed day laborers traveling to a ] construction site, and posed no threat to Garrels. Garrels has declined comment, but a spokesperson for NPR claimed the truck swerved suspciciously, and that NPR regrets the deaths. | |||
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Revision as of 23:10, 17 February 2006
Anne Garrels (born July 2, 1951) is a foreign correspondent for National Public Radio in the United States. She was one of the few Western journalists who remained in Baghdad and reported live during the 2003 Iraq War. Shortly after her return from Iraq, she published Naked in Baghdad (ISBN 0374529035), a memoir of her time covering the events surrounding the invasion. She has since returned to Iraq several times for NPR, including during the January 2005 Iraqi election, which she covered from Najaf. She was an embedded reporter with the U.S. Marines during the November 2004 attack on Fallujah and, on November 10, 2004, was the reporter who first reported information, soon refuted, that the Marines had found a "store of sarin nerve gas" during the attack .
Garrels graduated from Harvard University in 1972. In the 1980's, Garrels was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Before joining NPR in 1988, Garrels was the NBC News correspondent at the U.S. State Department. Prior to that, Garrels worked at ABC News in a variety of positions over the course of ten years. She served three years as Moscow bureau chief and correspondent until she was expelled in 1982.
Garrels is married to J. Vinton Lawrence, one of two CIA agents in Laos in the early 1960s, working with the Hmong tribesman and the CIA-owned airline Air America. Garrels and Lawrence live in Connecticut.
In November 2005, Al Jazeera correspondent Ahmed Mansour reported on his blog that security contractors provided by NPR to protect Garrels had killed three men in a pick-up truck on Haifa Street, where Garrels was meeting a source. According to Mansour, the men were unarmed day laborers traveling to a Sadr City construction site, and posed no threat to Garrels. Garrels has declined comment, but a spokesperson for NPR claimed the truck swerved suspciciously, and that NPR regrets the deaths.
External link
- NPR Biography
- NPR Audio Update: Troops' Discovery Found not to be Sarin Gas
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