33 Facts About Peter Arnett

Peter Gregg Arnett was born on 13 November 1934 and is a New Zealand-born American journalist.

Peter Arnett is known for his coverage of the Vietnam War and the Gulf War.

Peter Arnett was awarded the 1966 Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting for his work in Vietnam from 1962 to 1965, mostly reporting for the Associated Press.

Peter Arnett published a memoir, Live from the Battlefield: From Vietnam to Baghdad, 35 Years in the World's War Zones.

In March 1997, Peter Arnett interviewed Osama bin Laden, leader of Al-Qaeda.

Peter Arnett was born in 1934 in Riverton, in New Zealand's Southland region.

Peter Arnett became a reporter for the Associated Press, based in Saigon in the South, in the years when the United States began to get involved in the civil conflict and through the Vietnam War.

Peter Arnett accompanied troops on dozens of missions, including the battle of Hill 875, in November 1967.

In September 1972, Peter Arnett joined a group of US peace activists, including William Sloane Coffin and David Dellinger, on a trip to Hanoi, North Vietnam, to accept three American prisoners of war for return to the United States.

Peter Arnett wrote in an unvarnished manner when reporting stories of ordinary soldiers and civilians.

Peter Arnett's writing was often criticized by administration spokesmen as negative, who wanted to keep reporting of the war positive.

Peter Arnett was talking about the decision by allied commanders to bomb and shell the town regardless of civilian casualties, to rout the Vietcong.

Peter Arnett never revealed his source, except to say that it was one of four officers he interviewed that day.

Peter Arnett was one of the last western reporters remaining in Saigon after its fall and capture by the People's Army of Vietnam.

Peter Arnett wrote the 26-part mini-series documentary, Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War, produced by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

At the time of the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, Peter Arnett was working for Parade magazine.

Together with two other CNN journalists, Bernard Shaw and John Holliman, Peter Arnett brought continuous coverage from Baghdad for the 16 initial intense hours of the war.

CNN broadcast Peter Arnett's extended call live for several hours, with a picture of Peter Arnett as video.

White House sources would later attack Peter Arnett, saying that he was being used as a tool for Iraqi disinformation.

Two weeks into the war, Peter Arnett was able to obtain an exclusive, uncensored interview with Saddam Hussein.

Peter Arnett said he had been given a tour of the hotel and denied there was such a facility.

In 1998, Peter Arnett narrated a report on the joint venture program called NewsStand, covering "Operation Tailwind" in Laos in 1970.

Peter Arnett was reprimanded, and left the network in April 1999, apparently due to "lingering fallout" from Tailwind.

When Peter Arnett's remarks sparked a "firestorm of protest", NBC initially defended him, saying he had given the interview as a professional courtesy and that his remarks were "analytical in nature".

Later that day, Peter Arnett was hired by the British tabloid, The Daily Mirror, which had opposed the war.

Nina and Peter Arnett separated in 1983, divorced more than 20 years later, then reconciled in 2006.

Elsa Peter Arnett attended Stuyvesant High School in New York and Harvard University.

Peter Arnett worked with her father on his 1994 memoir about his reporting life.

Elsa Peter Arnett is married to former White House lawyer John Yoo.

Peter Arnett appeared in Robert Wiener's book Live from Baghdad.

Peter Arnett appeared as a character in the 2002 HBO film of the same name, where he was portrayed by actor Bruce McGill.

Peter Arnett joined the team as tensions between Iraq and the West were escalating toward an imminent military encounter.

Peter Arnett was part of the live coverage beginning on 16 January 1991, the start of the Gulf War air campaign, where he and colleagues Bernard Shaw and John Holliman kept broadcasting from their Al-Rasheed Hotel room amid extensive aerial bombing by the Western Coalition forces.