Richard Engel's War Journal: Five Years in Iraq

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Partner:: World Affairs Council: Nor Cal
Location:: World Affairs Council of Northern California
San Francisco, CA
Event Date:: 06.11.08
Speakers:: Richard Engel,; Markos Kounalakis
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Summary: Fluent in Arabic, he has had unrivaled access to U.S. military commanders, Sunni insurgents, Shiite militias, Iraqi families, and even President George W. Bush.

Engel, who reported as a freelance journalist for ABC News during the initial US invasion of Iraq, was NBC News' lead Iraq correspondent from 2003 until his appointment to Beirut Bureau Chief in May 2006.

He joins the Council to discuss his experiences as a reporter in Iraq and his new book War Journal - My Five Years in Iraq - The World Affairs Council of Northern California

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Richard Engel

NBC News' Richard Engel is the longest serving broadcaster in Iraq and the only American television reporter to cover the country continuously before, during, and after the 2003 US invasion.

Engel won the Medill Medal for Courage in 2007,the Edward R. Murrow Award in 2009, and the David Bloom Award in 2011.

Fluent in Arabic, he has had unrivaled access to U.S. military commanders, Sunni insurgents, Shiite militias, Iraqi families, and even President George W. Bush. Engel, who reported as a freelance journalist for ABC News during the initial US invasion of Iraq, was NBC News' lead Iraq correspondent from 2003 until his appointment to Beirut Bureau Chief in May 2006.

Markos Kounalakis

Markos Kounalakis is a print and network broadcast journalist and author who has covered wars and revolutions, both civil and technological. He worked as the NBC Radio and Mutual News Moscow correspondent and covered the fall of the Soviet Union as well as the war in Afghanistan. He reported the overthrow of communism for Newsweek in East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Bulgaria and the rise of both democratic institutions in Hungary and of ethnic strife in Yugoslavia. He was based in Rome and Vienna and later ran the magazine's Prague satellite bureau for over a year.

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01 hr 00 min 31 sec

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01.: Moderator Introduction

02 min 56 sec

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02.: Richard Engle: Covering Egypt in the 90s

03 min 58 sec

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03.: Introduction to Violence: Gaza and the West Bank

02 min 34 sec

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04.: Getting into Baghdad: Human Shield Visas

02 min 26 sec

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05.: The Fall of Baghdad

02 min 13 sec

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06.: The Five Wars of Iraq / Nation Building

02 min 27 sec

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07.: The Insurgency

03 min 51 sec

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08.: Civil War

01 min 32 sec

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09.: The Surge

02 min 53 sec

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10.: Gen. Petraeus' New Plan

01 min 05 sec

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11.: Building Alliances: Reduction of Violence

02 min 56 sec

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12.: Q1: Can You Feel Safe in Iraq?

02 min 56 sec

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13.: Q2: Democracy in Iraq?

02 min 24 sec

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14.: Q3: What is Haditha Like?

01 min 01 sec

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15.: Q4: Coverage of the War

02 min 16 sec

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16.: Q4: Civilian Deaths

01 min 31 sec

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17.: Q5: Iran in Iraq?

01 min 24 sec

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18.: Q6: Iraqi Withdrawal

01 min 15 sec

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19.: Q7: Withdrawal & The Campaign

01 min 29 sec

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20.: Q8: Blackwater Contracting

01 min 27 sec

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21.: Q9: Long-Term Middle East Relations

01 min 56 sec

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22.: Q10: Flashpoint Areas

01 min 13 sec

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23.: Q11: Iran

02 min 33 sec

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24.: Q12: Personal Security

00 min 47 sec

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25.: Q13: The National Guards & Reserves

01 min 25 sec

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26.: Q14: Soldier Relations

01 min 19 sec

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27.: Q15: Refugees

01 min 03 sec

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28.: Q16: Three Iraqs

01 min 36 sec

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29.: Q17: Officialdom

02 min 31 sec

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30.: Q18: Are You Being Groomed?

01 min 09 sec

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Richard Engel: The Five Wars in Iraq

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Richard Engel Explains the Reduction of Violence in Iraq

03 min 13 sec

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Richard Engel: Middle East Anxiety Over U.S. Elections

01 min 53 sec

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