This week Anderson Cooper 360 has being reporting live from Iraq. Anderson Cooper along with some of CNN’s top correspondents Michael Ware, Nic Robertson and Gary Tuchman have been down on the ground in Iraq, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia. Along with the team on the ground we have had reports from Peter Bergen, John King and Tom Foreman on the US side of things. The following is the Press Release for the AC 360 trip to Iraq.
Anderson Cooper 360° Broadcasts Live from Iraq
‘Keeping Them Honest’ Examines Progress in Iraq, War on Terrorism in Days Preceding Petraeus Report
Amid the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, and an impending progress report from Gen. David Petraeus about the war in Iraq, CNN’s Anderson Cooper and a team of CNN’s top correspondents travel to Afghanistan, Iraq and Saudi Arabia to take full stock of the war on terrorism. As part of the coverage, Cooper will be embedded with U.S. troops as he reports from the front line in an area near Baghdad known as the “Triangle of Death.”
Cooper, who returns to the region for his fourth time, will anchor Anderson Cooper 360° live from Iraq from Monday, Sept. 10, to Friday, Sept. 14, from 10 p.m. to midnight (ET).
During the week, Congress expects to hear testimony from Petraeus, the top military commander in Iraq, and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker about Iraq’s political and military situation. Petraeus’s final report on the status in Iraq is due to the White House at the end of the week. The program will check in with CNN’s Iraq Fact Desk to separate fact from political spin.
“In the days preceding the Petraeus report and testimony, we are going to Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East to evaluate what is working and not working in the war in Iraq and the war on terrorism,” said David Doss, senior executive producer of Anderson Cooper 360°. “In an ongoing effort to ‘Keeping them Honest,’ our team of reporters will provide viewers with the latest information from Iraq as the general and others are testifying on Capitol Hill.”
In Iraq, correspondent Michael Ware examines new power secured by the former ruling minority Sunni’s and if that power will plunge the country further into civil war. Ware also provides a report on the growing number of unclaimed dead bodies in Iraq. Correspondent Arwa Damon provides reports from an embed assignment in Iraq. Correspondent Gary Tuchman embeds with the U.S. Air Force to offer a series of reports on current military strikes and military training of Iraqi cops and a profile of the busiest trauma center in Iraq.
In Saudi Arabia, senior international correspondent Nic Robertson reports on the Saudi’s biggest bust of Al Qaeda this year, which involved the arrest of more than 90 suspects and the seizure of more than $5 million in cash and a secret arms dump. His reports include a rehabilitation program designed to convert Al Qaeda recruits and the growing conflicts among Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Iran.
Robertson will also embed with U.S. Army troops in Afghanistan to provide the latest on the fight with both the Taliban and Al Qaeda, as well as the continued hunt for Osama bin Laden. The program also reports on developments in Pakistan, where President Gen. Pervez Musharraf faces re-election and the threat of having to share control of this nation.
On Monday as General David Petreaus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker testified before Congress back in the States, Anderson made the rounds on all the CNN shows.
We have also gotten blogs from Anderson as well as Gary talking about stories they are covering and experiences they have had on this trip.
Anderson Cooper 360 will be live from Iraq for the next two days so if you have not had a chance to check them out you should defiantly check it out as it is a real eye opener in regards to what is happening not only in Iraq but the surrounding region. It also goes in depth in the progress that has been taking place between the US forces and the Iraqi Sunni Tribal leaders .
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2 comments:
There are rumors that AC 360 will be cut
back to one hour and the second hour
will be live only if there is breaking news.
According to the rumors Lou Dobbs or
Campbell Brown will get the slot.I find
it hard to believe that CNN would run
Brown's program twice without knowing
how she will do at 8pm. I understand Lou
Dobbs once had the slot.
Variety got it wrong,CNN has put out
a statement saying the article is flat
wrong.Although he is live for only
the first 15 minutes of hour 2 unless
there is breaking news.That means
Anderson could go beyond 3 hours.
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