Greatest Star of the War, Iraqi Information Minister Al Sahaf

Vincent Brooks: Spokesperson of the US CentCom in Qatar. Brig. Gen. Brooks with his sympathetic behaviors softened tough questions by the press at the briefings.

Al Cezire: Qatar television station became a star in the Iraq War as well as it was in the Afghanistan War. The world, watched the war on Al Cezire channel more than western television channels. This attention faced tough reactions by the US and the British. Baghdad office of Al Cezire was hit by the US forces on April 8th. An Al Cezire correspondent lost his life in the attack.

Embedded Journalists: Journalists who observed the war in military uniforms with the US and the British armies. Photos and the images caught by the embedded journalists caused a stir and it is claimed that they violated the ethics of journalism.

Peter Arnett: Observing the war in behalf of the US NBC television station, Peter Arnett, after his remark of ‘The US President Bush’s Plan bankrupted’ was fired by NBC. Arnett was hired immediately after this incident by the Greek State Television NET, Belgium VTM Television, Al Arabia Television based in Dubai, and English Daily Mirror.

An Old Iraqi Man Shooting at an Apache: An Apache helicopter shot down by the Iraqi made an elder Iraqi man famous. Saying that he hit the Apache with his old riffle, this old man was part of a plan to play a joke on the US.

Umm Kasr: With the beginning of the war the name of the city became famous as well as resistance in the city.

The Republican Guards: No one saw the Guards in the battle fields supposedly it was Saddam’s most important force.