NBC'S ENGEL TO REPORT ON COST OF IRAQ WAR -- IN HUMAN TERMS

Richard Engel, who has covered the Iraq war since it began in March of 2003, is completing work on a documentary about it that MSNBC plans to air on March 21, the fourth anniversary of the war, according to TVNewser. The website also published an excerpt from Engel's proposal for the Iraq war documentary: "As Iraq has changed, I have changed. The war has cost me my marriage. I've had friends killed and kidnapped, survived bombings and attempts on my life. I have seen Iraqis freed from the numbing, terrifying fetters of totalitarianism, and had their lives destroyed by the religious bigotry, ignorance, greed and opportunism unleashed by this war. It has changed my outlook. Violence and cruelty now seem, to me, to come easily to mankind; a new belief that disturbs me. But I am also more appreciative of how quickly life can turn for the better, or for the worse."

20/02/2007