2007 in review
Monday, December 31, 2007
2007 was a
year of incredible reporting from Michael, his first
full year with CNN. There are 225 posts in the 'Iraq
2007' section, another 52 from the RWC in October. I
compiled 313 total video clips this year.
Here is a list of some highlights... and it's a long
list!
-
January 23 - Michael returns from
holiday to give commentary on the State of the
Union address
- January
30 - Hidden Wars
airs
- January
31 - back in Baghdad
and interviewing Prime Minister
al-Maliki
- February
5 - revealing the
terrorist in parliament
- February
15 - what is the Quds
Force?
- February
21 - a harrowing look
at daily life in Baghdad
-
March 6 - trying to shut the
CIA out of Iraq
-
March 27 - the start of Ware vs
McCain
- March
29 - after a trip to
Anbar, the first mention of tribal leaders
rising up against al Qaeda
- April
2 - reaction to the
asinine internet rumor
- April
5 - a report on the
Mujahedeen-e-khalq
-
April 9 - on the fourth
anniversary of the fall of Baghdad, Muqtada calls
for a 'Day of Unity'
-
April 20 - back from an embed in
Diyala
-
April 25 - in NYC, first mention
of the possibility of settling for less than
democracy in Iraq
-
April 26 - why setting a date
for withdrawal is a bad idea
-
May 1 - podcast (with Tommy
Evans) about working in Baghdad
-
May 21 - in Brisbane, a
discussion of media war coverage
-
June 20 - back in Baghdad,
reporting during World Refugee Day
-
June 28 - interviewed by Hala
Gorani in Baghdad about the surge
-
July 1 - exclusive report
about a Hezbollah bomb-maker caught in
Iraq
-
July 9 - the Iraqi government
will not meet the benchmarks set by the
US
-
July 12 - empowering the
Sunnis
-
July 19 - footage from Anbar
about the Sunni uprising
-
July 24 - the president says
"al Qaeda" 95 times in a speech
-
July 31 - back in Diyala for
another embed
-
August 13 - sectarian killings
are down
- August
15 - footage from the
Diyala River Valley embed
-
August 15 - massive truck bomb in
northern Iraq kills more than 500
people
- August
22 - no democracy for
Iraq?
-
September 10 - the trip to
Anbar
-
September 12 - exclusive interview
with the Iranian ambassador to Iraq
-
September 13 - reaction to the
president's speech; burying the dead
-
September 14 - from the Green Zone;
final day of AC360 week in Iraq
- October 4-20
-
covering the Rugby World Cup for
CNN/I
-
October 30 - speaking to the
Middle East Institute in Washington DC
-
November 10 - "It truly is a
blessing, the Iraq that I've returned
to."
-
November 19 - the Sunni 'uprising'
reaches Baghdad
-
December 7 - the Shia have their
own 'uprising' in Baghdad
And now
he's off on holiday again. Hopefully he'll be back in
time for the SotU on January 28th and the start of
another amazing year of coverage. Happy New Year,
everyone!