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2002
Looking for a story but not
sure exactly when it was? Interested in checking out
Michael's work but unsure where to begin?
This page will hopefully give you a starting point. I have
compiled a list of Michael's biggest stories and most
interesting
bits of insight, arranged by year. In many cases, I have
listed only one of several clips airing on one day.
Each calendar year is self-contained within the list,
and the dates above anchor to the start of that section.
2008
- February
16 -
Michael hosts a 30-minute special for CNN/International
titled "Pakistan's Vital Vote" as he covers the
parliamentary elections in that country
-
February 26 - appears on AC360 and sums up
the impossibility of a troop withdrawal from Iraq, no
matter who wins the election
- March
3 -
looks back on the 2-day visit by Iranian president
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- March
20 -
"Shock & Awe: Five Years Later" airs as part of
AC360
- March
21 -
another appearance on "Real Time with Bill
Maher"
- March
25 -
in London, comments on Basra battles;
birthday
-
April 2 - speaks at Center for American
Progress in DC
-
April 3 - speaks at the Middle East
Institute in DC
- April 7
- "Iraq: Inside
the Surge" airs, his second special for
International
-
April 8 - covers the Petraeus/Crocker
hearings on Capitol Hill
-
April 10 - interviews General
Petraeus
- May 13 - gains exclusive access to
Sadr City during the siege
-
May 17 -
reports on an American soldier who used a Holy Quran for
target practice
-
May 29 -
challenges the presidential front-runners to give him 20
minutes to give them a real picture of what is happening in
Iraq
-
June 12 - exclusive coverage of a
treasure-trove of documents detailing the inner workings of
al Qaeda in Iraq
-
June 13 - a new wrinkle in the Status
of Forces Agreement negotiations: Iraq may decide to "go it
alone"
-
June 15 - part of a panel discussion on
"Fareed Zakaria GPS" regarding the current status of Iraq
and what is to come
- ...more
to come...
2007
-
January 23 - Michael returns from holiday
to give commentary on the State of the Union
address
- January 31
- back in
Baghdad and interviewing Prime Minister
al-Maliki
- February
5 -
revealing the terrorist in parliament
- February
21 -
a harrowing look at daily life in Baghdad
-
March 6 - trying to shut the CIA out of
Iraq
- March
29 -
after a trip to Anbar, the first mention of tribal
leaders again 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 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 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 15
- footage from
the Diyala River Valley embed
-
August 15 - massive truck bomb in
northern Iraq kills more than 500 people
-
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 30 - speaking to the Middle East
Institute in Washington DC
-
November 10 - "It truly is a blessing, the
Iraq that I've returned to."
-
December 7 - the Shia have their own
'uprising' in Baghdad
2006
- February
21 - appears on
Frontline
episode re the
insurgency
- March
12 - appears on
60
Minutes to discuss Battle of
Tal'Afar
- April 4
-
again discusses
insurgents' willingness to host American bases "akin to
Germany and Japan"
- May
1 - Australian magazine
publishes his gritty, grim reflection of reporting in
Iraq
- May
21 - Time
cover story,
embedded with Marines in Ramadi; video shot during this
will be shown in September 27 CNN report
- June
8 -
just one week after joining CNN, is interviewed from
Brisbane on Zarqawi's death; reports continue on
TSR,
PZN,
and AC360
- July
24 -
first report from Beirut during Israel/Lebanon
war
- July
31 -
reports on al Qaeda in Lebanon
-
August 1 - Lebanese people running out
of day-to-day supplies
- August 2
- video of his
trip to Baalbeck in the Bekaa Valley
-
August 2 - after 48-hour ceasefire,
bombing resumes while he is on-air
- August
7 - a
look at where the bombs fell
- August
9 -
reports from Zahle, Lebanon, in the Bekaa
Valley
- August
11 -
UN-escorted convoy of civilians leaves Marjayoun,
Lebanon
-
September 20 - interviews al Qaeda in Iraq
commanders; also first mention of oil sales being used to
fund AQI
- October 18
- highly
controversial airing of the sniper video
- November
28 -
shows tailfin of Iranian-made mortar fired from Sadr
City last week
- December
29 -
from Brisbane, comments on Saddam's
execution
2005
- January
26 - bombing of Australian
embassy across the street from al-Hamra Hotel
(& Time
house)
- February
28 - first mention of
negotiations between US and insurgents, as well as
willingness of insurgents to host American bases in
Iraq
- August
22 - first in-depth article re
Iran's influence -- shaped-charges, etc
- November
28 - "they are clearly lying,
whether they know it or not"
- December
5 - thoughts on rolling back
de-Baathification
- December
12 - the Sunnis offer a deal to
stop AQI/Zarqawi
2004
- July 5
-
first long
profile on Zarqawi; insurgents turning
fundamentalist
- July
6 -
Brent Sadler's report on Michael receiving videotape
from insurgents -- Michael's own write-up is
here
- November
22 -
report on the second Battle of Fallujah [cover
story]
- November
24 -
33-minute radio interview conducted two weeks after
Fallujah
2003
- August
30 - Courier-Mail
article re life
in Baghdad
- October
20 -
details of how we infiltrated Saddam's
networks
2002
- March
23 - crosses into Pakistan to
meet Taliban
- March
25 - al Qaeda and Taliban
fighters slip away to fight again
-
May 18 - interviewed at Sydney Fashion
Week, reflects on cultural differences