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Inside Fallujah: The Unembedded Story

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All the one star reviews seem to call this propaganda, while also (at least of them) calling for the reader to look elsewhere for information on Fallujah, presumably propaganda from the other side. It's called both sides of the coin and if anyone has the slightest need to see the other side of a story, this is it. All the slights on the the author don't take away from his bravery and what he went through to get a story out that would have gone unheard if not for him. I highly recommend this piece of writing just for that reason alone. Furthermore what he sees is not nice (if you are squeamish don't read this) but given that he has footage to back it up (and eye-witness accounts) gives his words that much more credence.
To be fair the english is not the best, but it doesn't diminish what he has written here. The people calling him a terrorist are laughable as he does not look at Saddam or the insurgents with rose-colored glasses. He does what he says he does, report (and he actually--gasp--tackles the issue of bias with respect to journalists and their subject matter, quite well I would add) what he saw and match it up to official statements. Note that no one who gave it a one star refuted anything specific. As for the book being full of generalizations that is also tripe, as the reporter is quite specific with his points. There are plenty of facts in the book for me to consider it a good piece of investigation. I can only imagine they did not do extensive research to arrive at their positions. Normally I would give this 3 to 4 stars but given the one stars I decided to off set them. Read this if you want a full understanding of media influence on a war. Disregard anyone who calls this man a terrorist apologist, such people don't know what they are talking about as this man is the opposite of that (research him on the web if you have to). This man went through a lot to get this out and he deserves an audience.

I am on page 30 and this book is horrible I was there when this happened and he has no facts none zero zilch. All his accusations are mere generalizations. There is nothing of substance in this book. I have no idea how this book even got published it fails all literary forms of investigative writing. If anyone in the Middle East reads this he is creating a world of hate and discontent. Please if your shows are good stick to that because investigative writing and reporting is definately not your niche.

The other side of the coin can prove enlightening and informative. "Inside Fallujah: The Unembedded Story" is another perspective from the battle of Fallujah during the oft criticized American War in Iraq. Offering a shocking other opinion, being one of the only reporters to stay inside the city during the US Invasion. Well worth considering for those studying the Iraq war, "Inside Fallujah" is infinitely interesting and very highly recommended.

This is a must read for anyone to really try and understand the criminality of this war of choice. I very, very, very highly recommend this book.

This book is tripe, and dumb. The author is clearly unprofessional in all manners, and has no idea what he is talking about at all.

For instance, he is apparently unaware of how to differentiate US Army ranks using insignia, does not understand that destroying a country's military does not equate to destroying their productive industrial base, and views the tyranny of Saddam Hussein with what can only be called rose-colored glasses.

Do not read this. It is not a good book.

al jazzera biased pratter now available in print.complete waste of paper if you re interested in what happened there during the battle.the author is clearly a terrorist apologist who doesen t even try to hide his anti american sentiment,yet not anti-american enough not to try cashing in on a quick dollar.want to read about american baby killing crusaders trying to eradicate peaceful muslim activists this is your book,want to read about the best america has to offer in the endeavour to eradicate a city filled with arab and chechen terrorists murdering and bombing true muslims and any westerners there to help remove this city of mosques from the dark ages,buy any book on falluja EXCEPT this one.