Scott Peterson (writer)

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For the convicted murderer, see Scott Peterson.

Scott Peterson is a writer. He was a Middle East correspondent for the Daily Telegraph but as of 2000 was a staff writer and Moscow bureau chief for the Christian Science Monitor. His book, Me Against My Brother: At War in Somalia, Sudan and Rwanda is an account of his experiences and observations during a decade of reporting from Sub-Saharan Africa. He is also one of only a few journalists to report in depth on the subject of depleted uranium contamination in Iraq.[1]

Peterson was injured on his head1993-07-12 while in Mogadishu covering a recent US operation against an alleged safe-house. He also carries shrapnel in his arm from Fallujah.

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[edit] Books

• Scott Peterson (2001). Me Against My Brother: At War in Somalia, Sudan and Rwanda. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-93063-4.  — reviews:
  • Maass, Peter. "Review of Me Against My Brother: At War in Somalia, Sudan and Rwanda", The Washington Post, 2000-08-27. 
  • Hammer, Joshua. "Down in Africa", The Washington Monthly, May 2000. 
  • Purvis, Andrew. "The Somalia Syndrome", Time (magazine), 2000-05-22. 
  • Bowden, Mark. "African Atrocities and "The Rest of the World"", PolicyReview, 2000-05-22. 

[edit] External links

• Remarks by Peterson at the "News" versus "Snooze" workshop at the United States Institute of Peace, 2000-05-11
• Peterson appearing on theConnection at WBUR, Boston, Massachusetts
• On Jill Carroll's Kidnapping at The Christian Science Monitor