"101 Days: A Baghdad Journal" is a One Day Read!
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Asne Seierstad spent 101 days in Baghdad before, during and after the commencement of George W. Bush's Gulf War, covering the action as a journalist in March of 2003. A Hundred and One Days: A Baghdad Journal is Ms. Seierstad's eye-opening account of her time in Baghdad. The articles that are sent b 
ack to her news agency are what she calls "glimpses of the war" and provide tiny, inside glances at how the Iraqi people lived through the initial stages of the war.
Initially, Ms. Seierstad describes the battles that she and her fellow journalists had to wage against the Ministry of Information. There were constant struggles to get the proper passes and permission to talk with certain people and to go to certain parts of the city of Baghdad as well as certain parts of Iraq. Certain parts of Iraq continued to remain off limits to international journalists, regardless of how much bribery and political schmoozing occurred. The story of Asne's time in Iraq progresses to her sneaking away from her "minder" (also known as her translator), to be with child psychologists who are interviewing Iraqi children regarding the effects of war on their psyche. The story then progresses through the war and liberation of Iraq by the Americans.
Initially, Ms. Seierstad describes the battles that she and her fellow journalists had to wage against the Ministry of Information. There were constant struggles to get the proper passes and permission to talk with certain people and to go to certain parts of the city of Baghdad as well as certain parts of Iraq. Certain parts of Iraq continued to remain off limits to international journalists, regardless of how much bribery and political schmoozing occurred. The story of Asne's time in Iraq progresses to her sneaking away from her "minder" (also known as her translator), to be with child psychologists who are interviewing Iraqi children regarding the effects of war on their psyche. The story then progresses through the war and liberation of Iraq by the Americans.