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A War Correspondents Thank You Letter to John McCain

December 16, 2017 by wpfixit

A letter to Senator John McCain, now in hospital with a grave illness, on how his service to his country has impacted me: Dear Senator McCain: My name is Nate Thayer and we met several times when I was an Associated Press correspondent and the Southeast Asian correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review based […]

Filed Under: torture, war, War correspondent Tagged With: Cambodia, John McCain, Nate Thayer, Torture, Vietnam

It is Time to Take a Deep Breath While Rightfully Condemning Israel Policy in Gaza:

August 8, 2014 by wpfixit

It is Time to Take a Deep Breath While Also Condemning Israel Policy in Gaza: Israel Has Contributed Enormous Good to the Global Community of Nations By Nate Thayer August 8, 2014 Israel’s unacceptable military campaign in Gaza, which by any definition under international law constitutes state sanctioned war crimes, has prompted a very disturbing […]

Filed Under: Israel, Middle East, Terrorism, war Tagged With: gaza, hamas, Israel, Nate Thayer, Terrorism, war crimes

Why You Want To Avoid Getting Blown Up By A Landmine: From ‘Sympathy for the Devil’ By Nate Thayer

January 28, 2014 by wpfixit

What Happens When Your Ride Disintigrates After Being Blown Up by Anti-Tank Landmines By Nate Thayer These photos were taken of the truck I was riding in after it drove over two Chinese anti-tank mines, in northwest Cambodia, in October 1989. I was sitting in the front seat of Russian Zil 2 1/2 ton military […]

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One Can Never be too Vigilant in the Defence of a Free Press

January 14, 2014 by wpfixit

The Tools of the Trade–Journalism Cambodia Style–1990’s Covering the Cambodia debacle in the 1980’s and 1990’s was an assignment fraught with danger and intrigue. The Khmer Rouge had executed more than 4 dozen foreigners–the vast majority journalists. Their primary opposition, the Vietnamese backed and installed government of Hun Sen, has summarily targeted and murdered dozens […]

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Journalist of Mercy: Walt Whitman Remembered

September 26, 2013 by wpfixit

Journalist of Mercy: Walt Whitman Remembered Hundreds of letters on behalf of the incapacitated, the suffering, the frightened, the dying soldiers during the U.S. Civil War to their families were written by the loving handwritten pen of one of our eras greatest journalist/poets  By Nate Thayer September 26, 2013 Thus in silence in dreams’ projections, […]

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How Ted Koppel and ABC TV Tried to Steal my Life Work

How Ted Koppel and ABC TV Tried to Steal my Life Work By Nate Thayer December 8, 2013 I am banned by legal agreement to write the following: ABC Television/ Disney Corporation, after seven years in court, where they attempted to bankrupt me and ruin my reputation for objecting to them stealing fifteen years of […]

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A Day in the Life of a Freelance Journalist—2013

A Day in the Life of a Freelance Journalist—2013 Here is an exchange between the Global Editor of the Atlantic Magazine and myself this afternoon attempting to solicit my professional services for an article they sought to publish after reading my story “25 Years of Slam Dunk Diplomacy: Rodman trip comes after 25 years of […]

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