Over there.(What They're Reading)(combat journalist Erik LeDrew)(Interview)

Foreign Policy, November, 2004 by Tychostup, Lorna

Pfc. Erik LeDrew is a combat journalist assigned to the U.S. Army's 122nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment in Iraq. He contributes articles and photos each week for the 1st Cavalry Division's newspaper, Cav Country.

FOREIGN POLICY: Where do you get your news about the outside world?

Erik LeDrew: I watch CNN here in the chow hall. And I read things like Time magazine and Newsweek. And, of course, Army Times and Stars and Stripes, when I can get them.

FP: Can you think of a specific instance when what you read didn't match your experience in Iraq?

EL: In the first week of April, there was the uprising where Moktada al-Sadr had his militia basically revolt against us and it was the worst ground action since the end of combat.... There...

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