Posted on 07/16/2006 11:11:16 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
TMI - his last name is Kent & he's Canadian
Whatever happened to the "Scud Stud" from the Gulf War?
RJD
Foxboro, Massachusetts
Dear RJD:
Arthur Kent, aka the "Scud Stud," the dashing foreign correspondent whose face graced TV stations across the nation during the Persian Gulf War, is alive and well in London, England. There he runs his own production company, Fast Forward Films, and hosts two shows for the History Channel. Though Kent got his nickname and was best known for his live coverage of scud missile attacks during the Gulf War, he earned his journalistic stripes well before that time, covering major world events such as the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Tiananmen Square protests.
A native Canadian, Arthur Kent was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, in 1953. His father was a newspaper editor, and Kent seemed destined for a career in the media. He graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa with a combined degree in Journalism and History and worked for several Canadian TV stations. In the late '80s, Kent moved on to become an independent foreign correspondent and cameraman who specialized in "solo reporting expeditions to zones of conflict." In August 1989, Kent joined NBC News as the Rome correspondent, a position that would prove fortuitous for his journalistic career and lead to two Emmys.
The journalist had the fortune (or misfortune, depending on your point of view) to be in the right place at the right time during the Gulf War in 1991. Camped out in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Kent's nightly broadcasts featured an eerie backdrop of missile and anti-missile fire. His live reports of the hostilities brought the action, complete with sound and light effects, into the family rooms of millions of Americans and gave a face to the war so far away.
Kent continued to work for the network after the end of the Gulf War, earning a coveted spot on Dateline NBC. In 1992, Kent left NBC and sued the network for breach of contract, a tale he recounts in his book Risk and Redemption: Surviving The Network News Wars.
Since parting company with the network, Kent continued his journalistic career, contributing to the Canadian newsmagazine Maclean's and hosting several shows for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He also made several award-winning documentaries, including Afghanistan: Captives of the Warlords, which PBS aired in June 2001, and A Wedding in Basra, a look inside Iraqi culture under Saddam Hussein that aired on the History Channel in December 2001.
If there is another war with Iraq, don't expect the reappearance of the Scud Stud. He has hung up his desert boots, though you can still read his online reports of the ongoing events. Of his nickname, Kent says, "I've never regretted the moniker or the attention that came with it. It proved to be a great help at times."
Shep and steel balls in the same thought... LOL!
It will be interesting to see... the Izzies have done some great work with IED detection/removal. Some of it they've shared with us. Generally nobody shares everything.
Tell me when Katushep-Smith is back on
Well yes and no.
The fact of the matter is that you don't get to see what the U.S. is doing. Take Libya for example. We saw nothing until we heard from Libya. Yes, the Bush Administration was working it hard and it was a major diplomatic victory for Bush, far exceeding anything that Clinton and Halfbright accomplished. But ... it is the reaction of the target that I look for. That you can see.
In the case of Iran - what do I expect? The answer is NOTHING. This little exercise with Hezebollah and Israel is a trial run of what they will see in spades if they don't reverse course. Right now all they can do is ramp things up in Iraq. They may do that but I don't know why they wouldn't be going max out already and I think they are. As to their friends Hezebollah they will offer up Syria for help. If Syria says NO as I fully expect them to then nothing happens. If Syria says yes, they had better get on with it because once Hezebollah is mopped up (weeks to a few months) they will be fighting alone. Bye-bye Syrian Air Force and Air Defense at the minimum.
hey you!! Something happened with Eli Wiesel & Cankles Clinton...was it at the demonstration? And what happened? Any idea?
LoL. I also have a thing!
This poster is infuriating, nothing you will say will educate him. I wasted time a few months ago.
Best, Sarah
Dang...gr-child ..Spongebob Squarepants..missed it.
Didn't he die from aids?
What about the people there, Shep?
Never Again!
(Go Israel Go! Slap 'em down Hezbullies.)
You thinking of Max Reynolds I believe.
Thanks for the link. Interesting pictures and useful background info on an unfamiliar part of the world.
I think it says alot about Arabs that instead of being productive in their own countries, their idea of a useful endeavor is to come to Lebanon and throw rocks across the border into Israel.
I PRAY that Fox shows this over and over...because I didn't get to see it.
They showed Geraldo's "close call" in Afghanistan a bunch of times.
" After all, look at what happened with Prime Minister Barak back in 2000. Wasn't he supposed to give us peace in the Middle East?"
Yes, very true. And you all may recall that Clinton sent his expert election consultants (headed by James Carville) over to help engineer Barak's victory.
I'm sure there'll be a dozen uploads of the video to youtube within a few hours.
I'll go look it up.
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