Scott Peterson (writer)

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. [http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0515/p01s02-woiq.html]

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.

Bibliography

Books

* — reviews:
** cite news|url=http://www.petermaass.com/core.cfm?p=1&mag=25&magtype=3|first=Peter|last=Maass|title=Review of "Me Against My Brother: At War in Somalia, Sudan and Rwanda"|publisher=The Washington Post|date=2000-08-27
** cite news|url=http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/books/2000/0005.hammer.html|first=Joshua|last=Hammer|title=Down in Africa|publisher=The Washington Monthly|date=May 2000
** cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/2000/0522/peterson.html|first=Andrew|last=Purvis|title=The Somalia Syndrome|publisher=Time (magazine)|date=2000-05-22
** cite news|url=http://www.policyreview.org/jun00/bowden.html|first=Mark|last=Bowden|title=African Atrocities and "The Rest of the World"|publisher=PolicyReview|date=2000-05-22

External links

* [http://qtss.usip.org/video/2000/news_snooze/peterson.mov Remarks by Peterson] at the "News" versus "Snooze" workshop at the United States Institute of Peace, 2000-05-11
* [http://www.theconnection.org/shows/2000/05/20000509_b_main.asp Peterson appearing on "theConnection"] at WBUR, Boston, Massachusetts
* [http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0814/p13s01c-woiq.html On Jill Carroll's Kidnapping] at The Christian Science Monitor