THE SUNDAY TIMES, BASRA, FEBRUARY 1, 1987 When the shells started falling in Basra and I had no cover, I just felt stupid for getting myself into yet another mess—that this time I might have gone too far. The fear hits later, you really do get weak in your legs. But we got the story that the town was besieged but not falling. And we got into the city because we were women, and routinely subject to less scrutiny … Lamis and I were congratulated on our return by the male members of the press corps. We had got a good old-fashioned scoop, and there’s no question, you use any means you can to do
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