Category: News
Date: 13.12.2005
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Andrew North has been appointed as Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Baghdad correspondent and will begin his new job early in the New Year.
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Andrew has worked for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ for nine years and has wide experience of the Middle East and Islamic world.
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Since January 2004, he has been the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ correspondent in Afghanistan, reporting from across the country and covering both the presidential and parliamentary elections.
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"Frying pan and fire is something many people have said to me since getting the job," he says.
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"But time in Afghanistan is also good preparation for Iraq. I'm looking forward to the challenge."
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Andrew has previous experience of reporting from Iraq, including when Saddam Hussein was in power.
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He covered the invasion in 2003 as an embedded journalist with United States forces and has returned to the country several times since.
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