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February 10, 1991:
Chris Hedges in the Persian Gulf. Photo credit: Chris Hedges New York Times reporter Chris Hedges is detained by the U.S. military in King Khaled Military City and stripped of his Saudi press card for attempting to get a story without a military escort. Hedges retrieves his press card following an eight-hour drive to the Joint Information Bureau in Dhahran.

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