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<text id=90TT2239>
<title>
Aug. 20, 1990: From The Publisher
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Aug. 20, 1990 Showdown
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
FROM THE PUBLISHER, Page 6
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<body>
<p> When Iraqi troops marched into Kuwait, the crisis demanded
fast moves by news organizations around the world. Neither Iraq
nor Kuwait encouraged much coverage by outsiders, and both
countries were totally closed after the invasion. The challenge
was to surround the area quickly.
</p>
<p> The man in charge of deploying TIME's troops is Barrett
Seaman, deputy chief of correspondents. As the key link with
our reporters around the globe, Barry is used to getting calls
at all hours of the day and night. "On the day of the invasion,
I talked to our Cairo correspondent Bill Dowell just after
dawn," he says. "I told him the obvious: `Get close to the
action.'"
</p>
<p> That was easier said than done. Dowell dashed off for Dubai,
one of the few countries along the gulf willing to take Western
journalists. Cairo bureau chief Dean Fischer, who was working
in New York City when the story broke, quickly grabbed a plane
back to Cairo. By Monday, when we were planning this week's
cover story, Seaman had seven correspondents in or on their way
to six countries in the region. Dowell later moved on to
Bahrain, much closer to the action. Senior correspondent James
Wilde flew to Amman, Jordan, while Rome bureau chief Cathy
Booth returned from vacation and headed for Ankara, Turkey.
Seoul bureau chief David Jackson, who had reported from the
Middle East for three years, flew to Dubai, and Beirut stringer
Lara Marlowe headed for Damascus. "The way we operate is like
a zone defense in football," Seaman says. "We have to move
people over a vast and complicated field to cover the news."
</p>
<p> Seaman's major problem last week stemmed from Saudi Arabia's
refusal to permit any reporters into the country. Reclusive in
the quietest of times, the Saudis prohibited journalists even
from covering American troops, although the Pentagon normally
ferries a pool of journalists on combat missions. TIME and
other news organizations protested the exclusion, and at week's
end the Pentagon announced that a military pool would go to
Saudi Arabia.
</p>
<p> Barry is used to dealing with delicate issues. He was TIME's
chief White House correspondent before moving two years ago to
his current hot seat in New York. Occasionally, he looks
forward to a dull moment.
</p>
<p>-- Louis A. Weil III
</p>
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</article>
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