] DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Peter Arnett, fired by
] NBC earlier this week for giving an interview to
] state-run Iraqi television, is reporting for pan-Arab
] satellite channel Al-Arabiya, the station said Saturday.
]
] ''He (Arnett) is an able reporter who has covered wars
] before and who knows Iraq well,'' the Dubai-based
] station's editor-in-chief Salah Nejm told The Associated
] Press.
]
] ''I think he is unbiased and has a lot of experience,''
] Nejm said.
]
] Arnett started reporting for Al-Arabiya on Friday,
] becoming its third correspondent in Baghdad. His reports
] are voiced over in Arabic.

Peter Arnett now reporting for Arab channel Al-Arabiya