Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
Fog of War - Air War in Baghdad
02 August 1998
On the eighth anniversary of Iraq's invasion
of Kuwait, washingtonpost.com today unveiled "Fog of War," a
comprehensive multimedia evaluation of the 1991 air war in Baghdad.
Fog examines the strengths and weaknesses of the high-tech "smart
war," with analysis, interviews, photographs, videos, and
documents. It asks why the bombing of Baghdad succeeded
technologically and militarily but failed politically.
The Fog of War Special Project is the first original news package
undertaken by the website since it was launched in 1996, and is a
unique collaboration between Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive
and the newspaper.
Fog of War tells the story of the bombing of Baghdad in January and
February 1991, and is based upon the research of military expert
William Arkin, a journalist and writer. It includes an innovative
and original counterpoint by retired General Charles ("Chuck")
Horner, who was the chief of air operations in Desert Storm.
"With more than 200 pages of research and reporting, over 50 photos
and video clips, a comprehensive database, and deep documentation,
Fog is the equivalent of an online book," said Jude Doherty, the
project coordinator. "Fog is technologically innovative -- playing
to the strengths of the web -- a non-linear story line, push and
pull technology, Java script pop-up boxes, and a state of the art
database. We allow the reader to delve into content that would
never fit in traditional newspaper and magazine formats."
The six-month project, sponsored by Intellectualcapital.com, was
able to benefit from the experience and input of veteran Washington
Post editors. Assistant Managing Editor and Pulitzer Prize winning
author Rick Atkinson reviewed Fog and wrote the introduction.
Career Washington Post reporter and veteran editor Doug Feaver, who
recently moved to the website to become editor of
washingtonpost.com, polished and refined Fog to comply with the
standards of the newspaper.
Fog of War involved 13 editors, producers and designers, working
over 3,000 manhours. Original and previously unpublished
photographs of military and civilian targets taken by Arkin on
trips to Baghdad, as well as a database of airstrikes in the Iraqi
capital, gives Fog of War its special quality.
Fog of War aired live on the front page of the washingtonpost.com
website on Friday, July 31
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/fogofwar/fog.htm
The project will live on the World and Nation section fronts
for the month of August and will be archived thereafter on the
Nation and World special report index pages.
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