assignment in Iraq

Hi
http://www.mnf-iraq.com/
go to “for the media” you’ll find all the contacts you need there.
Dmitry

Contact CPIC in Iraq. You’ll have to submit a packet and more than likely be sponsored by a bonafide news agency.

Thank you guys.

Hi guys,
what’s CPIC ?
thank you
antonio

Hi Antonio,
it’s the Combined Press Information Center, in Iraq.
For further informations go to www.mnf-iraq.com.
André

Thank you André,
let me know about you, maybe one day i’ll try too.
Antonio

OK Antonio. This is gonna be my 1st time so, hard work ahead…
Let’s stay in touch.
André

Are you embedding or going unilateral, Andre?

I’m still trying to embed, but unfortunately can’t make any contact with nobody at CPIC.
My e-mails are returning and no one answers by phone…
Any sugestions my friend?
thanks

I assume you sent your request to: mnfi.mediaembed@iraq.centcom.mil
All of the neccesary info is on the website that Dmitry gave you but here’s the guts of what you’ll need to tell them:

Full Name:
Company you represent:
Email address:
SSN #
Passport # and country of origin:
Date of birth:
Blood Type:
CPIC ID Number: (You will get this in Iraq if you don’t already have
one.) Your approx. body weight:
Number of bags your will bring:
Approx weight of bags:
A note that you have and will wear body armor and Kevlar

A brief bio:
Samples of recent work:
A list of any previous embed experience:

What geographic location(s) do your prefer:
What specific story angle(s) are you looking cover:
The intent of your coverage:
What specific date do you wish to begin your embed:
What specific date do you wish to disembed:

Point of Contact (POC) at your news organization, such as your editor.

*If you are a Brazilain citizen you may have a visa requirement to enter through Kuwait.

Hi Andrè,
sorry for delay in answering,
when do you think going?
I would like too, do we want to organize together?

Bill, i have all that ready to go, but my real problem is the contact. i tried some e-mails, including that one you sugest me, but without success…but i’ll keep trying.
Anyway, thanks a lot buddy
André

Antonio,
That’s fine for me. I think it’s gonna be better for both of us. We really can talk about that.
I’m thinking to go on March, if i could schedule my embed until there…
What do you think about?