The perils of Iraq have nothing on the nasty fracas erupting between former New York Times Baghdad Bureau Chief Susan Sachs and her ex-colleagues, Times Baghdad correspondents Dexter Filkins and John Burns.
The Gray Lady’s management has just fired Sachs, a widely respected and experienced journalist who has tangled bitterly with Burns and Filkins, over allegations that she sent anonymous letters and an E-mail to their wives alleging bad behavior with women in the war zone.
Sachs – who didn’t respond to a message left for her in France yesterday – has stoutly denied the charges, and the Newspaper Guild is defending her in arbitration proceedings against The Times.
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