Local Reporter Returns to Iraq Embedded With Camp Pendleton Marines

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Published January 3, 2008 at 11:00 AM PST

This story was published more than 16 years ago.

Tony Perry, the San Diego Bureau Chief for the Los Angeles Times, is heading back to Iraq for the sixth time. We ask Tony why he is going back, what he expects to see, and how he manages life in a wa

Tom Fudge: This week has brought at least two incidents that have broken what has been a lull in violence in the country of Iraq. In one incident, at least 35 people were killed when a suicide bomber targeted the funeral of a former army officer. Just yesterday, four people were killed when another suicide bomber targeted a group of volunteers who are working to fight Al Qaeda in Iraq. Osama Bin Laden has lent his vocal support to terrorists in the country, saying those who opposed them would be punished in life and in the afterlife.

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Tony Perry, San Diego bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times . He's been sent to Iraq on several occasions to cover Camp Pendleton Marines who have been deployed there.