He is shot at four times in one day while researching a newspaper article.
First his Hercules plane is shot at with rockets and has to take evasive action.
Later, his return flight to Basra also comes under attack
While in the capital the US army Black Hawk helicopter he was traveling in comes under fire.
Finally, within hours of arriving back at the city's airport the camp comes under mortar-attack.
One soldier said: "We've never seen anything like this occur to one person, especially not a civilian."
