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Robert Pelton

  • Founder and CEO, Xaerx
San Diego
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Covers:  Conflict, Mercenaries, Jihadis, Global Criminal Networks, High Adventure
Doesn't Cover: Easy stories.
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New York Times Bestselling author, filmmaker, and writer.
The World's Most Dangerous Places (5th edition)
Licensed to Kill,
The Adventurist
Come Back Alive
Hunter, Hammer & Heaven
Raven

Resume:
Foreign Policy
Discovery
National Geographic
Men's Journal
BusinessWeek
CBS 60 Minutes
ABC Investigative
CNN
Vice
Virginia Quarterly
etc

Robert Pelton’s Journalist Portfolio

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Finding Private Bowe Bergdahl | VICE United States

Finding Private Bowe Bergdahl | VICE United States

Private Bowe Bergdahl is the personification of America's lack of purpose and clarity in its decade-long wars…

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Introducing the 'Saving South Sudan' Issue | VICE United Kingdom

Introducing the 'Saving South Sudan' Issue | VICE United Kingdom

The "Saving South Sudan" Issue of VICE is unlike anything done before in the 21-year history of the magazine.…

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The All-American Life and Death of Eric Harroun

The All-American Life and Death of Eric Harroun

Eric Harroun became a jihadist just after 10 PM on a crisp January night in 2013. The 30-year-old American wa…

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Saving South Sudan - Documentary

Saving South Sudan - Documentary

Read the entire issue devoted to South Sudan: http://www.vice.com/read/saving-south-sudan Late last year, Sou…

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The All-American Life and Death of Eric Harroun | VICE News

The All-American Life and Death of Eric Harroun | VICE News

Eric Harroun became a jihadist just after 10 PM on a crisp January night in 2013. The 30-year-old American wa…

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Afghanistan: The New War for Hearts and Minds | Men's Journal

Afghanistan: The New War for Hearts and Minds | Men's Journal

ROBERT YOUNG PELTON goes deep inside America's new, brainier strategy in Afghanistan and finds that, on the f…

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Hey Robert Young Pelton, Is This A Civil War?

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By Wes Siler, Robert Pelton
| Wes Siler’s Newsletter
Robert Young Pelton has reported from something like 48 conflicts globally since he decided to write about dangerous places way back in the 1980s. I figured he was as good a person as any to ask where the Trump regime is planning to take its war on the American people. His answers might surprise you, they surprised me.
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The Unfriendly Skies - Being Mortared on Libya's Front Lines

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By Robert Pelton
| dpxgear.com
by Robert Young Pelton - RECOIL Magazine Weaving our way through deserted back alleys, I can tell we’ve arrived at the front. Not just from the noise of heavy 14.5s, mortar hits, and RPGs, but because driver Hussam hunches down and peers up through the windshield of our grimy Toyota pickup. He’s looking for drones. “Are you afraid of the drones?” I ask. “I am not afraid because I am putting my life for my country,” he answers.
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The Unfriendly Skies

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By Robert Pelton
| Recoil Verified
Drones Add an Update to Libya’s Messy Civil War Weaving our way through deserted back alleys, I can tell we’ve arrived at the front. Not just from the noise of heavy 14.5s, mortar hits, and RPGs, but because driver Hussam hunches down and peers up through the windshield of our grimy Toyota pickup. He’s looking for drones. “Are you afraid of the drones?” I ask. “I am not afraid because I am putting my life for my country,” he answers.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I was a ringer for the Camel Trophy expedition when we drove from Dar es Salaam to Bujumbura. There were slots for two journos

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes

How is social media changing news?

Killing it
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