The True Story of Marie Colvin, the Foreign Correspondent Who Inspired the Film A Private War Rosamund Pike's Golden Globe nominated portrayal of Colvin … Marie Catherine Colvin, the respected war correspondent of Britain’s “Sunday Times” was targeted and killed on February 22, 2012 by Syrian forces as she reported on the suffering of civilians in Homs,Syria. She failed to turn up for the scheduled interview with Kadirgamar. One of her final reports was a first person account of seeing a baby die. No journalist — outside journalists — had been in for six years, and it really was a forgotten conflict. The film was based on an article titled ‘Marie Colvin’s Private War’ written by Marie Brenner in 2012 and published in the ‘Vanity Fair’ magazine. The documentary chronicles Marie Colvin’s last days, assembling a treasure trove of you-are-there footage. Marie had an insatiable curiosity about many things. The Syrian Government was not involved in defending the case. It is against this backdrop therefore that I write this week about a woman journalist who was regarded as the greatest war correspondent of her generation. It was the first time Assad’s government was held to account for a war crime thereby setting a legal precedent. A bursting grenade had punctured one of her lungs and destroyed her left eye. But a peculiar effect of her beguiling character and her journalistic talent was that tyrants were charmed by her, and sought her out, even as she eviscerated them in print. That is why she met her waterloo in Syria. She tells us that Colvin wrote about the loss of her eye for the paper before it had even been operated on. Later on, I read the whole book. It was entitled “Mad Dog and Me.” While in Libya in 1986, she began freelancing for The Sunday Times, which soon lured her over full time to become its Middle East correspondent. In most cases such journalists are one-sided. Directed by Matthew Heineman. Marie Colvin made her mark as a journalist in Britain but was by birth an American. The rocket attack also killed acclaimed French photographer Rémi Ochlik and injured British photographer Paul Conroy, Syrian translator Wael al-Omar and French journalist Edith Bouvier. The Colombo establishment realised that Marie Colvin had defied their restrictions and gone into forbidden territory. She was injured and lost blood. "A Private War" memorializes her legacy of relentless bravery at a time we need it most. I admired her greatly for her courage, passion and devotion to reporting. ... leaving her blind in one eye. Eventually, shamed by the courage of the reporters, Indonesian forces allowed the refugees to leave and the international community stepped in. And her time in Chechnya did not make her change her ways. POLICY OF VIOLENCE AGAINST THE MEDIA  It is said of war correspondents that they have to “Get in, Get it and Get out.” Marie did just that in many conflict zones from Chechnya to Bosnia, from Sri Lanka to Syria. Named “acting editor,” she eventually asked when the permanent incumbent would be coming back. Marie Colvin replied that the room was chaotic and the baby’s death heartbreaking. Marie Colvin, 44, an American-born foreign correspondent for the Sunday Times, could be blinded in her left eye after being hit by shrapnel, doctors fear. ... Pike wears the black eye patch that became Colvin's trademark for the … Marie Colvin’s Sri Lankan “adventure” features in the film ‘A Private War’ too. Her break came in 1986, when she was in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, as America launched its biggest aerial attack since Vietnam. War correspondent Marie Colvin reported the plight of the helpless from conflicts in the world's most dangerous places, with a tenacity that eventually cost her her life. And she had a lot of shrapnel in her body from that as well? It was never quite clear who was to blame, but to the amusement of other journalists, if not her paper, the bill ran to more than $ 20,000.”, WELCOMED THE OPTIMISM OF ARAB SPRING  Bishop set off from Paris to the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, where, together with her Sunday Times colleague Jon Swain, he helped organise a helicopter from the US embassy to pluck her off the mountainside to safety. Marie Colvin, 56 at the time of her death, was born in the US but lived in Hammersmith, London, writing for the Sunday Times +7 Colvin, pictured in … and they shoot her. And she didn't get much of a story actually, because the Tamil Tigers rather failed to produce the leader who they said would talk to her. I remember reading the news reports when that happened and, at the time, the government was accusing her of being with terrorists, and it wasn't clear that they were actually going to be very helpful to her. At that time the Sri Lankan Government declared a five-day ceasefire to coincide with the Sinhala-Tamil New Year in mid-April. The U.S.-born journalist was a long-serving reporter for U.K. newspaper The Sunday Times, covering war zones from Chechnya to Iraq to East Timor. She worked for UPI first in Trenton, then New York and Washington. Produced by The Current's Jessica Linzey. “In East Timor in 1999, for example, as Indonesian troops closed in on a United Nations compound in Dili where 1,500 people had taken shelter, the UN wanted to pull out and leave the refugees to their fate. She swiftly convinced UPI to promote her to the Paris bureau, where her dash, good looks and dark curls soon won her a host of admirers. “Marie Colvin herself reported from Kosovo, and freely admitted that she constantly weighed “bravery against bravado.” Around the turn of the century that balancing act took her closer to the edge than ever. At the time of her death, Marie was reporting from the Baba Amr Media Centre, a makeshift broadcast studio run by Syrian media activists in a secret facility located in a residential building. And as the US-led invasion of Iraq triggered the most dramatic events in the Middle East for decades, remaining on the sidelines became impossible.”, “Soon she was back in the thick of things in Baghdad. And it's a rocket-propelled grenade, and she survived that but she had nightmares about that moment for years and years. In the immortal lines of Bob Dylan, “The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind. At the time of her death, Marie Colvin was reporting from the Baba Amr Media Centre, a makeshift broadcast studio run by Syrian media activists in a secret facility located in a residential building. It was by her on the spot reporting of events contradicting the official version that she spoke truth to power, Food For Thought By Zara Esufally and Humaira Azee, The Perfect Finish The Fashion Edit by Silvia Sena, Marie Colvin: Courageous Journalist Who Lost an Eye in Sri Lanka and Her Life In Syria. There she met Pauline Cutting, a British surgeon who was a lone medical heroine amid the carnage. Taken aside, she was gently informed that he would be away for five years, less with good behaviour. Her life was a remarkable saga worth recounting. To the disgruntlement of many conservative locals, she organised an anti-Vietnam demonstration in the streets of Oyster Bay, then created minor mayhem by designating her family home’s front yard an ecological recycling zone.”, “She studied American Literature at Yale, where she got her first taste of journalism by working for a university newspaper. She dramatized the situation by speaking about the baby’s grandmother being a volunteer in the room when the baby arrived. Filing copy while scrambling to avoid the explosions, she set a pattern that would last the rest of her career.”, “It was while there she was summoned to meet the Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, and over the next quarter of a century she frequently met him, as well as many other political leaders and despots. Rosamund Pike's film about Marie Colvin comes after a court blamed the Syrian regime for her death. ARTICLE BY MARIE BRENNER IN ‘VANITY FAIR’   How did she get the injury that resulted in that eye patch? Her father was a former US marine who had served in Korea, and he eventually gave up teaching to become a political activist for the Kennedy Democrats. Marie Colvin was instantly recognizable for the eye patch that hid a shrapnel injury — a testament to her courage covering the suffering of individuals trapped in war. Well, this was in 2001 and she decided she would go into Tamil Tiger territory. Marie Colvin and two other female journalists remained in place, defying the UN, and the world, to do nothing. We reserve the right to close comments at any time. In Syria, she said government forces were committing “murder” and she described how she had witnessed a baby die of shrapnel wounds. “On the phone, Sean Ryan could hear Marie screaming in a hospital. She drops to the floor and everybody disappears, and then she knows she has to do something. A Syrian photo journalist was also killed in the attack. The life and work of Marie Colvin is multi-faceted and a manifestation of exemplary bravery and commitment. All proceeds from this book go to the Marie Colvin Fund. Marie Colvin died in 2012 while reporting in Syria. While Marie Colvin might be reporting from Baghdad on the aftermath of the first Gulf War, Bishop might be covering the wars that erupted in the Balkans (where he was himself wounded)”, CONSTANTLY WEIGHED “BRAVERY AGAINST BRAVADO”   Some years before that she lost an eye while reporting in Sri  Lanka. Agonizingly, for those who knew and loved her, however, that meant the nature of her death had a certain inevitability about it. She woke up the UN Chief of Staff, Vijay Nambiar at midnight and obtained an assurance from him on the matter. I would like to conclude on a sentimental note by posing some questions – “Why do journalists risk danger and even lives by doing what they do.” Why do war correspondents undergo such hazards to get the “story” or picture? There is no single, definitive, uniform answer. In 1984, Colvin was appointed Paris bureau manager for UPI, before moving to The Sunday Times in 1985. Her exploits quickly attracted the attention and envy of less bold colleagues – a broad category.”, “During the Iran-Iraq war, for instance, she smuggled herself in disguise into Basra, a city then completely closed off. She wore a black eye patch after that. Comments on this story are moderated according to our Submission Guidelines. Last year she published an account of her encounters with the late Libyan leader over 25 years. The story was typical of Marie Colvin – illustrating a fearsomely complex conflict by finding the most dramatic, personal, story at its heart.”, “At the same time she met and married The Daily Telegraph’s Middle East correspondent, Patrick Bishop, and they lived together in Jerusalem from the early 1990s. She got in, got it but couldn’t get out. And the chest wound was initially the one that might have killed her. Marie Colvin “was specifically targeted because of her profession, for the purpose of silencing those reporting on the growing opposition movement in the country. They vary and are many. She also played an “extra-journalistic role” in trying to help arrange the safe surrender of some senior LTTE personalities and around 2000 civilians. The facts are, she used her arrogance and selfish nature to disregard local laws and rules and venture into conflict zones to get ahead of other journalists. We’ve also included important resources aligned with our mission to support journalistic education, freedom of the press, humanitarian aid and human rights. Had she not, she later said, she would have been slaughtered as a Tamil rebel. In the meantime, she tried to get official permission to go to the Wanni for an interview with Suppiah Paramu Thamilselvan, the political commissar of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) at that time. After surgery, she was flown out to Colombo and then out of the country. Through contacts in London, she got access and she went in, and she crossed the front line to get in. It was by her on the spot reporting of events contradicting the official version that she spoke truth to power. Ryan said he was relieved, at least, “that she sounded like Marie.” Later, she told him that she had fended off a doctor who was trying to take out her eye. American!” she yelled as she felt searing heat in her head. She is survived by Patrick Bishop and by her partner of recent years, Richard Flaye, whom she met while sailing.”. Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem. “Like many journalists who covered the Middle East, Marie Colvin welcomed the optimism of the Arab Spring. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a Page. She was never mawkish, but nor was she minded to stand idly by and witness massacres.”, Marie Colvin did not put her life on the line to win acclaim. When they called him, he could hear her yelling and — I'm not going to use the words that she used — swearing down the phone in the background. Those assignments no doubt contributed to her eventual separation from Bishop, and from Juan Carlos Gumucio, her second husband, who predeceased her. HELPED SAVE MANY HUNDREDS OF LIVES  Her copy was well worth waiting for, but the price to pay could be high. This type of journalists jump from one place to promote “hot” news without understanding the root cause and history of the conflict. Let me present therefore some excerpts from an obituary that appeared in the London “Telegraph.” Here are the relevant excerpts; “Marie Colvin did not put her life on the line to win acclaim. Instead she was soon in Sri  Lanka, as ever heading into rebel – this time Tamil Tiger – territory. Unlike Dickey Chappelle, Marie Colvin however played a role in Sri Lankan affairs. I think Dickey Chappelle and Marie Colvin were of the same ilk and met their deaths while engaged in the pursuit of news. She said that this was one occasion when she was glad to be an American, because the American Embassy intervened, and they basically said: 'Well, you know, you can accuse her of that if you want, and you can put her on trial, and you can have a brave, female American journalist who is well known around the world and can tell her story on trial — or maybe you could just let her go.' Marie Colvin was targeted and killed on February 22, 2012 by Syrian forces as she reported on the suffering of civilians in Homs,Syria. When she wasn't filing reports from the trenches, she rubbed shoulders with world leaders and had a reputation for partying and drinking with the best of them. In April 2001, she was in Sri Lanka and had an appointment on April 4 with the then foreign minister Lakshman Kadirgamar for an interview. “Journalist! Marie, who attended Oyster  BayHigh School and had an idyllic childhood on the Long Island seaside, soon demonstrated a campaigning nature too. I know that it is my brain trying to find a different resolution. During an eight-day midwinter journey she waded through chest-high snow and braved altitude sickness, hunger and exposure. “I wish I could cry,” she told the TV news editor Lindsey Hilsum. Some years before that she lost an eye while reporting in Sri Lanka. She was doing precisely this when she was killed, telling the world of indiscriminate government shelling of “a city of cold, starving civilians.” Her eyewitness accounts were broadcast on CNN or the BBC because, though a staff reporter of more than 20 years’ standing for The Sunday Times, she was – as usual – the last journalist not to have fled.”, “Such dedication and proximity infused her coverage with emotion. Lindsey Hilsum, her friend and fellow war correspondent, tells us about Colvin's life — a life lived on the edge. Blood poured from my eye – I felt a profound sadness that I was going to die’ – Focus – Marie Colvin. Marie Colvin was one of the reporters who most certainly marked the history of war reporting and who will always be remembered for her bravery, professionalism and for being very passionate about her work. As she tried to cross the front line back into government-held ground, she was hit by shrapnel in four places. Unfortunately, she lost her eye in Sri Lanka when she ventured into conflict zone without permission from the government, and lost her life when she crossed the border illegally in to another country. - 3     - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}. From her … “Doctor!” she shouted when soldiers arrived and tore off her shirt, searching for weapons. And that is, in the end, what they did. As a young woman, she had worked at the local yacht club to save enough to buy her first boat and in recent years had revived her passion for the sport, buying a new craft and gaining a skipper’s licence between assignments. “They made me walk to them. It became her defining image and friends referred to her in lighter vein as “one-eyed Jill” as opposed to “one-eyed Jack” played by Marlon Brando in the film of the same name that was also directed by him. Mr. Jeyaraj can glorify Marie Colvin as much as possible but I have a different opinion. ‘This body didn’t have to be shot.’ ”, Marie Colvin’s Sri Lankan “adventure” features in the film ‘A Private War’ too. It was the Sri Lankan incident that resulted in her losing an eye. An expert has a. Marie Colvin's Eyepatch. As Marie Colvin wrote: “I was never happier to have an American passport.”. Oh she did, yes. Over her decades-long career, Colvin reported from some of the hottest conflict zones in the world, from Chechnya to Zimbabwe. I want to hear the story of Sri Lanka. Journalist or other wise she has no right to take the side of terrorists when a legitimate war is fought by a legitimate government against ruthless terrorists. And then she feels this terrible pain in her eye and chest. Why do they “do what they do” in the line of duty? 'War was her sanctuary': Marie Colvin biopic explores the cost of bearing witness to conflict, War erases what a human life could be, says Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent, 'A very intentional strategy': Assad regime tracked and killed journalist Marie Colvin, sister says. Marie interacted with Sri Lanka again during the last days of the war in May 2009. This included the Thamilselvan interview. I don’t know whether it is in my blood or in my stars, but I have been fascinated by writers, poets and journalists since childhood. I am of course referring to Marie Colvin who paid the supreme price seven years ago while covering the fighting in Syria. Above all, I recognised a kindred spirit in her empathy for the perceived underdog. Finding it desperately drab, she based herself in the West Village of Manhattan and commuted to work, demonstrating a commitment to enjoying herself that endured as long as her compulsion to report.”, URGE WAS TO BECOME A FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT  Instead, she fled through a cashew plantation and had to dodge army patrols. She gained fame by covering the Cuban revolution led by Fidel Castro which overthrew Batista. I knew that if I fell they would shoot so I had them put a light on me before I would stand up, but I lost so much blood that I fell down, literally I replay that whole walk endlessly in the nightmare. Norman DeSilva Thursday, 21 February 2019 11:31 PM. From the Gandamak Lodge in Kabul to Harry’s Bar in Paris, she could be found at the heart of the conversation, cigarette and brimming vodka martini in hand. Q&A has been edited for length and clarity. In Sri Lanka, she lost an eye, but in Syria, she lost her life. But that was always unlikely. In April 2001, she was in Sri Lanka and had an appointment on April 4 with the then foreign minister Lakshman Kadirgamar for an interview. Jeyaraj can be reached at [email protected], Neville Gunasekara Wednesday, 20 February 2019 10:47 AM. When a bloody conflict broke out anywhere in the world, war correspondent Marie Colvin knew where she wanted to be — on the front lines. Please note that CBC does not endorse the opinions expressed in comments. The press officer at the American embassy, when the Sri Lankan army who took us to the hospital eventually — I mean, first of all they shot her, then they saved her. That life on the front lines took a personal toll on both her relationships and her mental health. Marie Colvin on the job Paul Conroy / Handout In 1987 she reported from Bourj el Barajneh, the Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, which was under fire from the Syrian-backed Amal militia. 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