Haberman began his association with '' The New York Times '' as a copy boy in 1964 and then as City College of New York correspondent . He then worked at the '' New York Post '' , returning to the '' Times '' in 1977 . His assignments included staff editor of The Week in Review ; Metro reporter ; City Hall bureau chief ; and , from 1982 to 1995 , foreign correspondent in Tokyo , Rome , and Jerusalem . Over the years , he covered such major events as the Attica prison rebellion in 1971 , the fall of Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines in 1986 , South Korea 's pro-democracy uprising in 1987 , the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe in 1989 , the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and 1991 Persian Gulf War , the 1993 Oslo accords between Israel and the Palestinians , the rise of Islamic terrorism in the Middle East , and the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in 2001
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Clyde Haberman