article_snippet.sent: And Mackey book on Iraq became required reading for many military leaders trying to understand Iraq.
article_snippet.sent: Mackey was an undercover reporter working for U.S. newspapers from Saudi Arabia as Mackey husband, Dr. Dan Mackey, worked in a Riyadh hospital.
article_snippet.sent: For four years, Mackey hid Mackey writing from the authorities and smuggled Mackey stories out of Iraq to get around Saudi Arabia prohibition on foreign journalists.
article_snippet.sent: Mackey 1992 book "Passion and Politics:
article_snippet.sent: For Mackey book on Iran, Mackey was three times able to win permission to travel through Iran unaccompanied, allowing Mackey to paint an intimate portrait of a country going through extraordinary change.
article_snippet.sent: Mackey 2002 book "The Reckoning -- Iraq and the Legacy of Saddam Hussein" portended some of the outcomes of the war in Iraq -- but also drew some sharp criticism.
article_snippet.sent: Mackey was a frequent commentator on CNN during the Gulf War in the 1990s.
article_snippet.sent: Mackey also appeared on countless other outlets, including Bill Maher's "Politically Incorrect," to explain in layman's terms what was happening in the region.
article_snippet.sent: Mackey book on Iraq was published one year before the U.S.-led invasion of the country in 2003.
article_snippet.sent: Mackey said those calling for an invasion of Iraq "cannot ignore the threats to American security that could come with Hussein's demise."
article_snippet.sent: In 2004 the U.S. military actually flew Mackey to Iraq to teach commanders from the Army's 1st Infantry Division while the war was still raging.
article_snippet.sent: Mackey book on Iraq became required reading for many military officers.
highlights_snippet.sent: Mackey predicted what would happen to Iraq if the U.S. invaded and deposed Saddam Hussein .
  