For five nights , CNN and the BBC watched as riots spread across UK cities . NBC 's Dan Rather and crew became targets of attackers as the violence spread . Copycat gangs were on the rampage elsewhere . Looters filled the streets , emboldened by reports of arrests as hours dragged on . ' I was as scared in Peckham as I ' ve ever been in Afghanistan , Libya or the Ivory Coast '
For five nights , CNN and the BBC watched as riots spread across UK cities . NBC 's Dan Rather and crew became targets of attackers as the violence spread . Looters filled the streets , emboldened by reports of arrests as hours dragged on . ' I was as scared in Peckham as I ' ve ever been in Afghanistan , Libya or the Ivory Coast '