1991. The first Gulf War triggered the upheaval that underlie our news today. It also marks the takeover of information by the communication services of the armed forces who set up the system of pools and embedment.
On January 25, an oil spill invades the shores of the Persian Gulf north of Saudi Arabia on the border with Kuwait. This will be one of the worst environmental disasters of the twentieth century. It was triggered by the incessant bombing of the international coalition and by the Iraqi army who decides to blow up Kuwaiti oil wells in a mad policy of scorched earth. The sun eclipse. For several days it will be dark 24/24. We are a few to cover this disaster that affects in an area closed to all media. I have chosen like some others to not comply with the rule of pools. Even dress up as American soldiers to survey the battlefield.
We gave ourselves a name, the "FTP", an apostrophe to "Fuck the Pool!"