Embedded Reports From Iraq - Special Report

Original 'Embeds,' Three Years On, Discuss Iraq War Coverage, Then and Now

"I am probably more serious than before and I try not to be," he says. "I also found that the things I cared about I care about more, and those I don't care about mean even less, such as money." Zucchino of the Los Angeles Times, who has returned to Iraq several times, recalls a pattern of sleep disturbances and restlessness each time he came home. "It leaves you emotionally shattered," he says. "It is so relentless. There are attacks that never stop, and a real feeling of vulnerability."