1998年岁暮,国际上发生了一件大事。12月17日凌晨(巴格达时间零点57分),美国和英国背着联合国,在夜幕的遮掩了突然对伊拉克发动了代号为“沙漠之狐”的军事打击。伊拉克武器核查危机终于在年末酿成战事,成为1998年国际上的一个重要热点,也成为全球媒体关注的焦点,新闻领域成为空袭之外的另一个竞争激烈的战场。 在这次突发事件报道中,新华社发挥整体优势,前后方密切配合,形成合力,及时、准确、客观、全面反映了事件的发展过程。这次战役性报道检验了新华社的记者编辑队 Twilight in 1998, an international event took place. In the early hours of December 17 (at 0:57 p.m. in Baghdad), the United States and Britain, backed by the United Nations, at night covered a sudden military attack on Iraq that was codenamed “Desert Fox.” The crisis in Iraq’s weapons verification finally led to a war by the end of the year and became a major international hot spot in 1998. It has also become a focus of attention of the global media. The field of information has become another highly competitive battlefield outside air strikes. In this incident report, Xinhua News Agency made full use of its advantages and closely cooperated with each other to form a concerted effort to timely, accurately and objectively reflect the development of the incident in an all-round way. The battle report examined Xinhua News Agency’s editorial team