Marcin Firlej

Marcin Firlej (born May 4, 1975, in Rejowiec Fabryczny) is a Polish journalist, writer and war correspondent.

[1] As of April 2009, he is a permanent correspondent of the public Polish Television (TVP) in Washington, DC.

[2] He previously worked as a war correspondent for TVN24 (2001–2008) and investigative reporter for RMF FM radio (2005–2008).

April 8, 2003 Marcin Firlej with Jacek Kaczmarek (Polskie Radio – public Polish Radio) were captured by Republican Guard gunmen near Al-Hillah in Central Iraq.

[4] He is the co-author of a book about the war in Iraq "Szum skrzydel Azraela" ("The Rustle of The Azrael Wings" ISBN 83-7298-543-X)[5][6] and the director and scriptwriter of two documentary films about Afghanistan (shown in Discovery Historia, 2008).