Former war correspondent Arthur Kent, shown in 1988, has settled his suit over Charlie Wilson's War. (Mary Butkus/Associated Press)

Arthur Kent, the Canadian journalist called the Scud Stud for his coolness under fire during the 1991 Gulf War, has settled his lawsuits against the makers of the film Charlie Wilson's War.

Kent issued a release on Friday saying he has reached global settlement of the suits, which were filed in both Canada and the U.S.

Terms were not released, but the newsman said he was pleased with the settlement.

Kent sued because footage used in the 2007 feature film was drawn without his consent from his 1986 reporting on Afghanistan.

Kent has covered the country from the 1979 Soviet invasion through the Taliban government and the current attempts to rebuild. In that period, he filed reports on the various conflicts for American, British and Canadian news outlets.

Some of his TV footage was used in Charlie Wilson's War, a film about a congressman's covert dealings in Afghanistan.

Kent said he did not give consent to use his reports, nor does he support what was done with them.

"I brought these actions only to uphold the copyright protection of my work, my voice and my archive, and to make clear that I do not endorse the account of historical events conveyed by the movie," Kent said in his statement.

Kent earned the Scud Stud title and came to international attention for his live coverage of Iraqi Scud missile attacks during the 1991 Gulf War.

In the Alberta election earlier this year, he lost a bid to become a provincial legislator in a Calgary riding.

Kent recently completed a documentary about Afghanistan and continues to report on the Afghan conflict at skyreporter.com.