by Charles Shaw

AlterNet

12/04/04

This exclusive interview with un-embedded journalist Dahr Jamail reveals an almost unrecognizable picture of Iraq and its people: "Q: The US Corporate media consistently characterizes the Iraqi resistance as 'foreign terrorists and former Ba'athist insurgents.' In your experience, is this an accurate portrayal? If not, why? A: This is propaganda of the worst kind. Most Iraqis refer to the Iraqi Resistance as 'patriots.' Which of course most of them are -- they are, especially in Fallujah, primarily composed of people who simply are resisting the occupation of their country by a foreign power. They are people who have had family members killed, detained, tortured and humiliated by the illegal occupiers of their shattered country. Calling them 'foreign terrorists' and 'Ba'athist insurgents' is simply a lie...

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/20669/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp