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The media and Iraq: a blood bath for and gross dehumanization of Iraqis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 May 2008

Daoud Kuttab
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Abstract

The war in Iraq has been accompanied by the highest ever number of casualties among members of the Iraqi and foreign press. While the end of the Saddam Hussein regime has reopened the way for vibrant media activity, the absence of security for members of the media has had a high human cost. The US-led war on Iraq, which was aimed at liberating its people from authoritarian rule, has not seen any serious attempt by the Western or even Arab media to focus on the human side of Iraq. Iraqi civilian death tolls are treated as nothing more than statistics.

Type
Conflict in Iraq
Information
International Review of the Red Cross , Volume 89 , Issue 868: Conflict in Iraq , December 2007 , pp. 879 - 891
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 2007

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