During his quick trip to Baghdad, Donald Rumsfeld spoke out again about the PR war being fought over Iraq, including the difficulty in getting balanced news to citizens both here in the U.S. and in the Middle East.
Mr. Rumsfeld bristled at complaints that the Pentagon was engaging in a cover-up by not more rapidly bringing the provocative details of the abuse allegations to the attention of the President, Congress or the public.Such a charge, Mr. Rumsfeld said, is "unfair, inaccurate and wrong. And if I find any evidence that it's true, I'll stop it."
He then took a shot at the Arab news media, which he said has filled newspapers and news broadcasts with anti-American propaganda about the mission in Iraq.
"We have been lied about, however, day after day, week after week, month after month for the last 12 months in the Arab press, in Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya," he said.
True to form and right on cue, Al Jazeera today implies that the video of Nicholas Berg's gruesome execution was faked. Somewhere it's all being blamed on the CIA and "Zionists."
Posted by Alan at May 13, 2004 10:23 AM