Shah Kabir

The Iraq War in Bangladeshi Newspapers Shah Kabir

The war in Iraq 2003 is the most media-covered eventin recent years. This war has been the centre ofglobal attention, and the world media have coveredthis war prominently. The US administration wassuccessful in creating propaganda on weapons of massdestruction in the context of the invasion of Iraq. Beside this, the Western mass media played acontroversial role as they not only played thepropaganda war but also legitimated the US invasionof this seat of ancient civilizations. While a numberof studies have been conducted in this field aroundthe world, Bangladeshi media, however, have notreceived any attention. This book addresses the gapin the literature. Therefore, this book is anon-conventional and pioneering work in the field ofBangladeshi media. 'The Iraq War in BangladeshiNewspapers' is the basis of the author's Master ofPhilosophy thesis, which was submitted in March 2006. This analysis focuses on newspaper coverage inBangladesh of the Iraq war 2003, and offers usefulinsights to students, young scholars and peopleinterested in war, politics, history and media.