Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW Vol. 5 Num 102 Sat. September 04, 2004       Letters to Editor Role of Western Media in Iraq Md Zillur Rahman, Gandaria, Dhaka. A falsehood can never be hidden. Bush, Blair, John Howard and their allies are accused of upholding lies. They not only cheat their countrymen but also all the people throughout the world. Now it is apparent from the 9/11 commission report, US senate inquiry committee report and the pre war IAEA report that the invasion in Iraq was fully based on a false statement about weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). It is said that the western media i.e., BBC, CNN, VOA, DW, New York Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, Times etc exaggerate all news of the Muslim world. During the Iraq invasion, it is believed by many media experts that the role of the western media was fully negative, delusive and deceitful. They exaggerated Bush's false claim in various ways, sometimes they exacerbated the battle field in Iraq by broadcasting propaganda against the Muslim world and their so-called WMD. Due to this fraudulent role of the western media, it was easy for Bush and his allies to invade Iraq. Now I think the western media should acknowledge the flaws in their news coverage of Iraq invasion and should also apologize to their readers for their exaggeration of the false statements about WMD.