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Title

Disinformation : 22 media myths that undermine the War on Terror / Richard Miniter.

Author

Miniter, Richard.

Publication

Washington, DC : Regnery Pub. ; Lanham, MD : Distributed to the trade by National Book Network, [2005], ©2005.

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Description

275 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"In Disinformation, investigative reporter and terrorism expert Richard Miniter punctures twenty-two myths about terrorism, al Qaeda, and the war in Iraq. He has sifted the written record, met with countless high-level sources, and traveled the globe, from Sudan to the Philippines, Egypt to Iraq, to track down and refute some of the most widely believed - and often pernicious - legends of the War on Terror."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 > Press coverage

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-233) and index.

Contents

Myths about Bin Laden -- Myth #1. Bin Laden was trained or funded by the CIA -- Myth #2. Bin Laden has a vast fortune and is able to finance terrorism out of his own pocket -- Myth #3. Bin Laden is on dialysis -- Myth #4. Before September 11, no one had heard of Bin Laden -- Myths about September 11 -- Myth #5. The U.S. government had many warnings about Bin Laden prior to September 11 but failed to act on them -- Myth #6. Warned by the Mossad, there were no Jews at the World Trade Center on September 11 -- Myth #7. The post-September 11 world is more dangerous for Americans than ever before -- Myths about Iraq -- Myth #8. The Iraq war is another Vietnam -- Myth #9. The U.S. military killed 100,000 civilians in Iraq -- Myth #10. Wolfowitz told Congress that oil would pay for the Iraq war -- Myth #11. There is no evidence that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction -- Myths about terrorism -- Myths #12, #13, #14, #15. There is no connection between Iraq and al Qaeda -- Myth #16. Terrorism is caused by poverty -- Myth #17. Suitcase nukes are a real threat -- Myth #18. Oliver North warned us about al Qaeda in the 1980s -- Liberal myths -- Myth #19. President Bush said Iraq was an "imminent threat" to America -- Myth #20. Halliburton made a fortune in Iraq -- Conservative myths -- Myth #21. Racial profiling of terrorists works -- Myth #22. The U.S. border with Mexico is the most likely place for al Qaeda terrorists to sneak into the homeland -- App. A. Classified memorandum from Richard Clarke to Condoleezza Rice, January 25, 2001 -- App. B. Intercepts of phone conversations between Madrid al Qaeda bombers -- App. C. "Strategy for eliminating the threat from the Jihadist networks of al Qida : status and prospects" -- App. D. Pentagon news release criticizing a media myth featured in the New Yorker magazine.

ISBN

0895260069

LCCN

2005026756

OCLC

• OCM61684137
• SCSB-5216633

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries