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Al-Zarqawi, Abu Mousab

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How US Propaganda Created a Myth

Abu Musab al-Zarkawi: Evil’s superhero

by Vladimir Alexe

Bucharest (Romania) | 19 July 2005

In order to make the Good’s superhero – George W. Bush – stand out, the US propaganda has created Evil’s superheroes: first, it was Bin Laden; then, Zarkawi. In both cases, according to Romanian journalist Vladimir Alexe, it is the demon of a fallen angel: a CIA agent who turns back against (...)

A Manipulated Video

The Case of Nicholas Berg

18 May 2004

The unbearable violence of the Nicholas Berg’s murder documentary provoked immediate reactions as well as passionate and contradictory statements. However, a detailed analysis of this brutal video evidenced the complex and extremely manipulative nature of the murder stage and the intentional (...)