IMAGES OF SUDAN
IMAGES OF SUDAN
Case Studies in Propaganda and Misrepresentation
DAVID HOILE First Published July 2003 by European-Sudanese Public Affairs Council 1 Northumberland Avenue London WC2N 5BW
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ISBN 1–903545–37–4 Contents s Contents
Map of Sudan vi
Abbreviations viii
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 State-Sponsored Anti-Sudanese Propaganda 7
Chapter 2 Journalism, Sudan and Misrepresentation 65
Chapter 3 Sensationalism Versus Reality 73
Chapter 4 Disinformation within the Sudanese Civil War 105
Chapter 5 Sudan and Academia 135
Chapter 6 The Consequences of Misrepresentation 155
Appendices 161
David Rose, “The Secret Bin Laden Files. The Al- Qaeda Intelligence the U.S. Ignored”, Vanity Fair, January 2002, No 97.
“Statement in Open Court”, Abdel Mahmoud al- Koronky vs Dominic Lawson, Christina Lamb and The Sunday Telegraph Limited, 4 July 2002.
Bombing in Afghanistan
Further Reading 176
Index 181 Map of Sudan Abbreviations s Abbreviations
AASG American Anti-Slavery Group ASNE American Society of News Editors AWID Association for Women’s Rights in Development BBC British Broadcasting Corporation FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation CIA Central Intelligence Agency CSI Christian Solidarity International CSW Christian Solidarity Worldwide ICG International Crisis Group MI6 British Intelligence Service NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation NIF National Islamic Front NPA Norwegian People’s Aid NSCC New Sudan Council of Churches OLS Operation Lifeline Sudan OPCW Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons SPLA Sudan People’s Liberation Army SPLA-United Sudan People’s Liberation Army SPLM Sudan People’s Liberation Movement SSIM South Sudan Independence Movement SSLM South Sudan Liberation Movement SUNA Sudan News Agency UN United Nations UNSCOM United Nations Special Commission USIP United States Institute of Peace WFP World Food Programme