Word: propagandistic
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...genuine, the passports would confirm what the U.S. has been saying all along: that Pakistan's wild borderlands have served as a sanctuary for global jihadis who may be plotting fresh attacks on the West. Bahaji served as a "senior al-Qaeda propagandist," says a senior U.S. counterterrorism official. Soon after the 9/11 attacks, it was widely reported that members of the Hamburg cell had their first known meeting at Bahaji's 1999 wedding in a Hamburg mosque...
...respond to requests for comment. But it announced a $5 million reward for information leading to the location or capture of Haqqani's son Sirajuddin. A similar amount is being offered for information on Pakistani Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud, and a $1 million bounty for information on al-Qaeda propagandist Abu Yahya al-Libi. (Rank Baitullah Mehsud and others in this year's TIME 100 poll...
THEATER IN LONDON Was William Shakespeare a shameless propagandist? Or a shrewd critic of the monarchy? One way to decide is to watch the Royal Shakespeare Company perform his full set of history plays - Richard II, both parts of Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI's three parts and Richard III - at London's Roundhouse theater until May 25. The Histories Cycle climaxes with all eight plays in chronological order over four consecutive days - 100 years of royalty and treachery seen through Will's eyes. www.rsc.org.uk by Jumana Farouky...
...Iranian parliament’s resolution uses the word “terrorist” rather liberally and, given conventional definitions, incorrectly. But U.S. lawmakers should think twice about condemning this propagandist political move. The American government, in conducting its “war on terror” is no stranger to semantic sleights of hand, displaying a tendency to label (or mislabel) just as egregiously as the Iranian parliament...
...story told repeatedly by their parents and other authority figures, including those who organize Picture Balata. This point is not meant to disparage the children themselves, but the adult manipulators who advise their speeches and inculcate them with mistruths. The exploitation of children for political means is an old propagandist tactic—clearly the children were chosen for their innocence and emotional appeal...