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ambassadors of good will, sometimes depending on
the news they receive. Whether in words or deeds, we
must seek out opportunities to better educate and
inform global audiences in times of peace and war.
Embracing a culture of engagement with Al Jazeera
would symbolize a willingness to listen and a willingness to learn—qualities we have espoused often but
failed to follow.
This paper is based on a dissertation by Shawn A. Stroud, “Al Jazeera and the DoD: The Need for Greater Engagement,”
prepared in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the U.S. Army War College Fellowship, April 2013.
Notes
1. Ehab Alshihabi, deputy managing director, Al Jazeera-English, Doha, Qatar, 19 October 2011.
2. Mohammed El-Nawawy and Adel Iskandar, Al-jazeera: The
Story of the Network That is Rattling Governments and Redefining
Modern Journalism (Cambridge, MA: Westview Press, 2003), 33.
3. Colin Powell, quoted in El-Nawawy and Iskandar, 176.
4. Donald Rumsfeld, quoted in Alice Fordham, post in Checkpoint Washington blog, The Washington Post.com website, “Up
next on Al Jazeera: Donald Rumsfeld,” 30 September 2011.
5. Cliff Kincaid, post in Media Monitor blog, Accuracy in Media.com website, “Al Jazeera’s Anti-American Bias,” 23 June 2004,
http://www.aim.org/media-monitor/al-jazeeras-anti-american-bias.
6. Hillary Clinton, quoted in David Folkenflik, post in The
Two-Way (Breaking News from NPR) blog, National Publ X