[IMC-Editorial] good new resource on iraq

[Sheri Herndon]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FOR INFO CONTACT: NORMAN STOCKWELL (608-279-1607, normstoc at yahoo.com)

NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED TO PROVIDE GRASSROOTS MEDIA INFORMATION
DIRECTLY FROM IRAQ

As the Bush administration threatens a massive attack on Iraq, many
within the corporate media have chosen to become cheerleaders for
the war cause. The words "we" and "us" and "our forces" are used so
frequently by major corporate media personalities that it has become
difficult to figure out if it is the Bush Administration or the
corporate media that are gearing up to bomb Iraq.

With Washington on the verge of seeking to destroy an already
devastated country, a group of independent journalists and activists
- spearheaded by Voices in the Wilderness (http//www.vitw.org) and
the internationally acclaimed Iraq Peace Team
(http//www.iraqpeaceteam.org) - are breaking ranks with the war
chorus. Coordinated by independent journalist Jeremy Scahill on the
ground in Baghdad, IraqJournal provides a forum for the distribution
of independent information and views from Iraq.

Jeremy Scahill is an independent journalist. He reports frequently
for Free Speech Radio News and Democracy Now! He has reported from
Nigeria, Yugoslavia, and the U.S. In December 1998, and again in May
and June 2002, he reported from Iraq. He has just returned to
Baghdad to help bring out news not covered elsewhere.  "As the
spectrum of media views here in the U.S. continues to narrow," says
website editor Norman Stockwell, "we, as citizens, need access to
other, independent sources of information in order to be better
informed.  IraqJournal.org is meant to be one of those sources."

The material on this website < www.iraqjournal.org > will include
(beginning October 7th, 2002) regularly updated print, audio, and
video reports. The site also includes links to other information
sources and background material. All of the content is available
free for use by non-commercial grassroots news organizations.
Commercial media organizations wishing to make use of material from
the site are requested to e-mail the webmaster at
<mailto:webmaster at iraqjournal.org><webmaster at iraqjournal.org> prior
to use. All users are requested to credit "IraqJournal.org" in
broadcast or print.

Anyone wishing to help financially support the work of this website
may donate using a "PayPal" link on the site, or send an e-mail to
<mailto:donate at iraqjournal.org><donate at iraqjournal.org>. Any other
questions and comments may be directed to
<mailto:info at iraqjournal.org><info at iraqjournal.org>.