Rageh Omaar: The Scud Stud aims for truth
http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article484048.ece
The Somali-born journalist Rageh Omaar became a celebrity during the
Iraq conflict, but he has no regrets after walking out on the BBC. He
tells Ian Burrell why he has joined Al Jazeera's new English language
TV channel
Published: 15 May 2006
In the eyes of Rageh Omaar, Western news organisations are perpetrating
a "fraud" on their viewers with their misleading coverage of the war in
Iraq, the conflict in which he established himself as an
internationally-recognised journalist.
Omaar is outspoken in voicing his frustrations, and his words help to
explain his recent career-path, which has taken him from being the
flak-jacketed golden boy of the BBC to a presenter for Al Jazeera who
is also writing a deeply personal book about the experiences of living
as a Muslim in contemporary Britain.
AlJazeera
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Rageh Omaar
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