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Al-Zarqawi uses Iraq-media for his propaganda, the US does it, too...
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According to Los Angeles Times-report, the Pentagon was secretly paying Iraqi papers to run articles praising US and Iraqi troops:
Earlier, a US military spokesman in Baghdad, Maj Gen Rick Lynch, appeared implicitly to confirm the reports.
He said that Iraq's most- wanted militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was also using the media
"He is lying to the Iraqi people. We don't lie - we don't need to lie," Gen Lynch said.
"We do empower our operational commanders with the ability to inform the Iraqi public but everything we do is based on fact, not based on fiction."
The Los Angeles Times alleged that stories about Iraq were written by US soldiers, and translated into Arabic by a defence contractor which helps place them in Baghdad papers.
Although many are basically factual, they only present one side of events and omit information that might reflect poorly on the US or Iraqi government, the newspaper said.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/4490324.stm
What do you think?
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Originally Posted by Taliesin
Actually, the U.S. military has its own Press which hires consultants to present info-spots without declaring who pays for it.
The Right is happy to reply that it's the consultants responsibility to advertise who pasy for it (and the debate goes on), etc.
I started a thread on that topic last year iirc.
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Originally Posted by Pendergast
Actually, the U.S. military has its own Press which hires consultants to present info-spots without declaring who pays for it.
The Right is happy to reply that it's the consultants responsibility to advertise who pasy for it (and the debate goes on), etc.
I started a thread on that topic last year iirc.
That was a funny thread.
So, torture in the prisons, lies in the 'free' press...just like the good ol' days in Iraq I guess. 
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