Pentagon Moved to Fix Iraqi Media Before Invasion


	Pentagon Moved to Fix Iraqi Media Before Invasion

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5-10-2007 9:53 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e43c5cd1-5576-42fc-97a8-a2b199199a0b/78C23D12-8E89-4DCE-8FC1-24066685F619/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB219/index.htm" href="http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB219/index.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.gwu.edu</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB219/index.htm"><P align="left"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><STRONG>Washington 
                  D.C., May 8<FONT size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">, 
                  2007</FONT></STRONG></FONT><EM> </EM>- In January 2003 Defense 
                  Department planners <A target="_blank" href="http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB219/iraq_media_01.pdf">recommended 
                  the creation of a "Rapid Reaction Media Team"</A> 
                  to serve as a bridge between Iraq's formerly state-controlled 
                  news outlets and an "Iraqi Free Media" network, according 
                  to a <A target="_blank" href="http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB219/iraq_media_01.pdf">White Paper 
                  and PowerPoint slides</A> that were obtained through the Freedom 
                  of Information Act and are posted today on the Web by the National 
                  Security Archive.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB219/index.htm"><P align="left">The Pentagon team would portray a "new Iraq" 
                  offering hope of a prosperous and democratic future, which would 
                  serve as a model for the Middle East. American, British, and 
                  Iraqi media experts would be hand-picked to provide "approved 
                  USG information" for the Iraqi public, while an ensuing 
                  "strategic information campaign" would be part of 
                  a "likely 1-2 years . . . transition" to a representative 
                  government. A new weekly Iraqi newspaper would feature "Hollywood" 
                  along with the news.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/78C23D12-8E89-4DCE-8FC1-24066685F619/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>