U.S. Military Covertly Pays to Run Stories in Iraqi Press

LA Times article here.

By Mark Mazzetti and Borzou Daragahi, Times Staff Writers

WASHINGTON — As part of an information offensive in Iraq, the U.S. military is secretly paying Iraqi newspapers to publish stories written by American troops in an effort to burnish the image of the U.S. mission in Iraq.

Oh, the hypocrisy…

Posted by Jake Covert on 11/30/2005, early morning

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