Return-Path: <sentto-279987-5225-1029941750-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 21 Aug 2002 07:58:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 11344 invoked by uid 510); 21 Aug 2002 14:54:18 -0000 Received: from n2.grp.scd.yahoo.com (66.218.66.75) by all.net with SMTP; 21 Aug 2002 14:54:18 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-5225-1029941750-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.66.97] by n2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 21 Aug 2002 14:55:51 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_0_1); 21 Aug 2002 14:55:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 8760 invoked from network); 21 Aug 2002 14:55:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m14.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 21 Aug 2002 14:55:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (12.232.72.152) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 21 Aug 2002 14:55:49 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id g7LEtpO27890 for iwar@onelist.com; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 07:55:51 -0700 Message-Id: <200208211455.g7LEtpO27890@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 07:55:51 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [iwar] [fc:U.S..Plans.PR.Campaign.For.War.On.Iraq] Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=DIFFERENT_REPLY_TO version=2.20 X-Spam-Level: Washington Times August 21, 2002 U.S. Plans PR Campaign For War On Iraq By Eli J. Lake, United Press International U.S. officials, faced with an internal survey showing widespread foreign skepticism about their motives, are planning a public relations offensive to build international support among foreign opinion leaders for a war against Iraq. The Iraq Public Diplomacy Group, a U.S. interagency task force on countering negative foreign press about U.S. policy on Iraq, will begin a widespread public relations campaign this fall, targeting newspaper editors and foreign policy analysts in Western Europe and the Middle East. The task force, which includes representatives from the CIA, National Security Council, Pentagon, State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development, plans on publishing a brochure documenting Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's ability to threaten Iraqis and other peoples in the region. One U.S. official familiar with the group's planning said in an interview yesterday that the booklet would "document and chronicle Saddam's transgressions against international norms." These include the Iraqi leader's use of mustard and nerve gas against Kurds in Northern Iraq in 1988 in the town of Halabja as well as new information compiled from refugees fleeing the country on the state of Iraq's prisons. The State Department released a similar brochure last fall cataloguing the crimes of Osama bin Laden. Other plans include establishing interactive teleconferences linking high-ranking U.S. officials with what one State Department official described as foreign "opinion leaders," such as newspaper editors and think-tank analysts. The campaign comes in the face of widespread skepticism in European and Middle Eastern capitals about the prudence of a campaign to topple Saddam's government. According to an internal analysis of foreign media conducted between March 15 and Aug. 15 by the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, "little sympathy could be found in Arab or Muslim papers for a military campaign." The report goes on to say: "A common theme was that the campaign against Iraq was simply a way to gain control of Iraqi oil, help the U.S. economy and boost [President Bush´s] popularity." The survey, released internally on Monday, notes that 68 percent of analyzed newspaper editorials in NATO countries and Australia opposed military action against Iraq. In Western European editorials, the report says, "Many sources worried that a military campaign to oust Hussein would trigger a storm of indignation in the Middle East." Other editorials in the survey opposed military action because of doubts about a link between Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda organization and Iraq. Another argument broached in many of the editorials is that U.S. actions against Iraq may be in violation of the U.N. charter. Under the Bush doctrine, the United States would reserve the right of a pre-emptive strike against countries that harbor international terrorists and seek weapons of mass destruction. Leading hawks close to the administration, such as the chairman of Defense Policy Board, Richard Perle, argue that the doctrine of pre-emption is justified as self-defense after the attacks of September 11. The Bureau of Intelligence and Research's Media Reaction Branch analyzed 211 editorials and op-ed pieces from 163 overseas media in 56 countries, submitted by U.S. embassies and consulates overseas. While the survey examined editorials from a number of countries throughout the world, the majority of the material came from NATO allies and the Middle East. The Iraq Public Diplomacy Group was formed under President Clinton to counter Saddam's public relations campaign against the U.N. sanctions regime. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> 4 DVDs Free +s&p Join Now http://us.click.yahoo.com/pt6YBB/NXiEAA/mG3HAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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