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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.

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