This is the news from Iraq according to Donald Rumsfeld and the Bush administration. A week after the US Defense Secretary criticized the media for "exaggerating" reports of violence in Iraq, The Independent has obtained examples of newspaper reports the Bush administration want Iraqis to read.
They were prepared by specially trained American "psy-ops" troops who paid thousands of dollars to Iraqi newspaper editors to run these un-attributed reports in their publications. In order to hide its involvement, the Pentagon hired the Lincoln Group to act as a liaison between troops and journalists. The Lincoln Group was at the center of controversy last year when it was revealed the company was being paid more than $100 million for various contracts, including the planting of such stories.
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