Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on
During his speech in Salt Lake City on Mondy, President Bush for the first time mentioned the number of U.S. soldiers who have died in Iraq—a change in script that follows "months of painstakingly avoiding specific mention of the extent of American casualties in the war," notes Dan Froomkin.
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
The Republican Party-associated PR firm Russo Marsh and Rogers (RM&R) has been busy in Iraq, promoting Move America Forward's recent "Truth Tour" of right-wing radio hosts there and preparing a campaign for the Kurdish Regional Government.
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A former Central Intelligence Agency officer has filed a lawsuit charging that he was fired for questioning the agency's now-disproven conclusion that Saddam Hussein was actively working to develop nuclear weapons. The former officer's attorney, Roy W.
Submitted by Laura Miller on
Following a July 24 car bombing in Baghdad that killed 25 people and wounded 33 others, the Pentagon issued a press release with a "quotation attributed to an unidentified Iraqi that was virtually identical to a quote reacting to an attack on July 13," CNN reports.
"After questioning by news media, the military released the statement without the quotation." An army spokesman said the use of the nearly identical quote was an "administrative error" and that the military was looking into the matter.
Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on
Lawyers for the Defense Department are refusing to cooperate with an order from a federal judge to release 87 secret photographs and four videotapes showing human rights abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The images reportedly depict abuses more shocking than any the public has yet seen. After viewing them last year, U.S.
Submitted by Laura Miller on
"Burson-Marsteller's BKSH & Assocs., has been hired by The Lincoln Group, one of three firms selected last month by the U.S. Special Operations Command to wage psychological warfare on behalf of the Pentagon in Iraq and other hot spots," O'Dwyer's PR Daily reports.
I've had the pleasure of visiting London on several occasions. I've ridden the subways and walked the streets where Thursday's awful terrorist attacks occurred.
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
"The Kurdistan Regional Government has hired Republican lobby firm Russo Marsh & Rogers to get 'free media' to promote the interests of the Kurds in the post-Saddam Hussein Iraq," reports O'Dwyer's. One goal of the Kurdish leaders is "the return of Kirkuk," an oil-rich northern Iraqi city populated by Kurdish and Turkmen people.
"In this time of testing, our troops can know: The American people are behind you," George W. Bush said in his national address last Tuesday night at Fort Bragg.
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"For months, President Bush has struggled to maintain public support for the war in Iraq in the face of periodic setbacks on the battlefield," reports Doyle McManus. "Now he faces a second front in the battle for public opinion: charges that the administration is not telling the truth about how the war is going. ... Several recent polls have found that a majority of Americans now believe that the United States made a mistake in going to war in Iraq, and increasing numbers - but not a majority - said they want U.S.
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