Propaganda

The Dark Star of Islam

Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on

"Bin Laden is winning the propaganda war," says the Guardian of London. "Of all the time pressures facing Washington and its allies, the daily, upward advancement of Bin Laden towards folk-hero status in the Muslim world is perhaps the most alarming. In political terms, his video disingenuously linking his evil cause with that of Palestine was as potentially devastating as the high-explosive bombs that accompanied its skilfully timed release.

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Main Source: 
The Guardian, October 9, 2001
Topics: 
Terrorism
Propaganda

Food Drops To Afghanistan PR Move

Submitted by Laura Miller on

Democracy Now! reports that some humanitarian groups have denounced the food packets the U.S. is air dropping into Afghanistan as a PR move. A spokesman for UK-based Muslim Aid says the air-dropped food is not effective on a humanitarian level. According to the Muslim Aid website, "Afghanistan has been suffering from a severe drought for the last four years.

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Main Source: 
Democracy Now! October 8, 2001; BBC October 9, 2001
Topics: 
Propaganda
War / Peace

Armed Forces Send Out Pro-US Messages

Submitted by Laura Miller on

The U.S. armed forces are waging a propaganda war in Afghanistan with leaflets, radio broadcasts, and food according to an AP story. "The effort involves information soldiers from the 4th Psychological Operations Group at Fort Bragg, N.C., and the 193rd Special Operations Wing of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard, a division of the U.S. Air Force's Special Operations Command. The psy-ops soldiers have planes to scatter leaflets, mobile print shops that can be dropped by parachute and loudspeaker systems to blare messages. The soldiers use local languages to reach people on the ground.

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Main Source: 
AP via Yahoo.com, October 8, 2001
Topics: 
Propaganda
U.S. Government
War / Peace

U.S. Officials Work To Manage Image Abroad

Submitted by Laura Miller on

The Wall Street Journal reports, "Since Sept. 11, U.S. officials have scrambled to persuade local editors and broadcasters across South Asia and the Middle East to carry stories intended to soothe anti-American passions and win tolerance for military action. They include features on the importance of Muslims in American life and hard news reports on evidence linking Mr. bin Laden to the attacks." The PR effort also includes "deploying forces to mount psychological operations, or 'psy-ops,' inside Afghanistan.

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Main Source: 
CNN.com, October 3, 2001 & Wall Street Journal, October 4, 2001
Topics: 
Terrorism
Propaganda

Spies for Hire

Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on

A group called "Military Information Services" is offering its skills in "psychological warfare" to corporations and governments. A unit of MIS called "Behavior Modification Operations" calls itself "a unique international corporate advisory company ready to fulfill your specific behavior modification requirements in support of organizational objectives in unstable areas and nations of the world. BMO is staffed by psychological warfare and military operations professionals who specialize in developing regions of Africa, the Middle East, Asia and South America. ...

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Main Source: 
http://www.milinfoserv.net/BMO.htm
Topics: 
Propaganda

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