Muslim Scholars Were Paid to Aid US Propaganda

January 7th, 2006 at 10:29 Björn Hallberg

Watch the US unfold its grand corporate scheme, where lies are indistinguishable from truth. Where not only the news you read is directed by the the Pentagon, even the people in your community are US agents. Interestingly enough the US is not averse to the idea of sectarian collaboration. Despite their overt scare mongering. To them it is far more palatable than fair and honest secular leaders or indeed nationalism that may indeed look beyond its own group borders and recognize the injustices of the world. Injustices that are tangibly tied to the USA.

GPF - A Pentagon contractor that paid Iraqi newspapers to print positive articles written by American soldiers has also been compensating Sunni religious scholars in Iraq in return for assistance with its propaganda work, according to current and former employees. The Lincoln Group, a Washington-based public relations company, was told early in 2005 by the Pentagon to identify religious leaders who could help produce messages that would persuade Sunnis in violence-ridden Anbar Province to participate in national elections and reject the insurgency, according to a former employee.

But wait, there is more …

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