US Names Soldier in Taliban Video

Jul 19, 2009 - The US military has identified a man shown on a Taliban video as an American soldier captured in Afghanistan. He was named as Pte Bowe Bergdahl, 23, from Ketchum, Idaho. He went missing from his base in a Taleban stronghold near the Pakistani border last month. - 31 Comments

Canadian Military Plans to Spam Afghans This Summer

May 12, 2009 - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 The Toronto Star by Allan Woods OTTAWA - Canada plans to boost its propaganda reach by tapping into mobile phones in Afghanistan to send text messages, run contests and drive listeners to its military-run, Pashto-language radio station. It's a fairly crude, transparent tactic in the high science of counter-insurgency, but the military sees it as a way to better connect with local Afghans in a war-torn land where the cellphone is one of the fastest growing, and only reliable, means of communication. The capability, to be set up this summer, will encourage Afghans to sign up for text-message alerts from defence officials and to enter military-run contests awarding prizes to lucky locals, according to public tendering documents. - 1 Comment

WHO SET UP GOVERNMENT ‘PROPAGANDA’ CONFERENCE CALL?

Sep 09, 2009 - WHO SET UP GOVERNMENT ‘PROPAGANDA’ CONFERENCE CALL? Newly Revealed White House, NEA Audio Contradict by Patrick Courrielche Another conference call has materialized, revealing a concerted effort by government to use the arts to address political issues. Lee Rosenbaum, a blogger for Artsjournal.com, posted her experience with a meeting that occurred on August 27th and confessed that she also felt “uneasy” about the government’s arts effort. - 2 Comments

Great video exposing Obama propaganda

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Turkey, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, all know how to deal with Muslim fanatics in the Military

Nov 13, 2009 - Analyzing Major Nidal Hassan Melik Kaylan, Man under excess stress or a murderous jihadi? Some commentators place Major Nidal Hassan's outrage at Fort Hood in the continuum of nonreligious psychotic mass killings like those at Columbine and Virginia Tech. Others liken it to Islamist terror outrages such as suicide and car bombings. - 7 Comments

Kerry: Detainee Photos Could Be Terrorist Propaganda, But Truth Is Important

Apr 24, 2009 - Sam Stein stein@huffingtonpost.com | HuffPost Reporting From DC Kerry: Detainee Photos Could Be Terrorist Propaganda, But Truth Is Important Senate foreign relations committee chairman John Kerry said on Friday that he was concerned the release of photos depicting the abusive treatment of detainees in U.S. custody could become "propaganda tool" for terrorist organizations. In an interview with the Huffington Post, the Massachusetts Democrat was asked to respond to news that the Department of Defense would be releasing 44 photos pertaining to the harsh handling of detainees at prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan. - 47 Comments

‘Good evening, live from the Berlin Wall’

Nov 09, 2009 - I thought this would be an interesting tie in from Tulipe's earlier post. On the night of Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall — the stark, menacing symbol of the Cold War — came crashing down, suddenly and dramatically. - 16 Comments

8 Reasons Fox Is Not a News Organization

Oct 24, 2009 - Even before Barack Obama was elected to the presidency, Rupert Murdoch had declared war on him via the personalities of Fox News Channel, a subsidiary of Murdoch's media conglomerate, News Corp. Since Obama's election, the cable channel's hosts and paid analysts have launched a full frontal assault on the president, smearing his nominees, calling him a racist and suggesting that his administration was trying to persuade disabled veterans to off themselves. Now the fearmongers at Fox are crying foul since the president and his aides declared Fox not to be a news organization. - 5 Comments

Somalia: Alshabaab—“If Your Breasts Ain’t Bouncing, You Must Get Whipped”

Oct 20, 2009 - HARGEISA, 17 October 2009 (Somalilandpress) – Ridiculous! You would think. Welcome to Alshabaab’s world. - 4 Comments