WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2005
Los Angeles Times
The articles, written by U.S. military "information operations" troops, trumpet the work of U.S. and Iraqi troops, denounce insurgents and tout U.S.-led efforts to rebuild the country, report
Mark Mazzetti and
Borzou Daragahi. A Pentagon official who opposes the practice of planting stories in the Iraqi media says: "Here we are trying to create the principles of democracy in Iraq. Every speech we give in that country is about democracy. And we're breaking all the first principles of democracy when we're doing it."
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