Domestic PsyWar for Dummies: "100 Days, 100 Ways"

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[This describes one of the fruits of the US-UK joint domestic psy-war
and propaganda alliance sealed in secret in Washington, DC during the
early days of the war on Afghanistan -- a celebratory little pamphlet
issued on both sides of the Atlantic on the occasion of the first 100
days of the new hundred years' Crusade.  Fitting its propaganda to
the level of sophistication in its domestic target population, the
little propaganda document sports the simple-minded one-syllable
vocabulary that even the current occupant of the White House can
understand. One almost wishes for the resurrection of Nixon, who was
an intellectual by comparison with this crowd.]


The Independent - December 22, 2001
http://www.independent.co.uk


Fisk heads Downing Street list of media sceptics

by Mary Dejevsky
  
Robert Fisk, The Independent's Middle East correspondent, occupied
first and second places in a list of "10 media views which have
proved to be wrong" on the war in Afghanistan. The list is in a
publicity document issued by Downing Street to mark 100 days of the
"war on terrorism."

Entitled "100 Days ... 100 Ways," the document -- presented in
characteristic, easily digestible No 10 format -- included lists of
"10 challenges now facing Afghanistan," "10 things that have changed
in Afghanistan since toppling the Taliban" (led by "people can listen
and dance to music") and "10 chilling Bin Laden/ al-Qa'ida
statements."

Excerpts from articles by Robert Fisk headed the 10th and last list,
which enumerated views expressed in the media that opposed British
support for the campaign. The two articles cited were published on 11
and 8 November. In one, Mr Fisk said that: "So far, he [bin Laden]
hasn't put a foot wrong." In the other, he asked: "If the US attacks
were an assault on 'civilisation', why shouldn't Muslims regard the
Afghanistan attack as a war on Islam?"

Other writers and commentators quoted in the list included John
Pilger in the Mirror, George Monbiot in The Guardian, and Susan
Sontag in The New Yorker magazine. All questioned the wisdom of the
campaign and cast doubt on its prospects of success.

A counterpart document was issued by the White House on the same day. 
Entitled "The first 100 days," it was prefaced by a quotation from
President George Bush: "We are supported by the collective will of
the world." The document forbore to comment on media assessments of
the campaign.

 
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