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Firing Memes, US Wages Information War by Jeremy at 11:34 pm EST, Feb 23, 2003 |
... a wave of official spam offering "get out of Iraq free" cards ... ... cell-phone calls from far-away strangers that block caller ID ... ... urgent advisories telling you to "protect your reputation!" ... ... local coffee houses offer audio propaganda on free CDs ... Ready, aim, fire memes! |
Firing Memes, US Wages Information War by Decius at 8:57 pm EST, Feb 24, 2003 |
] "What we're seeing now is the weaving of electronic ] warfare, psyops and other information warfare through ] every facet of the plan from our peacetime preparations ] through execution," said Maj. Gen. Paul J. Lebras, chief ] of the Joint Information Operations Center, a secretive ] military agency based in Texas that has sent a team of ] experts to join the Central Command info-warfare team for ] the Iraq campaign.... ] "We are trying very hard to be empathetic with the Iraqi ] military," said a senior American information warfare ] official. "We understand their situation. The same for ] the Iraqi population. We wish them no harm. We will take ] great pains to make those people understand that they ] should stay away from military equipment." |
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