Source of the Pentagon Iraqi propaganda? 'The Lincoln Alliance Corp.....

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What a racket they have going. And at our Taxpayer Dollar Expense!

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=12430

US: SAIC Rejoins Pentagon's Media Blitz

The Pentagon's Special Operations Command last week launched a five-year, $300 million media campaign to promote its message overseas – notably in "higher-threat areas such as Iraq and Lebanon" – to be coordinated by the Joint Psychological Operations Support Element. SAIC was one of the companies picked to lead the campaign


by Dean Calbreath, The San Diego Union-Tribune
June 18th, 2005

The last time the Pentagon floated the idea of launching a major media campaign to promote its views in the Middle East, the project was killed after criticism that it was a "disinformation campaign."

And the last time the Pentagon hired San Diego's Science Applications International Corp. to handle a media project involving Iraq, SAIC drew widespread criticism for its handling of Iraq's first TV and radio network after Saddam Hussein. As soon as its one-year contract was up, the Pentagon awarded the work to another company.

Nevertheless, the Pentagon's Special Operations Command last week launched a five-year, $300 million media campaign to promote its message overseas – notably in "higher-threat areas such as Iraq and Lebanon" – to be coordinated by the Joint Psychological Operations Support Element.

And SAIC was one of the companies picked to lead the campaign. It will work with an arm of L-3 Communications and a small Washington, D.C., public relations firm focusing on Iraq.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lincoln_Group

Background
According to the Group's website, "Lincoln Alliance Corporation, with the assistance of a cadre of investors, formed Lincoln Group to pursue private sector opportunities in Iraq. Lincoln Group brings a unique combination of expertise in collecting and exploiting information; structuring transactions; and mitigating risks through due diligence and legal strategies." <4> (http://www.lincolngroup.com/)

In September 2004, the major PR contract for the Multi-National Corps-Iraq was awarded to Iraqex, a "business clearinghouse company formed specifically to provide a swath of services in the war-torn country." The Washington DC-based Lincoln Alliance Corporation, a "business 'intelligence' company that handles services from 'political campaign intelligence' to commercial real estate in Iraq," set up Iraqex last year. Iraqex has four Iraq offices, including in Baghdad and Basra. Iraqex will develop video and print publications, purchase TV and radio time, and oversee public affairs and advertising for MNC-I, to ensure "that the Coalition gains widespread Iraqi acceptance of its core themes and messages." <5> (http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/washington_report/2004/1118iraqex.htm)

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1. I am kicking

because I think it is rather interesting..