This sure looks like propaganda to me

[NNN0LHI]

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=tus&ie=UTF-8&ncl=http://www.portaliraq.com/news/Canadian%2Boil%2Bcompanies%2Bcooperate%2Bwith%2BIraq__1112196.html



Polish companies rehabilitate former projects in Iraq
PortAl Iraq, MA - 1 hour ago
The Iraqi Minister of Industry and Minerals recently met with the Polish Ambassador in Iraq to discuss Iraq's industrial sector and recent problems faced by ...

Canadian oil companies cooperate with Iraq
PortAl Iraq, MA - 1 hour ago
The Iraqi Minister of Oil recently met with the Canadian Ambassador in Iraq to discuss the possibility of Canadian companies investing in Iraq. ...

Czech Republic shows interest in Iraq reconstruction
PortAl Iraq, MA - 2 hours ago
The Iraqi Minister of Industry and Minerals recently met with the Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Iraq to discuss trade and economic relations between the ...

Iraqi Ministry of Oil signs agreement with international oil ...
PortAl Iraq, MA - 1 hour ago
The Iraqi Ministry of Oil signed an agreement with an international oil company to build a new oil refinery in the Nasriyah governorate with a capacity of ...

[enigma000]

1. Canada doesn't even have an embassy in Iraq

The Canadian Embassy in Amman, Jordan represents Canadian interests in Iraq.

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. A stack of canned press releases, all sent out at the same time,

with nearly identical wording, all about progress in Iraq.

So what makes you say propaganda?

How'd you come across that?

[NNN0LHI]

3. I was just researching news from Iraq and this is what caught my eye

Any one of these "news releases" by themselves wouldn't draw any attention but the bunch of them all lumped together sure looks suspicious.

Don

[Richard Steele]

5. Well, nice catch! Recommended.

[NNN0LHI]

4. At least we are getting some "good news" from Iraq now n/t

[annabanana]

6. Woopsie!!

A low level staffer is being canned as we speak! What a rookie screw-up. A perfectly good "things are improving" initiative right into the crapper like that. . what a shame.




(edit: so. very. nominated.)

[ananda]

7. Oh goodie gumdrops..

Now we can all rest easy because good things are happening in Iraq.

[magellan]

8. Well, the sources listed at the bottom of each article are interesting

Articles 1 and 3: Al-Sabah Al-Jadeed is an independent Iraqi daily. Originally called Al-Sabah, the paper was funded by the US until 2004 when the editor, Ismail Zair, told them to bugger off and founded Al-Sabah Al-Jadeed on his own. From an April 2005 blog report: "Mr. Ismail says advertising revenues for independent publications like his are low. As a result, many private media rely on support from wealthy businessmen, or they publish propaganda from foreign intelligence services in exchange for fees."

http://www.christianiraq.com/news/2005/04/26/iraqi-media-experience-freedom-growing-pains/

Take from that what you will.

Article 2: Al-Adala is an Iraqi paper funded by the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution (SCIRI).

Article 4: Addustour is an independent Jordanian paper.

All the articles are translated/edited by USAID (The US Agency for International Development). That may explain more than anything else. Maybe they selected these articles for translation because it's what they're about? :shrug:

God I hate not trusting anything anymore.

[Greyskye]

9. It's like 'they' always say...

"You got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda." -- George W. Bush :patriot:

[NNN0LHI]

10. 7 of them now. Someone is really cranking it out

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=tus&ie=UTF-8&ncl=http://www.portaliraq.com/news/Czech%2BRepublic%2Bshows%2Binterest%2Bin%2BIraq%2Breconstruction__1112193.html



Al-Najaf governorate signs economic agreements with Turkish ...
PortAl Iraq, MA - 44 minutes ago
A delegation led by the Deputy Mayor of Al-Najaf visited Turkey and signed economic agreements with Turkish companies and investors to participate in the ...

Kurdistan signs agreement with British Electricity Company
PortAl Iraq, MA - 48 minutes ago
The Electricity Ministry in Kurdistan signed an agreement with ATI, a British company, to build a power generation station with the capacity of 200 Megawatts ...

Al-Basra Governorate Board to establish free trade area
PortAl Iraq, MA - 53 minutes ago
The Al-Basra Governorate Board decided to establish a free trade area at the Al-Basra international airport. The Chairman of the ...

Polish companies rehabilitate former projects in Iraq
PortAl Iraq, MA - 22 hours ago
The Iraqi Minister of Industry and Minerals recently met with the Polish Ambassador in Iraq to discuss Iraq's industrial sector and recent problems faced by ...

Czech Republic shows interest in Iraq reconstruction
PortAl Iraq, MA - 22 hours ago
The Iraqi Minister of Industry and Minerals recently met with the Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Iraq to discuss trade and economic relations between the ...

Iraqi Ministry of Oil signs agreement with international oil ...
PortAl Iraq, MA - 22 hours ago
The Iraqi Ministry of Oil signed an agreement with an international oil company to build a new oil refinery in the Nasriyah governorate with a capacity of ...

Canadian oil companies cooperate with Iraq
PortAl Iraq, MA - 22 hours ago
The Iraqi Minister of Oil recently met with the Canadian Ambassador in Iraq to discuss the possibility of Canadian companies investing in Iraq. ...

[drm604]

11. Nice Find.

:kick: