Roads to Iraq

Oct 3, 2008

U.S. SOFA propaganda Ads in the Arab media

What this report “U.S. to Fund Pro-American Publicity in Iraqi Media” on the Washington Post doesn’t tell is that the propaganda campaign is already started since few months ago.

I already reported about the U.S. propaganda campaign on Arab satellite TV’s. right now there also newspaper and magazines campaign pushing the Iraqi public to accept SOFA [see images below]. Most of these images are published in few Iraqi dailies and many Gulf-States newspapers.

Interesting in these Ads is that all of them connects opposing-SOFA to Iran and describes SOFA as the solution to the violence sweeps the country.

P.S.

I am not defending Iran and I am not denying Iran’s influence in Iraq but remember also that there 170,000 American soldiers in Iraq, 130,000 mercenaries, and about 1 million Iraqi died because of this occupation.

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The security agreement [SOFA] blocks the way against the Iranian blind terror power.

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Itala’at [Iranian Intelligence Service] distorts the articles of the security agreement to keep the poisonous digger inside the Iraqi body.

Notice the Iranian soldiers in uniform marching inside Iraq.

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The security agreement will guarantee the expulsion of the Iranian terror power and Iraq can extend its sovereignty on its territory.

Notice that the Iranian soldiers are leave Iraq.

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Salah Khadr

Greetings from the Listening Post - Al Jazeear English meida show. Hoping this finds you well and in good health.

I was reading the Karen De Young piece in the Washington Post on the U.S. funding of pro-American publicity in Iraqi Media and thought you would be an ideal contributor to the piece that I have decided to do on it.

Please let me know whether this is something that would interest you. I have pasted a link to the article for your convenience.

I would be keen to get you camera with this story - maybe even web-cam if you have one.

link is here

Keen to hear your thoughts as soon as possible

Best

Salah Khadr
+44 207 636 9958

Oct 6th, 2008

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