Operation Propaganda

[Nbadan]

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Who does daytime assaults In front of the Media?


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On Scene: How Operation Swarmer Fizzled
Not a shot was fired, or a leader nabbed, in a major offensive that failed to live up to its advance billing


Posted Friday, Mar. 17, 2006

Four Black Hawk helicopters landed in a wheat field and dropped off a television crew, three photographers, three print reporters and three Iraqi government officials right into the middle of Operation Swarmer. Iraqi soldiers in newly painted humvees, green and red Iraqi flags stenciled on the tailgates, had just finished searching the farm populated by a half-dozen skinny cows and a woman kneading freshly risen dough and slapping it to the walls of a mud oven.

The press, flown in from Baghdad to this agricultural gridiron northeast of Samarra, huddled around the Iraqi officials and U.S. Army commanders who explained that the "largest air assault since 2003" in Iraq using over 50 helicopters to put 1500 Iraqi and U.S. troops on the ground had netted 48 suspected insurgents, 17 of which had already been cleared and released. The area, explained the officials, has long been suspected of being used as a base for insurgents operating in and around Samarra, the city north of Baghdad where the bombing of a sacred shrine recently sparked a wave of sectarian violence.

But contrary to what many many television networks erroneously reported, the operation was by no means the largest use of airpower since the start of the war. ("Air Assault" is a military term that refers specifically to transporting troops into an area.) In fact, there were no airstrikes and no leading insurgents were nabbed in an operation that some skeptical military analysts described as little more than a photo op. What’s more, there were no shots fired at all and the units had met no resistance, said the U.S. and Iraqi commanders.

The operation, which doubled the population of the flat farmland in one single airlift, was initiated by intelligence from Iraq security forces, says Lt Col Skip Johnson commander of the 187 Battallion, 3rd Combat Brigade of the 101st Airborne. "They have the lead," he said to reporters at the second stop of the tour. But by Friday afternoon, the major targets seemed to have slipped through their fingers. Iraqi Army General Abdul Jabar says that Samarra-based insurgent leader Hamad el Taki of Mohammad’s Army was thought to be in the area, and Iraqi intelligence officers were still working to compare known voice recordings and photographs with the prisoners in custody.

Time (http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1174448,00.html)

Modus operandi of the NeoCon Junta:

1. Announce a "major" military operation in the media using falsified information.

2. Supply the media with video clips of the alleged action;

3. Send a group of "embed" reporters to the outskirts of the "action" and give them "happy news" to report to the sheeple back home.

By the time the REAL story leaks out, the media has moved on to the next "big" story about the kidnapping of a blond, blue-eyed child, and/or the murder of a white female.

[Dos]

Global Protests Mark Iraq War Anniversary
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Mar 18, 10:02 AM (ET)

By ED JOHNSON

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Anti-war protesters marched in Australia, Asia, Turkey and Europe on Saturday in demonstrations that marked the third anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq with a demand that coalition troops pull out.
Around 500 protesters marched through central Sydney, chanting "End the war now" and "Troops out of Iraq." Many campaigners waved placards branding President Bush the "World's No. 1 Terrorist" or expressing concerns that Iran could be the next country to face invasion.
"Iraq is a quagmire and has been a humanitarian disaster for the Iraqis," said Jean Parker, a member of the Australian branch of the Stop the War Coalition, which organized the march. "There is no way forward without ending the occupation."
Opposition to the war is still evident in Australia, which has some 1,300 troops in and around Iraq. Visiting Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was heckled by campaigners in Sydney this week, who said she had "blood on her hands."
But Saturday's protest was small compared to the mass demonstrations that swept across the country in the buildup to the invasion - the largest Australia had seen since joining U.S. forces in the Vietnam War.
The turnout also was lower than protesters had hoped in Britain, whose government has been the United States' strongest supporter in the war.
Authorities shut down streets in the heart of London's shopping and theater district for the demonstration, which organizers had predicted would attract up to 100,000 people, but police estimated the crowd was about 15,000 people.
Some protesters carried posters calling Bush a terrorist and other placards pictured Prime Minister Tony Blair, saying "Blair must go!" Britain has about 8,000 soldiers in Iraq but plans to pull out 800 by May.
"We are against this war, both for religious reasons and on a humanitarian basis, too. No one deserves to be bombarded," said one march, student Imran Saghir, 25.
In Tokyo, about 2,000 people rallied in a downtown park, carrying signs saying "Stop the Occupation" as they listened to a series of anti-war speeches.
"The war is illegal under international law," said Takeshiko Tsukushi, a member of World Peace Now, which helped plan the rally. "We want the immediate withdrawal of the Self Defense Forces and from Iraq along with all foreign troops."
Japanese Prime Minister Junchiro Koizumi is a staunch supporter of the U.S.-led coalition in Japan and dispatched 600 soldiers to the southern city of Samawah in 2004 to purify water and carry out other humanitarian tasks. The Cabinet approved an extension of that mission in December, authorizing the troops to stay in Iraq through the end of the year.
But public opinion polls show the majority of Japanese oppose the mission, which has been criticized as a violation of the country's pacifist constitution. Many say the deployment has made Japan a target for terrorism.
In Turkey, thousands gathered in Istanbul for protests and other demonstrations were planned in the cities of Izmir, Trabzon and the capital, Ankara.
Opposition to the war is nearly universal in Turkey and cuts across all political stripes.
"Murderer USA," read a sign unfurled by a communist in Taksim Square in Istanbul.
"USA, go home!" said red and black signs carried by hundreds of the some 5,000 protesters gathered in Kadikoy on the city's Asian coast.
Turkey is Iraq's northern neighbor and the only Muslim-majority member of the NATO military alliance. Historically close relations with the U.S. were severely strained after the Turkish parliament refused to allow U.S. troops to launch operations into Iraq from Turkish territory.
U.S. military planners said the move complicated operations by shutting down the U.S. option of opening a northern front in the 2003 invasion.
Since the war, support for the United States has plummeted in Turkey.
In Sweden, about 1,000 demonstrators gathered for a rally in Stockholm before a march to the U.S. Embassy. Some protesters carried banners reading "No to U.S. warmongering" and "USA out of Iraq," while others held up a U.S. flag with the white stars replaced by dollar signs.
"More and more people today are realizing that the Iraq war is becoming a new Vietnam," said Skold Peter Matthis, one of the organizers of the protest. "But today, the USA is even more dangerous than it was then, because they have a monopoly on being a superpower."
Anti-war demonstrations were also planned in Spain, Austria, Germany, Greece and Denmark.

looks like the anti-war zealots can't rally their troops anymore...

[Cant_Be_Faded]

By the time the REAL story leaks out, the media has moved on to the next "big" story about the kidnapping of a blond, blue-eyed child, and/or the murder of a white female.


If conservers dont get the latest facts about missing white pretty girls, then this is not an america i want to live in!

[DannyT]

yeah so we were up here and we were hearin from the airforce cats we work with they was like man aint shit happen up their in samarah...i was like what you mean they said they had like 50 apaches and was doin airstrikes and shit and they was like nope....so then i just figured it was a bunch of ground battles and come to find out that didnt even happen. then i see this report on the drudge and i was like mmmmmmm mmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmm aint this some shit.....
things is only gettin worse and worse right now guys....especially on them last lines where it said that the only decent thing that came form this operation swammer was that they got to taste this womans PAN from a clay oven.



what did he said .......

[Vashner]

It's the 101's Airborne's fault for over hyping it.

They just got back in country and it was there first big operation.

I know how much NBADan hates units like 101'st Airborne Baby Killerz.

They are Amerikan Bush killer attack machines.

NBADan has posters of Insurgents on his wall and he smiles and kisses them everyday.

"MY hero's he says".

Allah Jihad!! Death to Amerikka

[DannyT]

It's the 101's Airborne's fault for over hyping it.

They just got back in country and it was there first big operation.

I know how much NBADan hates units like 101'st Airborne Baby Killerz.

They are Amerikan Bush killer attack machines.

NBADan has posters of Insurgents on his wall and he smiles and kisses them everyday.

"MY hero's he says".

Allah Jihad!! Death to Amerikka


uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...who is your daddy and what does he do???
101st has been here
they haave been on country for over 6 months now.....
but as far as first big mission since they have been here you MIGHT be right about that one but after all what type of real mission have really been goin on as of late.....more of peace keepers now more then anything.......

[Vashner]

Flip flopper.. you used to be on the Dubya but you proved to be a bandwagoneer.

101's Airborn Public Affairs office.... send your complaint there. Your yada yada means less than a piece of toilet paper with shit on it in a south padre island port a potty.

[gtownspur]

Cumsplash Gordon is the ultimate bandwagoner and buttbandit.

[xrayzebra]

It's the 101's Airborne's fault for over hyping it.

They just got back in country and it was there first big operation.

I know how much NBADan hates units like 101'st Airborne Baby Killerz.

They are Amerikan Bush killer attack machines.

NBADan has posters of Insurgents on his wall and he smiles and kisses them everyday.

"MY hero's he says".

Allah Jihad!! Death to Amerikka

Dan's big day will be when he and his buddies can have a defeat for
the USA and the Dimm-0-craps come back into power. In that order.
No doubt in my mind he hates Bush so much he dreams of us being
defeated so all the lefties can get back to the trough and spread a
little more of others people's money. Funny thing happened though,
no one ever says it. The Dimm-o-craps were in power for years and
the poor just stayed poor and we still had the homeless and water
and air just got more dirty. How can that be? Oh, and how come
New Orleans was so screwed up, the dimm-o-craps have run it forever.

[Opinionater]

IMHO, Bush knows his "war" sucks so he's now referring to the "war" as "the liberation of Iraq".

[boutons_]

It was noted that dubya did not mention the word "war" in today's speech or in another of his bullshit speeches over the weekend.

dubya/dickhead/rummy have lost the USA, nobody believes or listens to these motherfucking murderers anymore. Even the Repug congress, and conservatives are trying to distance themselves from these motherfuckers.

History will put these motherfuckers down as one of the worst administration in US history, right down there with that other disgraceful motherfucker, tricky Dickless Nixon, for fiscal suicide, bogus wars, profound corruption way beyond the "norm" for politics, Katrina, healthcare, fucking over the environment, the poor, while enriching/protecting the rich + corps.

dubya/dickhead don't have a single program or policy or action that has advanced life in the USA.

[gtownspur]

IMHO, Bush knows his "war" sucks so he's now referring to the "war" as "the liberation of Iraq".

You call yourself the oppionater because you generate retarded oppinions at an alarming rate. Title well earned! :lol

[JoeChalupa]

Yeah, I noticed that Bush is avoiding the use of the word "war" to describe his three year "Mission Accomplished" strategery.

[JoeChalupa]

You call yourself the oppionater because you generate retarded oppinions at an alarming rate. Title well earned! :lol

What's retarded is your spelling. :lmao

[Peter]

"Operation Propaganda" would be a good new title for this forum.

[gtownspur]

What's retarded is your spelling. :lmao


Well, :lol , i guess as long as i mistype words rather than be mentally unstable like yourself,...

[Phil E.Buster]

Bush not wanting to acknowledge his "war" is pathetic.

[101A]

... they are looking out for themselves, their friends, and buisness.

----------flash gordon has spoken.

It's called self-interest. Read Locke (and myriad others). It's not just politicians, it's all of us; THAT is the primary reason government's power (and resources) MUST be limited and always questioned. Behind ANY government lies self-interested people.

It is understanding this truism that separates true conservatives from liberals.