ASsman
10-20-2004, 06:39 PM
CIA Considered Staging Photo-Ops in Post-Invasion Iraq
The New York Times is reporting the CIA was so convinced Iraqis would warmly greet US troops that it proposed smuggling hundreds of small American flags into Iraq ahead of the 2003 invasion, to give them something to wave at the soldiers. The New York Times cited unnamed intelligence officials as saying the CIA was planning to capture the event on film and beam it throughout the Arab world, taking credit for what it called the "ultimate information operation." The plan was killed by Lieutenant General David McKiernan, the commander of allied ground forces, because he was concerned about the Americans being perceived as an occupying army.
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/10/20/1422246
The New York Times is reporting the CIA was so convinced Iraqis would warmly greet US troops that it proposed smuggling hundreds of small American flags into Iraq ahead of the 2003 invasion, to give them something to wave at the soldiers. The New York Times cited unnamed intelligence officials as saying the CIA was planning to capture the event on film and beam it throughout the Arab world, taking credit for what it called the "ultimate information operation." The plan was killed by Lieutenant General David McKiernan, the commander of allied ground forces, because he was concerned about the Americans being perceived as an occupying army.
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/10/20/1422246