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> Psychological Warfare Effort to be Outsourced > Army command hires three firms to sway Afghans and Iraqis > by James W Crawley > June 10, 2005 > > WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Special Operations Command has hired three firms to produce newspaper stories, television broadcasts and Web sites to spread American propaganda overseas. > > The Tampa-based military headquarters, which oversees commandos and psychological warfare, may spend up to $100 million for the media campaign in the next five years. > > The Pentagon backed away from a similar campaign in 2002. > > The use of contractors in psyops is a new wrinkle. But psychological warfare expert Herb Friedman said he is not surprised.
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