August 17, 2009
Radio, cell phones to help US in Afghanistan?
The US has turned to radio stations and cell phones in its alleged fight against militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan, after realizing that it is losing the war.PressTV reports.
The US State Department says it is establishing a new unit for what it calls countering militant propaganda in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the New York Times reported on Sunday.
The unit will be given up to $150 million a year to spend on local FM radio stations and on cell phone service to battle for the hearts and minds of the natives of the two Asian countries.
The move is aimed at denigrating militants and their messages by producing audio and video programming, as wells as pamphlets, posters and CDs.
Related:
-- Once media-shy Taliban go hi-tech in propaganda war
-- British Intelligence bomb Taliban with SMS in psychological warfare
-- SMS text messages urge rebels to surrender in exchange for a fair trial
-- Lebanon. Psychological warfare on phone
-- Israel steps up "psy-ops" in Lebanon
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