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*[http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1406342 "Inside the Public Relations Blitz to Sell Iraq War Overseas. Strength of Iraqi Forces Promoted by Influential P.R. Firm, Document Shows,"] ABC News, December 14, 2005.
*Matt Kelley, [http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20051214/1a_lede14.art.htm "Pentagon rolls out stealth PR. $300M effort aims to spread pro-U.S. messages in foreign media,"] ''USA Today'', December 14, 2005: "The three companies handling the campaign include the Lincoln Group, the company being investigated by the Pentagon for paying Iraqi newspapers to run pro-U.S. stories. ... Military officials involved with the campaign say they're not planning to place false stories in foreign news outlets clandestinely. But the military won't always reveal its role in distributing pro-American messages."
*Mark Mazzetti and Kevin Sack[http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-infowar18dec18,0,1826110.story?coll=la-home-headlines "Planted PR Stories Not News to Military. U.S. officials in Iraq knew that a contractor was paying local papers. Discretion was the key,"] ''Los Angeles Times'', December 18, 2005.
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