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*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.
*[http://www.dod.mil/transcripts/2005/tr20051222-12206.html Pentagon News Briefing with Lt. Gen. James Conway answering questions about Lincoln Group and planting news in Iraq], December 22, 2005.
* "[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/22/AR2005122202078.html Young Firm Finds a Bonanza in Middle East]," ''Washington Post'', December 23, 2005.
* "[http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1429312.php News-planting firm has millions in contracts]," ''ArmyTimes'', December 23, 2005.
* "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-1958479,00.html Godalming geek made millions running the Pentagon's propaganda war]," ''Times Online'', December 24. 2005.
[[category:public relations firms]][[category:Fake News]][[category:Iraq-US relations]][[category:Iraqi media]]
