15 Years Ago, The Battle of Baghdad, April 2003: Killing the Independent Media, Killing the “Unembedded Truth”
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How best to disarm the anti-war movement? Kill the independent media and convey the illusion that "the War is over"
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
This article was written 15 years ago in the immediate wake of the Battle of Baghdad, April 9, 2003. Media propaganda played a crucial role. The media was “embedded” within the US Armed Forces. This was the basis of war propaganda. And it was tightly controlled.
Independent journalists who had not been officially approved by the US Armed Forces, namely those who were “unembedded” were targeted and killed.
“Two prominent journalist were killed by US forces, they were deliberately targeted. This was not an accident. In fact, it was consistent with Pentagon “guidelines” regarding the independent “unembedded journalists”.
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