Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 10-02-2016, 02:46 PM
 
9,981 posts, read 8,591,694 times
Reputation: 5664

Advertisements

Pentagon Paid for Fake ‘Al Qaeda’ Videos

A controversial foreign PR firm known for representing unsavory characters was paid millions
by the Pentagon to create fake terrorist videos.

Does anyone even care, when the U.S. Government is using
YOUR MONEY to LIE TO YOU ?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 10-02-2016, 03:15 PM
 
Location: Madison, WI
5,301 posts, read 2,355,152 times
Reputation: 1229
No surprise to me. We know they've planned even worse in the past (Operation Northwoods) and they haven't exactly become more trustworthy since then.

What does surprise me is that even after this kind of stuff comes out, people are still told to get their tinfoil hat if they even question if a mass shooting, bombing, or some other terror attack was allowed (or even funded) by the government. Anyone who doesn't entertain those thoughts is too trusting.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 10-02-2016, 08:02 PM
 
4,983 posts, read 3,291,120 times
Reputation: 2739
No.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 10-02-2016, 08:37 PM
 
Location: Michigan
5,376 posts, read 5,346,581 times
Reputation: 1633
Quote:
Originally Posted by Snowball7 View Post
They weren't made for you or any one else in the USA.
That is unless you are a potential terrorist living in Iraq. Are you?



The firm created television ads showing Al-Qaeda in a negative light as well as creating content to look as though it had come from “Arabic TV.”

They would craft scripts for Arabic soap operas where characters would reject terrorism with happy consequences. The firm also created fake Al-Qaeda propaganda videos, which were then planted by the military in homes they raided.

The operation (according to the article on the The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Pentagon Paid PR Firm $540 Million to Make Fake Terrorist Videos) started soon after the US invasion of Iraq (in 2004) and was tasked with promoting the “democratic elections”.

(This was the 3rd post on the same topic, will all the same fake outrage)
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 10-02-2016, 11:18 PM
 
Location: Japan
15,292 posts, read 7,759,397 times
Reputation: 10006
The thread title is misleading. According to the article the Pentagon paid half a billion in total to a U.K. firm for all of its communications and propaganda services in Iraq, some fraction of which was used to make the fake terrorist videos. It seems ridiculous, but then so do many military expenditures. America is now in the process of spending $1.7B to buy radios for Afghans. This amount is enough to equip every last member of the Afghan military with a device costing roughly $10,000.


http://www.militaryaerospace.com/art...ns-harris.html
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 10-03-2016, 06:40 AM
 
59,056 posts, read 27,306,837 times
Reputation: 14285
Duplicate thread and BOTH are WRONG.

I can't figure out why some post things that they don't bother to read themselves then make BIG fools of themselves by claiming things that the article they cited does NOT say.

Then they wonder why others give them ZERO credibility in the future.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 10-03-2016, 08:33 AM
 
Location: Home is Where You Park It
23,856 posts, read 13,749,968 times
Reputation: 15482
Quote:
Originally Posted by Quick Enough View Post
Duplicate thread and BOTH are WRONG.

I can't figure out why some post things that they don't bother to read themselves then make BIG fools of themselves by claiming things that the article they cited does NOT say.

Then they wonder why others give them ZERO credibility in the future.
Even more interesting is to note that some of these same posters are anti-Muslim-immigrant based on terrorism concerns. If it WAS true that the US was making fake terrorist videos, shouldn't that be enough to make them question their antipathy to Muslims? Conversely, if it WAS true that Obama favors Muslims over Americans, why would he oversee the making of fake terrorism videos?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 10-03-2016, 10:41 AM
 
59,056 posts, read 27,306,837 times
Reputation: 14285
Quote:
Originally Posted by jacqueg View Post
Even more interesting is to note that some of these same posters are anti-Muslim-immigrant based on terrorism concerns. If it WAS true that the US was making fake terrorist videos, shouldn't that be enough to make them question their antipathy to Muslims? Conversely, if it WAS true that Obama favors Muslims over Americans, why would he oversee the making of fake terrorism videos?

" If it WAS true that the US was making fake terrorist videos, shouldn't that be enough to make them question their antipathy to Muslims?"

No, they were trying to get the decent Muslims to realize what the Islamic terrorist were really up to.

That is why it was made and aired in Muslim places.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 10-03-2016, 10:50 AM
 
Location: Florida
33,571 posts, read 18,161,091 times
Reputation: 15546
Can't believe the DOJ, the IRS, The POTUS, CROOKED HILLARY, They are programming us . The left believes it.. sad... they are soo gullible it is disgusting .
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 10-03-2016, 10:58 AM
 
9,981 posts, read 8,591,694 times
Reputation: 5664
Quote:
Originally Posted by plannine View Post
They weren't made for you or any one else in the USA.
I don't believe them. The Pentagon and CIA has lied about everything for over 15 years now.

I'm certainly not going to take their word (offered only after they were CAUGHT)
concerning the intended audiences of their fake, staged videos.

Al-Queda and ISIS videos are broadcast on American media.

We know the Pentagon and CIA manufactured Bin Laden videos, and that
he worked for the CIA. We know they support these terrorist groups, indeed,
that they intentionally formed them. We also know Obama and Hillary Clinton
lied to us about their weapons-to-Al-Queda program in Benghazi which they
told us was all about another video.

No thanks, these people are liars... if you believe them, you are blind.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
Similar Threads

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 04:59 PM.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top