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::"Such a program, for example, could include efforts to discredit and undermine the influence of mosques and religious schools that have become breeding grounds for Islamic militancy and anti-Americanism across the Middle East, Asia and Europe. It might even include setting up schools with secret American financing to teach a moderate Islamic position laced with sympathetic depictions of how the religion is practiced in America, officials said." | ::"Such a program, for example, could include efforts to discredit and undermine the influence of mosques and religious schools that have become breeding grounds for Islamic militancy and anti-Americanism across the Middle East, Asia and Europe. It might even include setting up schools with secret American financing to teach a moderate Islamic position laced with sympathetic depictions of how the religion is practiced in America, officials said." | ||
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February
- 19 New York Times reports on the Office of Strategic Influence's plans for covert propaganda.
- 20 Donald Rumsfeld states that the Office of Strategic Influence will not "knowingly or deliberately disseminate false information to the American or foreign media or publics".
- 25 Donald Rumsfeld say Pentagon officials are debating whether the Office of Strategic Influence "should even exist in its current form" given the controversy it attracted.
November
- Policy Forum on International Security Affairs launched.
- Harry's Place founded.
December
- 13 Iraqi Opposition conference opens at the Hilton Metropole in London.
- 16 New York Times reports that the Department of Defense "is considering issuing a secret directive to the American military to conduct covert operations aimed at influencing public opinion and policy makers in friendly and neutral countries".
- "Such a program, for example, could include efforts to discredit and undermine the influence of mosques and religious schools that have become breeding grounds for Islamic militancy and anti-Americanism across the Middle East, Asia and Europe. It might even include setting up schools with secret American financing to teach a moderate Islamic position laced with sympathetic depictions of how the religion is practiced in America, officials said."
- 17 Iraqi opposition conference in London concludes.
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