HOW THE BUSH REGIME WAS GOING TO LIBERATE IRAQ IN 1-2 YEARS USING A

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NATIONAL SECURITY ARCHIVES - In January 2003 Defense Department planners
recommended the creation of a "Rapid Reaction Media Team" to serve as a
bridge between Iraq's formerly state-controlled news outlets and an
"Iraqi Free Media" network, according to a white paper and Power Point
slides that were obtained through the Freedom of Information Act and are
posted on the Web by the National Security Archive.

The Pentagon team would portray a "new Iraq" offering hope of a
prosperous and democratic future, which would serve as a model for the
Middle East. American, British, and Iraqi media experts would be
hand-picked to provide "approved USG information" for the Iraqi public,
while an ensuing "strategic information campaign" would be part of a
"likely 1-2 years . . . transition" to a representative government. A
new weekly Iraqi newspaper would feature "Hollywood" along with the
news.

Defense Department planners envisioned a post-invasion Iraq where the
U.S., in cooperation with a friendly Baghdad government, could
monopolize information dissemination. They did not account for
independent media outlets, the Internet, and all the other alternative
sources of information that are available in the modern world. The U.S.
media campaign has not been able to control the message - but its
execution was privatized, and contracting has made it a profitable
enterprise for those able to capitalize on the Pentagon's largesse.

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB219/index.htm

MEDIA TIMELINE IN IRAQ
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB219/index.htm#timeline

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