Reuters reports Press and "Psy Ops" to merge at NATO Afghan HQ

[JohnyCanuck]

KABUL (Reuters) – The U.S. general commanding NATO forces in Afghanistan has ordered a merger of the office that releases news with "Psy Ops," which deals with propaganda, a move that goes against the alliance's policy, three officials said.

The move has worried Washington's European NATO allies -- Germany has already threatened to pull out of media operations in Afghanistan -- and the officials said it could undermine the credibility of information released to the public.

Seven years into the war against the Taliban, insurgent influence is spreading closer to the capital and Afghans are becoming increasingly disenchanted at the presence of some 65,000 foreign troops and the government of President Hamid Karzai.

Taliban militants, through their website, telephone text messages and frequent calls to reporters, are also gaining ground in the information war, analysts say.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081129/wl_nm/us_afghan_nato_1

[ixion]

1. the credibility of information released to the public... is zero

so no worries there. Nothing left to undermine.

[SpiralHawk]

2. Republicon psy-ops OCCULTIST mind-f*ck is everywhere

So one is hardly surprised to read that the Republicon Darkside Occultist psy-ops shit has rolled downhill from Washington into the rest of the planet.

[HillbillyBob]

3. Harumph, thought the press and psyops WAS the same shit

Used to be News was News and psyops was supposed to be the propaganda that came out of USSR.
Then again later in life realise that Anything that came from pukes was propaganda..of the worst sort.

[NNN0LHI]

4. All this does is put a bullseye on the back of every press person

And that is what Bush's goons want anyway. Keep the press too scared to leave the military bases.

Mission Accomplished!

Don