Govt Targeting Press With Anti-Terror Propaganda

A government agency is sending anti-Al-Qaeda propaganda to news organisations in a bid to damage the global terror network's "brand", The Guardian reported Tuesday. Citing a secret Home Office document it had seen, the daily said counter-terrorism experts are also planning to use websites in a bid to "channel messages through volunteers in Internet forums". According to the paper, the report compiled by the Research, Information and Communication Unit (RICU) and dated July 21, 2008, said: "We are pushing this material to UK media channels, e.g. a BBC radio programme exposing tensions between AQ (Al-Qaeda) leadership and supporters." "And a restricted working group will communicate niche messages through media and non-media."
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Posted by Editor at August 27, 2008 10:12 AM