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Want to earn up to $2.4 million [11] to produce and distribute across Iraq 12 issues of a comic book designed to "highlight the professionalism of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) and to enhance the public perception of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) as a capable, well-trained, and professional fighting force"? Well, you'll have to compete with the Lincoln Group [12], the PR firm that previously placed U.S. propaganda [13] in Iraqi newspapers. Last year, the "sole source contract for the 6th Brigade Comic Book went to the Lincoln Group," reports Sharon Weinberger. The comics seem to be a continuation of a project that the Center for Media and Democracy noted back in 2005 [14], when U.S. PsyOps [15] troops were working on "initial character and plot development" for the series. Everyone from the United Nations [16] to the Business Software Alliance [17] has used comics to target young audiences. Wired [18] points out that the U.S. Army also distributes comics in the Philippines, to get an anti-terror, pro-miltiary message to the youth of the country's Sulu islands.
Links:
[1] http://dev.prwatch.org/users/6/diane-farsetta
[2] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/war-peace/iraq
[3] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/arts-culture
[4] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/war-peace/terrorism
[5] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/children
[6] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/international
[7] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/propaganda
[8] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/public-relations
[9] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/us-government
[10] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdev.prwatch.org%2Fspin%2F2008%2F02%2F7022%2Fcomical-attempt-win-young-hearts-and-minds&linkname=A%20Comical%20Attempt%20to%20Win%20Young%20Hearts%20and%20Minds
[11] http://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/USAFE/ROB/M68450-08-Q-0021/SynopsisP.html
[12] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lincoln_Group
[13] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/propaganda
[14] http://www.prwatch.org/node/3539
[15] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/PsyOps
[16] http://www.prwatch.org/node/6876
[17] http://www.prwatch.org/node/2852
[18] http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/01/coin-comic-book.html
[19] http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/02/the-latest-io-c.html