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The U.S. Special Operations Command [6] awarded General Dynamics [7] Information Technology a $10.1 million contract to build the "Trans Regional Web Initiative [8]." The project will include "a minimum of two and no more than twelve websites" in languages such as Arabic, French, English, Chinese, Farsi, Russian, Urdu and Malay / Indonesian, in support of U.S. military "combatant commands." General Dynamics is tasked with recruiting a "network of native / indigenous content contributors with backgrounds in politics, academics, security, culture, entertainment, and other aspects of the Global War on Terror [9], which appeal to identified foreign target audiences." The project's goal is to develop "rapid, on-order global dissemination of Web-based influence products and tools in support of strategic and long-term U.S. Government goals and objectives." Network World notes that "conducting a war of words is a hot topic." In July, the Air Force awarded a $29.7 million contract to BBN, "to develop a prototype machine reading system" intended to allow artificial intelligence systems to "gather and analyze information from the Web."
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[1] http://dev.prwatch.org/users/6/diane-farsetta
[2] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/media/internet
[3] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/propaganda
[4] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/war-peace
[5] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdev.prwatch.org%2Fspin%2F2009%2F09%2F8567%2Fpentagons-new-multi-lingual-web&linkname=The%20Pentagon%27s%20New%20Multi-Lingual%20Web
[6] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S._Special_Operations_Command
[7] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/General_Dynamics
[8] http://www.prwatch.org/node/7292
[9] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Global_War_on_Terror
[10] http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/090809-anti-us-websites.html