Monday, April 5, 2010

CIA Red Cell & Afghan War - possible PR-strategies to shore up public support in Germany and France

CIA Red Cell......
http://wikileaks.org/

This classified CIA analysis from March, outlines possible PR-strategies to shore up public support in Germany and France for a continued war in Afghanistan. After the Dutch government fell on the issue of dutch troops in Afghanistan last month, the CIA became worried that similar events could happen in the countries that post the third and fourth largest troop contingents to the ISAF-mission. The proposed PR strategies focus on pressure points that have been identified within these countries. For France it is the sympathy of the public for Afghan refugees and women. For Germany it is the fear of the consequences of defeat (drugs, more refugees, terrorism) as well as for Germany’s standing in the NATO. The memo is an recipe for the targeted manipulation of public opinion in two NATO ally countries, written by the CIA. It is classified as Confidential / No Foreign Nationals.
http://file.wikileaks.org/file/cia-afghanistan.pdf

1 comment:

  1. Really Interesting. Though oddly enough I'm not particularly surprised. Whenever you mix politics with affairs of state, you always have an element of PR. The fact that the CIA are the ones that did it is surprising.

    Is that what those morons spend their time doing? Over paid, useless Civil servants. I say the US gov. ought to drop their asses in Afghanistan and have them look for Osama.

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