[Mb-civic] U.S. Military Covertly Pays to Run Stories in Iraqi Press

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U.S. Military Covertly Pays to Run Stories in Iraqi Press 
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Troops write articles presented as news reports. Some officers object to the practice.

By Mark Mazzetti and Borzou Daragahi
Times Staff Writers

November 30 2005

WASHINGTON — As part of an information offensive in Iraq, the U.S. military is secretly paying Iraqi newspapers to publish stories written by American troops in an effort to burnish the image of the U.S. mission in Iraq. 

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