Global Perspectives on the "Af/Pak" War
Saturday February 11th 2012

Posts Tagged ‘Psychological Operations’

Remove American Forces from Pakistan

Remove American Forces from Pakistan

Afpakwar | Arshad Zaman | 30 July 2010 It’s official: although careful not to leave any footprints, the U.S. has boots on the ground in Pakistan. U.S. troops in Pakistan ensure compliance by the government, under threat of overt occupation. This was revealed on Thursday 22 July 2010, when U.S. lawmakers Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) and Ron Paul [...]

Persistent Engagement: The Obama Doctrine of Neo-Imperialism in Execution

Persistent Engagement: The Obama Doctrine of Neo-Imperialism in Execution

Special Warfare | May-June 2010 (Vol. 23, Issue 3) PERSISTENT ENGAGEMENT Civil Military Support Elements Operating in CENTCOM By Maj. Ross F. Lightsey, Sr. In ongoing irregular conflicts, the civil-military support element, or CMSE, is a unique resource that provides military commanders and United States ambassadors in various regions and [...]

“PsyOp” Renamed “Military Information Support”

“PsyOp” Renamed “Military Information Support”

Small Wars Journal | By Alfred Paddock, Jr. | 26 June 2010 PSYOP: On a Complete Change in Organization, Practice, and Doctrine On Monday, June 21, 2010, Admiral Eric T. Olson, commander of the US Special Operations Command, announced a decision to change the term, "psychological operations" (PSYOP) to "Military Information Support" and [...]

Mossad Agent Used Nazi Guilt to get Genuine German Passport

Mossad Agent Used Nazi Guilt to get Genuine German Passport

Spiegel Online | 20 February 2010 | Quick Translation from German Assassination of Hamas official: Prosecutor initiates an investigation New evidence concerning the assassination of Hamas leader Mabhuh in Dubai: SPIEGEL has learned that the German passport of one of the alleged Mossad agents involved was genuine. The Cologne-based [...]

Marjah: Psychological Warfare on Afghan and American Resistance

Marjah: Psychological Warfare on Afghan and American Resistance

New York Times | By Thom Shanker | 20 February 2010 Afghan Push Went Beyond Traditional Military Goals WASHINGTON — Before 10,000 troops marched through central Helmand Province to wrest control of a small Afghan town from a few hundred entrenched Taliban fighters, American officials did something more typical of political than military [...]

Requiem for David Hartman — and for 2,497 Nameless Pakistani Soldiers

Requiem for David Hartman — and for 2,497 Nameless Pakistani Soldiers

The News | By Mosharraf Zaidi | 16 February 2010 DJ Hartman & 2,947 Pakistanis Since 2003 there have been 2,947 Pakistani soldiers that have embraced shahadat fighting the menace of terrorism. I do not know and cannot recall, offhand, the name of a single one of those 2,947 Pakistani heroes. One name that I do know, and will be able [...]

U.S. Psy-Ops Sgt Among 3 Special Ops Soldiers Killed at Girls School in Dir, Pakistan

U.S. Psy-Ops Sgt Among 3 Special Ops Soldiers Killed at Girls School in Dir, Pakistan

RELEASE NUMBER: 100205-01A DATE POSTED: FEBRUARY 5, 2010 PRESS RELEASE: Three Soldiers die from IED blast FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Feb. 5, 2010) – Three Army Special Operations Soldiers died of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device in the Lower Dir District of Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province, Feb. 3. [...]

Haiti: Humanitarian Relief as Propaganda

Haiti: Humanitarian Relief as Propaganda

Global Research | By Michel Chossudovsky | 19 January 2010 The Militarization of Emergency Aid to Haiti: Is it a Humanitarian Operation or an Invasion? Haiti has a longstanding history of US military intervention and occupation going back to the beginning of the 20th Century. US interventionism has contributed to the destruction of Haiti's [...]