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[–] derram 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

https://archive.is/TZrbP :

US government spent over $500m on fake Al-Qaeda propaganda videos that tracked location of viewers | The Independent

'Lord Tim Bell, a former Bell Pottinger chairman, confirmed the existence of the contract with the Sunday Times. '

'Bell Pottinger was first tasked by the interim Iraqi government in 2004 to promote democratic elections. '

'A former contractor for a UK-based public relations firm says that the Pentagon paid more than half a billion dollars for the production and dissemination of fake Al-Qaeda videos that portrayed the insurgent group in a negative light. '

'The Bureau of Investigative Journalism reported that the PR firm, Bell Pottinger, worked alongside top US military officials at Camp Victory in Baghdad at the height of the Iraq War. '

'The CDs were encoded to open the videos on RealPlayer software that connects to the Internet when it runs. '

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