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Beit Ummar: Arabs waved a large Nazi flag. The video shows an IDF soldier removing him by shooting it down.

An Arab-language television network and radio station, founded by the Bush administration to promote a positive image of the United States, has aired anti-American and anti-Israeli viewpoints, has showcased pro-Iranian policies and recently gave air time to a militant who called for the death of American soldiers in Iraq. So far, U.S. taxpayers have spent nearly $500 million to fund those broadcasts. The television station, called Alhurra, and the radio network, Sawa, were meant to provide an American perspective on world events and counter the wave of global criticism that had been building against the Bush administration since the invasion...

Saddam's WMD and terrorist connections all proven in one document!!! IZSP-2003-00003336 The Arabic original shows the Falcon emblem of the Iraq Intelligence Service. A translation is provided if you scroll down. I highlight the key wording but there is more: March 11, 2003 The al-Quds liberation army division supplied us with information....as follows. 1. The Iraqi government will distribute the same leaflets that the American forces are distributing but it will contain anthrax. 2. Iraq imports uniforms resembling American forces uniforms for the purpose of killing Iraqi citizens.... 3. Dig trenches around Baghdad...oil...burning...cause mayhem Now this letter is from al-Quds,...

<p>The United States is waging its war against terrorism on several public fronts, but the least-known is the administration's stepped-up broadcasting activities in the Arab world. The strategy is a simple one: Win the hearts and minds of younger people and you win the long-term war against terrorism.</p>

<p>The United States is sending anti-terrorism messages to large, young audiences in the Arab world, including Iraq, through Voice of America's Radio Sawa and plans to launch a television network throughout the Middle East.</p> <p>Senior VOA officials and outside analysts say Radio Sawa — which broadcasts a mix of light American rock, Arab pop music and news in Arabic — is reaching a fast-growing, youth-oriented audience across the region and getting rave reviews from its target audience.</p>