ABC: Strength of Iraqi Forces Promoted by the Lincoln Group

[Rose Siding]

Dec. 14, 2005 — ABC News has obtained a strategy document called "The Making of Heroes: Lincoln Group and the Fight for Fallujah" — part of the Pentagon's multi-million dollar public relations campaign to sell the American war effort to the Iraqis.
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A PowerPoint presentation shows how the Lincoln Group sells an idea the U.S. government wants promoted — in this case, according to the document, the capability of Iraqi forces.

A small number of Iraqi forces were with the U.S. troops in Fallujah in November of 2004, but some Marines and reporters said the Iraqis were only minimally involved.

But under the heading "The Concept," the document shows, the Lincoln Group seeks to promote "the strength, integrity and reliability of Iraqi Forces during the fight for Fallujah."

Under the heading "Rumor Control," according to the document, the Lincoln Group strives to dispel the notion that the war is "America's fight" or that Iraqi forces were defecting.......

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