Friday, November 18, 2011

Going Online To Rebut Extremist Messages

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U.S. Military Goes Online to Rebut Extremists’ Messages -- New York Times

MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — The morning sun had barely cast its fresh light over Tampa Bay when Ardashir Safavi — born in Iran, a refugee to Turkey, educated in the mid-Atlantic states — was up and patrolling two dozen Persian-language Web sites, hunting militant adversaries in cyberspace.

His mission was to scan news reports, blogs, social media and online essays to identify those he viewed as “containing lies, misinformation or just misperceptions” about American military operations and Pentagon policy across the Middle East.

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My Comment: I wish I had a job that paid me to surf the web .... but is it effective to change "hearts and minds"? Hmmmm .... I have my doubts.

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