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| − | The '''Coalition Information Centre (CIC)''' is mainly driven by the US and UK. [[Alastair Campbell]] and his No 10 communications colleague [[Phil Bassett]] went to see [[Karen Hughes]] in Washington in early October 2001. The trip gave birth to the '''Coalition Information Centre''', which was to be based in Washington, London and Islamabad. [[Coalition Information Center]] (CIC)<ref> Sourcewatch website [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Coalition_Information_Center Coalition Information Center (CIC)] last accessed 23-Feb-2008 </ref> which co-ordinated the coalition’s public communications about the military, diplomatic and humanitarian aspects of the campaign against terrorism. The [[CIC]] - to which the FCO claims to have made major contributions and has offices in London, Washington and Islamabad - is otherwise known as the "propaganda wing of the military's [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Operation_Enduring_Freedom ''Operation Enduring Freedom''] <ref> Sourcewatch website [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Operation_Enduring_Freedom Operation Enduring Freedom] last accessed 23-Feb-2008 </ref>, and was "known among journalists who tried to cover the war in Afghanistan as a veritable disinformation center." <ref> Worldpress.org,"A Pretty Face for the United States," [http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/758.cfm Roger Ricardo Luis, Granma Internacional (Communist Party weekly), Havana, Cuba, Aug. 22, 2002] Last accessed 23-Feb-2008 </ref>. The London CIC was housed within and partially staffed by the Foreign Office.<ref> FCO website, FCO Departmental Report 2002, Part 5 - Chapter 4, [http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/KFile/chapter4september11.pdf 11 September Response, P.40] Last accessed 23-Feb-2008 </ref>.
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| − | The CIC was originally set up to rebut
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| − | :Taliban claims about civilian casualties and the idea that war in Afghanistan 'was becoming a Vietnam-like quagmire', while shining a harsh spotlight on the Taliban's record in human rights and the treatment of women<ref> Nexis® UK: Document The Independent (London) Tuesday[http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3525760950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T3525760953&cisb=22_T3525760952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=8200&docNo=40 AMERICAN SPIN DOCTOR IN LONDON] 19-March-2002, Accessed 14-Apr-2008</ref>
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| − | ==affiliations==
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| − | *[[Foreign & Commonwealth Office]]
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| − | *[[Islamic Media Unit]]
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| − | *[[Operation Enduring Freedom]]
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| − | ==Notes==
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| − | [[Category: Propaganda]]
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