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 The campaign is times to coincide with the debate expected to take place around the progress report by Gen. [[David Petraeus]], due September 15," Allen wrote.
-The opening ad produced by [[Jamestown Associates]], a self-described "full-service Republican political and public affairs consulting firm"<ref>[http://www.jamestownassociates.com/company.html Company,] Jamestown Associates, accessed 23 August 2007.</ref> with offices in Washington, D.C., Princeton, N.J., Baton Rouge, La., and Dallas, Texas,<ref>[http://www.jamestownassociates.com/contact.html Contact,] Jamestown Associates, accessed 23 August 2007.</ref> "shows a military veteran saying:<ref name="MAllen"/>
+The opening ad produced by [[Jamestown Associates]], a self-described "full-service Republican political and public affairs consulting firm"<ref>[http://www.jamestownassociates.com/company.html Company,] Jamestown Associates, accessed 23 August 2007.</ref> with offices in Washington, D.C., Princeton, N.J., Baton Rouge, La., and Dallas, Texas,<ref>[http://www.jamestownassociates.com/contact.html Contact,] Jamestown Associates, accessed 23 August 2007.</ref> "shows a military veteran saying:<ref" missing ref name="MAllen" </ref>
 <blockquote>Congress was right to vote to fight terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan. I re-enlisted after Sept. 11 because I don’t want my sons to see what I saw. I want them to be free and safe. I know what I lost. I also know that if we pull out now everything I’ve given and the sacrifices will mean nothing. They attacked us and they will again.<ref>The ads erroneously link the war in Iraq with the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, despite any reliable evidence that Iraq played any role whatsoever.</ref> They won’t stop in Iraq. We are winning on the ground and making real progress. It’s no time to quit. It’s no time for politics.</blockquote>

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 ===Resources===
 *Bill Berkowitz, [http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/10/freedoms-watch-targeting-iran/ Freedom's Watch Targeting Iran], DissidentVoice, 19 October 2007.
-[[Category:Astroturfing]]
+[[Category:Front Groups]][[Category:Astroturf]]

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 "Freedom's Watch was organized as a nonprofit organization under IRS rules and is not required to identify its donors or the amounts they give. The group named some of its financial backers but Blakeman said others wished to remain out of the public eye," Jim Kuhnhenn wrote for the Associated Press.<ref>Jim Kuhnhenn, [http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1655454,00.html "Republicans Launch Iraq Ads,"] Associated Press (''TIME'' Magazine), 22 August 2007.</ref>
-According to Mike Allen, writing 22 August 2007, in ''The Politico'', the following are Freedom's Watch "donors":<ref name="MAllen"/>
+According to Mike Allen, writing 22 August 2007, in ''The Politico'', Freedom's Watch "donors" are:<ref name="MAllen"/>
 *[[Mel Sembler]]
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 ===Resources===
 *Bill Berkowitz, [http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/10/freedoms-watch-targeting-iran/ Freedom's Watch Targeting Iran], DissidentVoice, 19 October 2007.

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 All the Freedom's Watch-sponsored ads "encourage viewers to 'Call your Congressman and Senator' and provide a phone number: 1-877-222-8001.
-"Only that number? It ain't Congress",<ref>Kagro X, [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/8/22/151822/460 "Call Congress, but only if you agree with us,"] ''The Daily Kos'', 22 August 2007.</ref> which, by the way, is (202) 224-3121 for the [[U.S. Senate]], and (202) 225-3121 for the [[U.S. House of Representatives]].
+"Only that number? It ain't Congress",<ref>Kagro X, [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/8/22/151822/460 "Call Congress, but only if you agree with us,"] ''The Daily Kos'', 22 August 2007.</ref> which, by the way, is (202) 224-3121 for the U.S. Senate, and (202) 225-3121 for the U.S. House of Representatives.
 "Go on, call it," blogger and radio host [[Taylor Marsh]] wrote 22 August 2007. Then, "once you get through something amazing happens. The operator asks you a question. Yes, you're expected to take part in a survey before she puts you through to Congress. But there's a catch. The question asked goes something like this: ''Do you believe the Iraq war is important to the war on terror?'' They may have changed the question by now, because we're on to them, but that's what I was asked. If you say no, the operator immediately thanks you but doesn't connect you to Congress. Instead, she asks if you have anything else to say and then basically gets rid of you. They're only allowing people who agree with them through."<ref>Taylor Marsh, [http://www.taylormarsh.com/archives_view.php?id=26100 "Classic Bush - Classic Rove,"] ''TaylorMarsh.com'', 22 August 2007.</ref>

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	===References===		===References===
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		+	*Bill Berkowitz, [http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/10/freedoms-watch-targeting-iran/ Freedom's Watch Targeting Iran], DissidentVoice, 19 October 2007.

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 Using a propaganda tactic similar to that currently being employed by the pro-[[war in Iraq]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[front group]] [[Vets for Freedom]], Freedom's Watch uses ads featuring Iraq war veterans and parents veterans who lost family members in the war" to urge both Republican and [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] members of Congress "who have supported the war not to switch their vote" by stressing that "the war in Iraq can be won and Congress must not surrender.<ref name="AF"/>
-The campaign is times to coincide with the debate expected to take place around the progress report by Gen. [[David Petraeus]], due September 15.," Allen wrote.
+The campaign is times to coincide with the debate expected to take place around the progress report by Gen. [[David Petraeus]], due September 15," Allen wrote.
 The opening ad produced by [[Jamestown Associates]], a self-described "full-service Republican political and public affairs consulting firm"<ref>[http://www.jamestownassociates.com/company.html Company,] Jamestown Associates, accessed August 23, 2007.</ref> with offices in Washington, D.C., Princeton, N.J., Baton Rouge, La., and Dallas, Texas,<ref>[http://www.jamestownassociates.com/contact.html Contact,] Jamestown Associates, accessed August 23, 2007.</ref> "shows a military veteran saying:<ref name="MAllen"/>

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 ==Principals==
-According to the ''[[Washington Post]]'' the line that constitutes Freedom's Watch's members and donors shows a strong Bush [[George W. Bush administration|administration]] pedigree.:<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/22/AR2007082202555.html?sub=AR "Left, Right Proxies Push on Iraq."], ''Washington Post'', 22 August 2007</ref>. The Jewish Telegraph Agency reports that '[f]our of five members of the board of a campaign promoting President Bush's policies in the Iraq war are Republican Jews.'<ref>[http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/103795.html Pro-'surge' group is almost all Jewish], ''Jewish Telegraph Agency'', 24 August 2007</ref>
+According to the ''[[Washington Post]]'' the lineup that constitutes Freedom's Watch's members and donors shows a strong Bush [[George W. Bush administration|administration]] pedigree.:<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/22/AR2007082202555.html?sub=AR "Left, Right Proxies Push on Iraq."], ''Washington Post'', 22 August 2007</ref>.
 *[[Bradley A. Blakeman]] (president, a former deputy assistant to George W. Bush).
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 *[[Gary Erlbaum]] (donor, owner of [[Greentree Properties]]).
 *[[William P. Weidner]]
 ==The Israel Connection==

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−	[[Freedom's Watch]] is a new pressure group comprising former Bush administration officials with a pro-Israel agenda<ref>Philip Weiss, [http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2007/08/new-pro-iraq-wa.html New Pro-Iraq-War Organization Hides Its Pro-Israel Agenda], ''MondoWeiss'', August 23, 2007</ref> masquerading as a grassroots movement (i.e. [[astroturf]]). Formed in August 2007,<ref>Steve Henn, [http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2007/08/22/PM200708224.html?refid=0 "Bush backers begin surge of their own,"] ''Marketplace''/PublicRadio.org, August 22, 2007.</ref> it began a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign on August 22, 2007 "to urge members of [[Congress]] who may be wavering in their support for the [[war in Iraq]] not to 'cut and run'."<ref name="AF">[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/22/washington/22war-web.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin "Group to Urge War Support,"] ''New York Times'', August 22, 2007.</ref>	+	[[Freedom's Watch]] is a new pressure group comprising former Bush administration officials with a pro-Israel agenda<ref>Philip Weiss, [http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2007/08/new-pro-iraq-wa.html New Pro-Iraq-War Organization Hides Its Pro-Israel Agenda], ''MondoWeiss'', August 23, 2007</ref><ref>Philip Weiss, [http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2007/08/only-the-jta-re.html Only the Jewish Press Calls a Spade a Spade: New Pro-Iraq-War Group Is a Jewish Group], ''MondoWeiss'', 27 August 2007</ref> masquerading as a grassroots movement (i.e. [[astroturf]]). Formed in August 2007,<ref>Steve Henn, [http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2007/08/22/PM200708224.html?refid=0 "Bush backers begin surge of their own,"] ''Marketplace''/PublicRadio.org, August 22, 2007.</ref> it began a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign on August 22, 2007 "to urge members of [[Congress]] who may be wavering in their support for the [[war in Iraq]] not to 'cut and run'."<ref name="AF">[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/22/washington/22war-web.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin "Group to Urge War Support,"] ''New York Times'', August 22, 2007.</ref>

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