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The [[Information Operations Task Force]] inherited some of the role of the [[Office of Strategic Influence]] within the US Department of Defense following its abolition, according to James Bamford.<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/8798997/the_man_who_sold_the_war/print The Man Who Sold The War], by James Bamford, ''Rolling Stone'', November 17, 2005</ref>
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The ''Los Angeles Times'' reported in November 2005 that the Task Force was working with the [[Lincoln Group]] to produce favourable stories and insert them into the Iraqi media.<ref>Mark Mazzetti and Borzou Daragahi, [http://articles.latimes.com/2005/nov/30/world/fg-infowar30 U.S. Military Covertly Pays to Run Stories in Iraqi Press], Los Angeles Times, 30 November 2005.</ref>
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*[[Glen M. Segell]]<ref>Glen M. Segell, [http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a906597658 Creating Intelligence: Information Operations in Iraq], International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, March 2009.</ref>
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*James Bamford, [http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/8798997/the_man_who_sold_the_war/print The Man Who Sold The War], ''Rolling Stone'', November 17, 2005
 
*James Bamford, [http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/8798997/the_man_who_sold_the_war/print The Man Who Sold The War], ''Rolling Stone'', November 17, 2005
 
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The Information Operations Task Force inherited some of the role of the Office of Strategic Influence within the US Department of Defense following its abolition, according to James Bamford.[1]

The Los Angeles Times reported in November 2005 that the Task Force was working with the Lincoln Group to produce favourable stories and insert them into the Iraqi media.[2]

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  1. The Man Who Sold The War, by James Bamford, Rolling Stone, November 17, 2005
  2. Mark Mazzetti and Borzou Daragahi, U.S. Military Covertly Pays to Run Stories in Iraqi Press, Los Angeles Times, 30 November 2005.
  3. Glen M. Segell, Creating Intelligence: Information Operations in Iraq, International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, March 2009.