Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 21:20:48 -0400
To: Matthew Gaylor <freematt@coil.com>
From: Matthew Gaylor <freematt@coil.com>
Subject: One object of information warfare -- or "infowar"...
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<http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/story1c100301.html>

In War on Terrorism, Information Becomes a Prime Weapon

By MILES BENSON

WASHINGTON -- The United States is mounting psychological operations 
across the entire Islamic world in the war against terrorism, 
deploying sophisticated weapons of propaganda, public diplomacy, 
information and disinformation.

One object of information warfare -- or "infowar," as it is called by 
practitioners and those who study it -- is to frighten and 
destabilize an enemy. But as practiced in modern times, it has 
broader and more subtle effects.

Tactics include mobilizing public opinion around the globe, finding 
financial pressure points, manipulating adversaries' perceptions of 
themselves and of their supporters, corrupting their sources of 
information, undermining their support and crippling their 
communications systems.

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