Return-Path: <sentto-279987-3219-1003759080-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Mon, 22 Oct 2001 06:59:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 24680 invoked by uid 510); 22 Oct 2001 13:57:31 -0000 Received: from n30.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.80) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 22 Oct 2001 13:57:31 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-3219-1003759080-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.56] by n30.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 22 Oct 2001 13:58:00 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 22 Oct 2001 13:58:00 -0000 Received: (qmail 82851 invoked from network); 22 Oct 2001 13:58:00 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l10.egroups.com with QMQP; 22 Oct 2001 13:58:00 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta2 with SMTP; 22 Oct 2001 13:57:59 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id f9MDwGt03931 for iwar@onelist.com; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 06:58:16 -0700 Message-Id: <200110221358.f9MDwGt03931@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 06:58:16 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Foreign.Media.Wage."Information.Attack"] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Foreign Media Wage "Information Attack" Uzbekistan, October 22, 2001 [ 07:51 ] , Khalq Sozi TASHKENT. Since the beginning of the US-led military operation in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan has suffered malicious reporting by some foreign media, "sowing panic among people", the Uzbek Khalq Sozi newspaper suggested on 20 October. Journalists are being paid to wage an "information war" in the media against Uzbekistan, it said, while in reality the situation is perfectly calm. The following are excerpts from the report, entitled "A Country with Peaceful Borders" by Qurbon Eshmatov. It is several days since some Afghan towns where international terrorists have built their defensive facilities started being bombed by US aircraft. Calm Uzbekistan is a country with dignity. It has its own place to occupy, its own words to pronounce and its own policy to pursue. That is why its influence is growing every year. Naturally, its friends are happy with this, and ill-wishers are not. Ill-wishers see that [Uzbek] people are living and working in peace and conducting their festivities. They [Uzbek people] are honouring their famous figures. They are supporting each other in both good and bad times. There are those who cannot see this. Ill-wishers have attempted many times to attack this fortress [Uzbekistan], whose friendliness is strong. They have failed. After this, they have invented a new form of sabotage. This is an information attack being launched on Uzbekistan. Sowing panic Every country approaches major politics proceeding from its own interests and point of view. In particular, independent Uzbekistan is entering modern politics with its own views. It has started to clearly pronounce its ideas, be it about economic cooperation or strengthening peace, from international rostrums. Wise politicians from some countries, considering themselves the most powerful of the powerful, do not like this situation. That is why they cannot stop sowing panic among people and perturbing them, and through this derailing the [Uzbek] economy, i.e. spreading rumours about Uzbekistan with ill intentions. Journalists paid It should be made clear that a information attack is worse than a plague. It, first of all, poisons [people's] brains. It sets one idea against another idea. It forces one ideology to eat up another ideology. It has far more effect than an atomic bomb. In fact, there are instigators interested in this [information] war. There are those invisible sponsors, who cannot see how a country is prospering, behind these instigators. Do not we know that these rogues pay journalists to stir things up in the media? Information attack First, these people circulated libel, saying that Uzbekistan provided the USA with its airfields for military use. Then they reported that the Taleban had moved its armed forces to[wards] [southern] Surkhandarya [Region]. They were not ashamed to further damage the Uzbek armed forces' prestige. Even a [Russian newspaper] Izvestiya correspondent, who was brought up in Uzbekistan, has predicted from Russia that the basis of independence has allegedly weakened in Uzbekistan. You see that somebody needs these intrigues. They are measuring every single step of ours. However, as was said before, Uzbekistan has got its own history and patriots and it is a country with great opportunities. That is why gossip about the country is spreading. Our friend, a journalist, came to Tashkent from [southern] Surkhandarya [Region's] border [with Afghanistan] several days ago. "Some foreign journalists are sowing panic," he says [unidentified journalist], "the real picture is completely different. There have been no attacks from the other bank of the river Amudarya [Afghanistan] so far. Peaceful life is going on there." The same answers have come from [southern] Kashkadarya and [central] Dzhizak and other Regions. Border officers are at their posts. Farmers are in their fields. Investors are busy with their businesses. Teachers are teaching at schools. Foreign tourists are enjoying sightseeing at our historical monuments. What else do we need? Staff from some foreign media came to Surkhandarya just after the Anglo-US antiterrorist operation started [in Afghanistan]. Certainly, they have come with journalistic interests. Our colleagues, who needed sensations, were surprised to see tranquility there. Unfortunately, our country is not avoiding information attacks even though the calm situation is stable. Some journalists of Russian television channels are digging for dirt under the fingernails. A [Radio] Liberty correspondent wanted to accuse us of providing fuel to aircraft bombing Afghanistan. Many foreign observers know that this is inaccurate. However, they [presumably journalists] do not care. Vigilance Frankly, we should not be indifferent to this information war, which is slowly reaching its zenith. It is urgently necessary to save ourselves, our children, our great homeland from its bad impact. Vigilance, vigilance and, once more, vigilance are measures for this. ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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