Posted by
Always To The Right on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 5:41:04 PM
Defense Secretary Donald H.
Rumsfeld said Monday he is deeply troubled by the success of terrorist
groups in "manipulating the media" to influence Westerners. "What
bothers me the most is how clever the enemy is," he continued,
launching an extensive broadside at Islamic extremist groups which he
said are trying to undermine Western support for the war on terror.
"They are actively manipulating the media in this country" by, for
example, falsely blaming U.S. troops for civilian deaths in Iraq and
Afghanistan, he said. "They can lie with impunity."