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Article: US-led authority in Iraq hires B-PC for democracy push.(Coalition Provisional Authority's public relations account to be handled by Bell Pottinger Communications)(Brief Article)
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- PR Week (US)
- Article date:
- March 22, 2004
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LONDON: Iraq's US-led administration has appointed Bell Pottinger Communications (B-PC) to launch a campaign for the establishment of democracy in the war-torn country in a dollars 5.8 million deal.
The Coalition Provisional Authority has brought B-PC in to lead a consortium of firms to promote democracy before the handover of power to an interim Iraqi authority on June 30. Its mandate also includes promoting the election of an Iraqi government, which the UN hopes will occur by the end of 2005.
B-PC will work with its Dubai operation, Bates PanGulf, and Baghdad-based media services ...