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Article: ARMY HALTS MEDIA CAMPAIGN FORM LETTERS CALLED ABUSE OF PROGRAM
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- October 15, 2003
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WASHINGTON - Identical letters to US newspapers extolling the
successes of the American occupation of Iraq and signed by individual
troops do not warrant a formal investigation, US Army officials said
yesterday.
An Army spokesman said the unit responsible for the letters has
been instructed to stop the campaign.
The Boston Globe was among at least 11 small and large newspapers
from Massachusetts to California to print letters from soldiers in
the 503d Airborne Infantry Regiment, stationed in Kirkuk in northern
Iraq. Gannett News Service first reported that the form letters were
not written by the soldiers who signed them, but instead by senior
officers seeking to insert a more upbeat message ...