Word: propaganda
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...Iran relations: the staging ground of the 1953 CIA plot that overthrew the democratically elected government of Iran, the locus for the prolonged showdown in 1979 when 53 American diplomats were taken hostage for 444 days, and now the theocratic regime's bully pulpit for spewing its anti-Western propaganda...
...civilian casualties, was too high. I reject that totally. There was no violation of human rights. There were no civilian casualties. If I did that, it wouldn't have taken 2½ years to finish this. I would have done this in a few hours. These are all propaganda. (Read "How to Defeat Insurgencies: Sri Lanka's Bad Example...
...worried that relations between Uighurs and Han Chinese have broken? Are there any ways they can be improved? This unrest was caused by government policies. The government is instigating Chinese people against Uighurs. Because of government propaganda, the Chinese people have begun to hate Uighurs...
...despite all the conspiracies and bluster, a large segment of Iran's population remains incredulous. The propaganda campaign may well sway many Iranians, especially those who consume only state media, but many others see straight through it. Criticizing Ahmadinejad's claim that the Islamic Republic foiled an attempt at a velvet revolution, Iran's former reformist President Mohammed Khatami met with families of the detained this week. "If this poisoned propaganda and security atmosphere continues ... we must say that what happened was a velvet coup d'état against the people and the republicanism of this state," he said. Millions...
...government also began a propaganda campaign aimed at shifting responsibility for the violence meted out by the state onto foreign powers and the protesters themselves. State television aired a program in which witnesses and experts all agreed that Neda Agha-Soltan - the 27-year-old bystander whose death was captured on YouTube, sparking sympathy worldwide and turning Neda into a martyr - was shot by foreign agents in order to intensify people's rage. State television also broadcast another program mourning the purported deaths of eight Basijis killed by bullet wounds...