PHONY LETTERS FROM OUR SOLDIERS IN IRAQ?

[donsu]

http://counterspin.blogspot.com/2003_10_05_counterspin_...

HONY LETTERS FROM OUR SOLDIERS IN IRAQ?: This is one of the most disgusting things I've seen in a while. I was tipped off by the folks at American Politics Journal about the appalling possibility that someone wrote a letter about how wonderful things are in Iraq, near Kirkuk, and signed several soldiers' names to the letter without them approving it, or their knowledge.

Turns out the astroturf letter part, at least, is true. Someone is sending the exact same letter to different newspapers across the country...only each letter is "signed" by a different soldier living in that paper's area of circulation. A blatant propaganda ploy. To see for yourself, do the following:

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Here are the names of soldiers that ave been used so far:

1. Spc. Nathan Whitelatch.

2. Sgt. Shawn M. Grueser.

3. Pfc. David Deaconson.

Deaconson is the one who was injured in the explosion.

4. Pfc. Jason Marshall.

5. Sgt. 1st Class Edwin Gargas Jr.

And...

6. Sgt. Chris Shelton.
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FINAL UPDATE: Yes! The scam is confirmed! Here's the Gannett News Service article, published in the Olympian.
"Letters from hometown soldiers describing their successes rebuilding Iraq have been appearing in newspapers across the country as U.S. public opinion on the mission sours.

And all the letters are the same.
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sounds Rovish