The info-war continues

April 22, 2009 · Posted in Uncategorized

Websites, radio and TV… the information battlefield is vast and fluid.

Pentagon planners are reportedly working to jam some of the over 150 illegal radio stations that operate along Pakistan’s ungoverned Northwest border region, making the airwaves a battlefield in the war to undercut the Taliban’s political base. In a region where literacy and development are sorely lacking, radio is a cheap, accessible media format — making it a popular source of news and entertainment.

From Wired’s Danger Room.

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