Do You Need to Decisively Win the Information War?
Managing Information on Operations in Iraq
Author: Jim Molan
Volume 5, Number 1 (Autumn 2009), pp. 37-52.
Abstract
This article discusses the practical challenges of information operations in the counterinsurgency campaign in Iraq. It discusses practical aspects of the conduct of information operations in the Headquarters of Multinational Forces Iraq in 2004-05, the Iraqi approach to media during that time, and experiences from the second battle of Fallujah in 2004 and the Iraqi elections in 2005.
About the Author
Major General Jim Molan (ret.) was Chief of Operations, Headquarters Multinational Force—Iraq in 2004, and is a former Commander of the Australian Defence Colleges. jimmolan@ozemail.com.au.
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