Cheney's "Freedom Watch" group builds multimedia propaganda case for attack on Iran

[Ghost Dog]

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2185477,00.html

... or "Freedom's Watch" (scroll down at link) ...

Meanwhile, a well-funded new conservative campaign group with links to the White House is making the case that Iran is a threat to the US and Israel and should be 'stopped'. Freedom's Watch was founded in March by a dozen billionaire and multimillionaire benefactors. Critics say the organisation is a neo-conservative 'slush fund' and front for White House policy, in particular the views of Vice President Dick Cheney ... <snip> ... But it is the link with Cheney that is the strongest, leading to the widespread view that the organisation is in effect his own creature. The group was conceived in March following a meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition at which he was a keynote speaker. Last month it emerged that Cheney had asked a number of right-wing think tanks to start building the case for war against Iran.

Freedom Watch also mentioned in DU here:
by CrisisPapers Tue Aug-28-07 01:31 PM
CheneyBush's "Mercenary" Legions http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=304228

And so the Pentagon has set up an Iraq Communications Desk to coordinate the campaign to sell the Petraeus Report findings, and, through a covert "cut-out" organization, a new White House-connected group called Freedom Watch has launched a $15 million pro-war propaganda campaign in various media markets. The spots already are running, and they often feature Iraq War veterans and/or their surviving family members delivering the White House spin