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It'll Be Over Before You Know It
How the information flow is controlled in the thick of war
Against the background of controversy over the accuracy of claims about Iraq possessing weapons of mass destruction, Robin Lustig examines how information has been managed historically by British and American governments in times of military conflict.
In part two: how the information flow is controlled in the thick of war, in particular in the recent war in Iraq – were we really told what was happening?