Troops lose video link with home as Army block myspace & youtube

[Rich]

http://www.signs-of-the-times.org/articles/show/132051-Troops+lose+video+link+with+home+as+Army+puts+a+block+on+MySpace%2C+YouTube

The Pentagon told The Times that the decision had been made for security issues - to protect sensitive information being seen by the enemy - and to reduce drag on the military's bandwidth. Soldiers said that the move would hit morale and cut off a crucial link to family and friends.

seems a disconnect with this article that would imply the bandwith comment is an outright lie:

Bandwidth leap for British forces
British troops fire a mortar at Gereshk, Afghanistan (PA)
Skynet 5 is already supporting operations in Afghanistan
UK forces in Afghanistan and Iraq have started using a new satellite system that will see a dramatic improvement in their communications capability.

They are now sending voice, images and other data over the Skynet 5A platform.

The spacecraft, which was launched in March, is part of a £3.6bn project to upgrade the super-fast connections between command centres.

"It's making a clear difference already," Brigadier Simon Shadbolt at the Ministry of Defence told BBC News.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6647011.stm

unless, as reported, ALL that excess bandwith is for flying killerbots: http://www.signs-of-the-times.org/articles/show/132063-Terminator+kill-bots+to+be+run+by+system+called+%27Skynet%27

in any event it is clearly not a 'war' (watching this brought it home too: http://www.signs-of-the-times.org/articles/show/132046-KILL+EVERYBODY%3A+American+soldier+exposes+US+policy+in+Iraq), the media objective seems to be keeping citizens as far removed from the reality of this destruction as possible.

 

[PopHistorian]

Sounds more like they don't want soldiers finding out any truth about what's happening, and they're willing to cut into morale to do it.

Troops must now have any blog site, and its content, previewed and approved.

Yep, Big Brother is a real morale buster.

 

[Johnno]

in any event it is clearly not a 'war' (watching this brought it home too: http://www.signs-of-the-times.org/articles/show/132046-KILL+EVERYBODY%3A+American+soldier+exposes+US+policy+in+Iraq), the media objective seems to be keeping citizens as far removed from the reality of this destruction as possible.

Yes, this also can be seen here, basic psyops in operation.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4806110.html

BAGHDAD — Police fired warning shots in the air at the scene of a double bombing Tuesday, enforcing an order banning news photographers and TV camera operators from filming the aftermath of deadly bombings.

The Iraqi government said it decided last weekend to keep photographers and camera crews away from blast sites to prevent them from damaging forensic evidence. Media groups feared the order was aimed at preventing scenes of horrific carnage from being broadcast around the world

He who controls the information, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future.- George Orwell

 

[Rich]

The Iraqi government said it decided last weekend to keep photographers and camera crews away from blast sites prevent them from damaging forensic evidence. Media groups feared the order was aimed at preventing scenes of horrific carnage from being broadcast around the world

the phrase in bold is so blatantly false i cannot believe anyone believes it - why do they bother with this facade?

 

[glenm]

The Iraqi government said it decided last weekend to keep photographers and camera crews away from blast sites prevent them from damaging forensic evidence. Media groups feared the order was aimed at preventing scenes of horrific carnage from being broadcast around the world

the phrase in bold is so blatantly false i cannot believe anyone believes it - why do they bother with this facade?

There seems to always be a "good reason" when information is suppressed, no matter how obviously concocted it may be.

Makes me think that most people actually accept it.

 

[Cyre2067]

Yeah I don't buy the 'bandwidth' excuse. They want to keep their troops and their sheeple seperate. Divide and Conquer.