CNN and Air Force received an exclusive right to broadcast the capture of the Iraqi city of Basra

The American and British military command decided to attract the largest broadcasting corporations of CNN and the Air Force as a kind of "information sponsors" of probable military operations in Iraq.

Thus, the exclusive right of the television broadcast of the "assault and fall" of the Basra - the second largest Iraqi city - has already been transferred to them. About this, as it became known today, said a senior representative of the United Military Group in the Persian Gulf zone.

“Making this decision, we do not strive to give me a reporter to earn money,” he explained. “The fact is that the Iraqi leadership is watching the programs of these channels, and we want it to know what is happening at the theater of military operations.”

At the same time, it became known about the plans for the transfer of Basra to the British military administration during the planned war, ITAR-TASS reports.

The Pentagon called on Hollywood to help in the production of daily appeals of the military department to the whole world

A few days ago, the Pentagon called on Hollywood to help in the production of daily appeals of the military department to the whole world.

One of the leading directors who recently finished work on the film with Michael Douglas was invited to create scenery worth $ 200 thousand (125 thousand pounds), in which General Tommy Franks and other representatives of the American command will report how the events are developing daily.

The 43-year-old George Ellison, who developed the design, against which George Bush performs in the White House, was taken to the base of the main command of the United States in Qatar so that he helped to turn a huge warehouse into a high-tech center for the media around the world. According to some reports, the cost of transformations will be $ 1 million (625 thousand pounds).

Also, the scenery of the Good morning, America program, ABC, work on such Hollywood products as a film with Kirk and Michael Douglas Family, which should be released in April in April.

His work in Qatar indicates that the Pentagon understands the need to look good on television in the best airtime, especially given that the war causes concern in society, which is loudly expressed by such representatives of Hollywood as Martin Shin, Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon.

In the scenery, which will become instantly recognizable, the generals will talk about the course of the operation from two catwalks located in the front of the scene, the decoration of which will be five 50-inch plasma screens and two 70-inch television-projection screens, allowing to demonstrate maps, graphic symbols and video shooting of military operations.

Behind their backs, in a soft focus, will be placed a detailed map of the world, designed to symbolize that the world behind them is one. In addition to entertainment, there is also a semantic load: to show that no surpassed American technology surpasses everything that Iraqis possesses, who will watch the performances of generals in the Arab television channel Al-Jazeera.

Generals of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad, in all likelihood, will submit their reports on the progress of the war, sitting at the table against the background of the Iraqi flag. The technological abyss will be part of the psychological campaign supported by journalists who are many here. The Americans promise that their videos will be instantly available in the eight of the most common video formats.

Ellison says: "We are talking about the transition of the technology from the diagram to the modern era. We are trying to clearly make it clear what our technology is and how we use it."

However, writes the British edition, not everything goes smoothly. The organizers found that there are not enough several hundred telephone lines. This is not to say that the openness for the media is unlimited: it is forbidden to photograph the decoration.