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Curiously there were some serious infowar analytical mistakes made early on in Iraq. We tended to follow western doctrine about the information matrix and applied it to Iraq,eg, secured radio and televisions stations and official information organs of the Iraqi gov't. We then relied on those organs to disseminate information. The problem is Iraqis have long ago abandoned official news sources are mere propaganda organs. In Iraq the real information transfer occurs in coffeehouses and tea cafes and with cellphones. We ignored the real info war it at our peril.With power on randomly in Baghdad only 30% of the time mass media outlets are unreliable.