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Judi Lynn

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Thu May 30, 2013, 11:59 AM May 2013

US wants radio soap opera to push demobilization Colombian rebels

Source: Colombia Reports

US wants radio soap opera to push demobilization Colombian rebels
posted by Adriaan Alsema
May 30, 2013

The US government is planning to finance and produce a radio soap opera as part of a psy-ops mission to convince individual rebels of the FARC to demobilize.

A public solicitation by the U.S. Army’s Southern Command revealed the army is looking for a private contractor to produce a “radio novella” of 20 episodes, eight of which “shall convey messages that promote demobilization,” another eight “hall convey messages that counter recruitment of target audiences (TAs) into illegal armed groups.”

Four (4) episodes series shall focus on following:

• Promote traditional family values
• Belief in the respectful treatment of women
• Democratic alternatives to violence that can furnish functioning state institutions
• Emerging environmental concerns.

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“The purpose of developing a twenty (20) episode radio novella is to address the issues of demobilization, counter-recruitment, traditional family values, belief in the respectful treatment of women, democratic alternatives to violence that can furnish functioning state institutions, and emerging environmental concerns in support of U.S. and partner nation goals in Colombia,” the US Army said.

Read more: http://colombiareports.com/us-wants-radio-soap-opera-to-push-demobilization-colombia-rebels-report/
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