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Newsday, February 7 2002

Text Source

Anonymous (Newsday). "Evidence grows that U.S. attacked innocent group." Lawrence Journal-World (Lawrence, KS: Lawrence Journal-World; http://www.ljworld.com. February 7 2002): http://www.ljworld.com/section/citynews/story/82469.

Message Unit 1 - an example of patriotized history

core myths:

law-abiding myth

unpatriotized history:

People who fight against the US in Afghanistan are violating the US project; this does not make them non-innocent.


The US project in Afghanistan is a crime. The US has established itself as the master of someone else's country.


It is a crime for the US to capture or kill people who fight its project in Afghanistan.

message (of patriotized history):

Forces that are not friendly to the US are non-innocent, and the US commits no crime by killing them.

patriotic change (of history):

authority shift

technique:

text:

[Headline:] Evidence grows that U.S. attacked innocent group

...

The United States is investigating whether 19 people killed during the Special Forces raid included some friendly forces.

Message Unit 2 - an example of patriotized history

core myths:

law-abiding myth

unpatriotized history:

The US military in Afghanistan is a foreign conqueror in someone else's country.

message (of patriotized history):

The US military in Afghanistan is like a police force at home in its own country.

patriotic change (of history):

authority shift

technique:

text:

"This is no different than if a police officer in this country is shot at. ... You would take into custody the person doing the shooting," said Maj. Ralph Mills, a Central Command spokesman.

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