In other news from Iraq, the top U.S. general in Iraq has publicly said the U.S. military will continue to plant stories in the Iraqi press. Late last year it was revealed the U.S. had paid a little-known private contractor called The Lincoln Group millions to plant hundreds of pro-U.S. articles in the Iraqi press. When the secret propaganda program was first revealed even the White House admitted it was “very concerned” about the practice. But the top Pentagon brass is now insisting it will go on. General George Casey said an internal review of the program had “found that we were operating within our authorities and responsibilities,” The Los Angeles Times reports the internal report could pave the way for the Pentagon to replicate the practice in other parts of the world.