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The article reports that the same Pentagon contractor that paid Iraqi newspapers to print positive articles written by American soldiers has also been compensating Sunni religious scholars in Iraq in return for assistance with its propaganda work. The author reviews the work conducted by the public relations company Lincoln Group LP. According to the author, the company has retained three or four Sunni religious scholars to offer advice and write reports for military commanders on the content of propaganda campaigns. Comments from Lincoln Group vice president Paige Craig are included.

The article reports that the U.S. President George W. Bush administration, hoping to counter anti-American sentiment in the Muslim world, has been conducting an extensive, costly and often hidden information war. A media center at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina, turns out what officers call truthful messages supporting the U.S. government's objectives. Its commander, Colonel Jack N. Summe, acknowledged that the stories are one-sided and their American sponsorship is hidden. In Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military operates newspapers and radio stations without disclosing their American ties.

Reports on the long-term risks in tapping underground oil reserves in Iraq. Excessive water seeping into the oil deposits; Poor management of the damaged oil fields prior to the war.

Focuses on the problems in searching fingerprint databases in the U.S. Inability of the American military to identify detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan; Evaluation in the use of a mobile system that records fingerprints of suspects by the Defense Department; Need for rectification of the fingerprinting problem.

Focuses on the increasing costs and vague explanations involved in the rebuilding of Iraq's oil industry; Pentagon's contract with the Halliburton Company; Scope of the contract; Minimal Halliburton profits; Absence of competition; Inviting other bids; Lack of public disclosure.

Reports on a U.S. Pentagon task force finding that the Iraqi oil industry was so badly damaged by trade embargoes that its production capacity had fallen by over 25 percent. How the finding conflicts with statements by the U.S. President George W. Bush administration; Comments of Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz and Vice President Dick Cheney; Estimated oil revenues from Iraq; Conclusions of the Energy Infrastructure Planning Group, a secret government task force; Scope of the task force; The poor state of Iraq's oil infrastructure.

Reports on the plan of the U.S. government to use the Iraqi oil reserve to finance the reconstruction of the country after the war.

Reports on the missile attack by United States (US) jet fighters against two Iraqi surface-to-air missile batteries. Reason for the missile attack; Encounter of Iraqi and US jet fighters in the no fly zone region of Iraq.

Reports on the acceptance of the disputed theory by the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush that the discovered tubes made of high-strength aluminum of Iraq were for a nuclear weapons program. Role of the tubes in the accusations of the administration against Iraq; Claim of four officials at the Central Intelligence Agency and two senior administration officials that the tubes were likely intended for small artillery rockets; Failure of senior administration officials to fully disclose the contrary views of America's leading nuclear scientists.