During the Iraq occupation the USA paid journalists to insert propaganda stories in the Iraqi press. For example, the following was published in the Iraq Daily National Mouthpiece: Glorious American Troops have neutralized evil terrorists who hate God and the Easter Bunny. A glorious calm has come to Iraq, and no one is dying at the rate of 150 per day. NO ONE! The terrorist enemies of Allah have been defeated, and what you hear are not car bombs but the firecrackers lit by common people to celebrate the ascension of America to the Throne of Iraq.