"Marcellus Shale gas drilling spokesmen at an industry conference in Houston said their companies are employing former military counterinsurgency officers and recommended using military-style psychological operations strategies, or psyops, to deal with media inquiries and citizen opposition to drilling in Pennsylvania communities.

Matt Pitzarella, a Range Resources spokesman speaking to other oil and gas industry spokespeople at the conference last week, said the company hires former military psyops specialists who use those skills in Pennsylvania. ...

"Download the U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Manual, because we are dealing with an insurgency," Mr. Carmichael [Anadarko] said in a session titled "Understanding How Unconventional Oil & Gas Operators are Developing a Comprehensive Media Relations Strategy to Engage Stakeholders and Educate the Public.""

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11317/1189273-503-0.stm?cmpid=marcel...

"#  FM 3-24:
This is the US Army's & Marine Corps' official Counterinsurgency Field Manual. "
http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/coin/repository/FM_3-24.pdf

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