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Scott PowersNovember 8, 2018

Democratic state Rep.-elect Anna Eskamani has been no stranger to national media coverage throughout her campaign, and now her election in House District 47 Tuesday also is drawing attention of Iranian media and international media broadcasting into Iran. Eskamani, of Orlando, had been open throughout her campaign about her Iranian-American heritage, even working it into […]

Associated PressJanuary 31, 2017

On any given day at MacDill Air Force Base, web crawlers scour social media for potential recruits to the Islamic State group. Then, in a high-stakes operation to counter the extremists’ propaganda, language specialists employ fictitious identities and try to sway the targets from joining IS ranks. At least that’s how the multimillion-dollar initiative is […]

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Anna Eskamani’s fame is rising – in Iran

MacDill ‘WebOps’ employees center of botched online fight against Islamic State