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Psy ops in the gulf: part 2


“When we see an Iraqi position”, explains Sergeant Dan Voss, “we can make it appear there is an extremely large US force nearby, playing the sounds of tanks for instance or even of a group of US marines charging.”

Psychological operations really proved themselves in the 1991 Gulf war, according to US officials here.

Thousands of Iraqis were persuaded to surrender rather than fight US forces, through a combination of leafleting and mobile sound systems.

While watching my local ABC news I saw what I thought was the most darkly hilarious thing. One of the leaflets that the British are dropping has two figures. One a soldier. The other an Iraqi civilian. Both very glad to see one another. An underneath it read, “This time we won’t abandon you.”

I have yet to find an online pic of that. But I have found lots of BBC sites saying Americans are the main ones using this psy-ops tactic. Damn interesting if you ask me.. and you didn’t.
-Groonk

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