Jimmi Hendrix Joins the Iraqi Occupation/ U.S. uses loud music, insults in Fallujah - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Randerolf · 04-17-2004, 08:52 PM

http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/.../International

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U.S. deploys loud music, insults in Fallujah

Associated Press
POSTED AT 4:35 PM EDT Friday, Apr. 16, 2004

Fallujah, Iraq — In Fallujah's darkened, empty streets, U.S. troops blast AC/DC's “Hell's Bells” and other rock music full volume from a huge speaker, hoping to grate on the nerves of this Sunni Muslim city's gunmen and give a laugh to marines along the front line.

Unable to advance farther into the city, an Army psychological operations team hopes a mix of heavy metal and insults shouted in Arabic — including, “You shoot like a goat herder” — will draw gunmen to step forward and attack.

The loud music recalls the Army's use of rap and rock to help flush out Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega after the December 1989 invasion on his country, and the FBI's blaring progressively more irritating tunes in an attempt to end a standoff with armed members of the Branch Davidian cult in Waco, Texas in 1993.

The marines' psychological operations came as U.S. negotiators were pressing Fallujah representatives to get gunmen in the city to abide by a cease-fire.

Almost a week after negotiations halted a U.S. offensive against insurgents in the city, the marines continue carving out front line positions and hope for orders to push forward. Many are questioning the value of truce talks with an enemy who continues to launch attacks.

“These guys don't have a centralized leader; they're just here to fight. I don't see what negotiations are going to do,” said Captain Shannon Johnson, a company commander. Word of truce talks last week forced his battalion to halt its plunge into the northeast section of the city just hours after arriving to back up other forces.

In the meantime, perhaps the fiercest enemy — everyone here seems to agree — is the boredom, and worst of all the flies that pepper this dusty Euphrates River city west of Baghdad. But Fallujah's front lines remain dangerous.

On Friday, insurgents fired several mortars at U.S. forces. One of the shells blasted a chunk out of a house where marines are positioned, filling the building with dust and smoke. No one was injured.

A short time later, an F-16 jet dropped a 2,000-pound bomb on the city, sending up a massive spray of dirt and smoke and destroying a building where marines had spotted gunmen.

At night, the psychological operations unit attached to the Marine battalion here sends out messages from a loudspeaker mounted on an armored Humvee. On Thursday night, the crew and its Arabic-language interpreter taunted fighters, saying, “May all the ambulances in Fallujah have enough fuel to pick up the bodies of the mujahadeen.”

The message was specially timed for an attack moments later by an AC-130 gunship that pounded targets in the city.

Later, the team blasted Jimi Hendrix and other rock music, and afterward some sound effects like babies crying, men screaming, a symphony of cats and barking dogs and piercing screeches. They were unable to draw any gunmen to fight, and seemed disappointed.

As he kept watch from a roof, 18-year-old Private James Cathcart said the men were eager to attack.

“Everyone here wants to push forward. Here, you're just a target,” he said.

It am dissapointed that the reporter didn't post a playlist of just what artists and songs are featured on the US psy op's playlist.

No Spice Girls?

present_future · 04-17-2004, 09:21 PM

I think that is awesome. Not only because of the hell it puts the Iraqis through, but the morale boost that it gives our troops.

Rock on America!

Lebell · 04-17-2004, 09:23 PM

I still think nothing tops annoying like 6 straight hours of "Achey Breaky Heart"

RoboBlaster · 04-17-2004, 09:40 PM

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Originally posted by Lebell
I still think nothing tops annoying like 6 straight hours of "Achey Breaky Heart"

Well, we don't want our own troops to surrender, too.

Manic_Skafe · 04-17-2004, 10:23 PM

What a waste of the sonic genius that is the music Hendrix created.

Everytime I turn on the news I find more and more reasons why this war is - for lack of a better term and not offensive to anyone who's homosexual - gay.

bermuDa · 04-17-2004, 11:12 PM

"weak" or "lame" would be a better choice of vernacular... expanding your vocabulary is the first step towards making statements that don't require disclaimers.

tecoyah · 04-18-2004, 02:24 AM

Nothing like resorting to a bit of psychological warfare, to prove a war is going well.

sailor · 04-18-2004, 07:08 AM

Sorta like when they went after Noriega, they blasted "Panama" on repeat as loud as the PAs would go outside the embassy he was holed up in. Pretty ironic

Psivage · 04-18-2004, 03:09 PM

All the technology we have and this is the best we can do? Where are the smart bombs?

BigGov · 04-18-2004, 03:35 PM

Those are Plan B.

Stare At The Sun · 04-18-2004, 04:38 PM

I can see it now. They are fighting, and we begin to play the same songs. The rebel's just take 1 hour shifts watching for troop advancements and listening for advancing tanks, while the others have earcovers on and hear practically nothing. Then they say "stupid americans"....atleast until the smart bombs begin to fall...

kl0pper · 04-19-2004, 03:23 AM

why dont they play something like dillinger escape plan or slayer or something?

saut · 04-19-2004, 11:49 AM

If and when the gunmen emerge and attack in a most desparate, glorious manner, then Carmina Burana must be played at full volume. That is all.

Cynthetiq · 04-19-2004, 12:00 PM

HMMM... are they paying royalties????

what about RIAA?? maybe they are hiding the MP3's with the WMD...

Gortexfogg · 04-19-2004, 12:20 PM

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“You shoot like a goat herder”

He, he. Funny stuff, but I wonder if it would actually work. I'd be interested to hear what other kinds of insults our troops our using...

shalafi · 04-20-2004, 08:36 AM

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Originally posted by Cynthetiq
HMMM... are they paying royalties????

nah no need to. it says the speakers mounted on a humvee so its not so much a public exhibition of copyrighted material but more like that asshole next to you at the traffic light that has his car stereo turned up way too loud

hunnychile · 04-20-2004, 04:54 PM

If it's "FREEDOM," by Hendrix, that could be rather cool
(esp. for our soldiers!)

Please God, let them come home soon!

hunnychile · 04-20-2004, 04:57 PM

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Originally posted by tecoyah
Nothing like resorting to a bit of psychological warfare, to prove a war is going well.

Better yet, let's pollute all their drinking water with X !

Then play lots of real mellow "get it on" music...your choice of course! And drop all those jelly day glo bracelets for the tribes to wear and share. Or perhaps tableclothes (in leiu of berkas and whatever the guys wear) with flower power, peace symbols and love patterns on them.

04-17-2004, 09:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
present_future Take my hand Location: Everywhere, but nowhere	I think that is awesome. Not only because of the hell it puts the Iraqis through, but the morale boost that it gives our troops. Rock on America! __________________ The only thing I'll ever ask of you... you gotta promise not to stop when I say when.

04-17-2004, 09:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
Lebell Cracking the Whip Location: Sexymama's arms...	I still think nothing tops annoying like 6 straight hours of "Achey Breaky Heart" __________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis The ONLY sponsors we have are YOU! Please Donate!

04-17-2004, 10:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
Manic_Skafe More Than You Expect Location: Queens	What a waste of the sonic genius that is the music Hendrix created. Everytime I turn on the news I find more and more reasons why this war is - for lack of a better term and not offensive to anyone who's homosexual - gay. __________________ "Porn is a zoo of exotic animals that becomes boring upon ownership." -Nersesian

04-17-2004, 11:12 PM	#6 (permalink)
bermuDa don't ignore this--> Location: CA	"weak" or "lame" would be a better choice of vernacular... expanding your vocabulary is the first step towards making statements that don't require disclaimers. __________________ I am the very model of a moderator gentleman.

04-18-2004, 02:24 AM	#7 (permalink)
tecoyah Illusionary	Nothing like resorting to a bit of psychological warfare, to prove a war is going well. __________________ Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. - Buddha

04-18-2004, 07:08 AM	#8 (permalink)
sailor beauty in the breakdown Location: Chapel Hill, NC	Sorta like when they went after Noriega, they blasted "Panama" on repeat as loud as the PAs would go outside the embassy he was holed up in. Pretty ironic __________________ "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." --Plato

04-18-2004, 03:09 PM	#9 (permalink)
Psivage Psycho	All the technology we have and this is the best we can do? Where are the smart bombs?

04-18-2004, 03:35 PM	#10 (permalink)
BigGov WoW or Class... Location: UWW	Those are Plan B. __________________ One day an Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walked into a pub together. They each bought a pint of Guinness. Just as they were about to enjoy their creamy beverage, three flies landed in each of their pints. The Englishman pushed his beer away in disgust. The Scotsman fished the fly out of his beer and continued drinking it, as if nothing had happened. The Irishman, too, picked the fly out of his drink but then held it out over the beer and yelled "SPIT IT OUT, SPIT IT OUT, YOU BASTARD!"

04-18-2004, 04:38 PM	#11 (permalink)
Stare At The Sun Eh? Location: Somewhere over the rainbow	I can see it now. They are fighting, and we begin to play the same songs. The rebel's just take 1 hour shifts watching for troop advancements and listening for advancing tanks, while the others have earcovers on and hear practically nothing. Then they say "stupid americans"....atleast until the smart bombs begin to fall...

04-19-2004, 03:23 AM	#12 (permalink)
kl0pper Crazy Location: thailand	why dont they play something like dillinger escape plan or slayer or something?

04-19-2004, 11:49 AM	#13 (permalink)
saut Registered User Location: Pittsburgh	If and when the gunmen emerge and attack in a most desparate, glorious manner, then Carmina Burana must be played at full volume. That is all.

04-19-2004, 12:00 PM	#14 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	HMMM... are they paying royalties???? what about RIAA?? maybe they are hiding the MP3's with the WMD... __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!

04-20-2004, 04:54 PM	#17 (permalink)
hunnychile Alien Anthropologist Location: Between Boredom and Nirvana	If it's "FREEDOM," by Hendrix, that could be rather cool (esp. for our soldiers!) Please God, let them come home soon! __________________ "I need compassion, understanding and chocolate." - NJB