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US fight Taliban with heavy metal and rock music
AFP via google ^
| April 6, 2010
| Karim Talbi (AFP)
Posted on 04/07/2010 11:27:47 AM PDT by a fool in paradise
...The playlist has been hand-selected to annoy the Taliban, according to one US special forces officer.
"Taliban hate that music," said the sergeant involved in covert psychological operations, or "psy ops", in the area in Helmand province.
"Some locals complain but it's a way to push them to choose. It's motivating Marines as well," he added after one deafening round of several hours including tracks from The Offspring, Metallica and Thin Lizzy.
The officer said they also broadcast messages from the Afghan government, as well as threats to the Taliban -- there are no obscenities, "but we tell them they're gonna die", he smiled...
Lieutenant Colonel Brian Christmas -- the commander of US Marines in northern Marjah -- said he was unaware of the musical psy ops.
"It's inappropriate," he told AFP, mindful that a major part of the counter-insurgency plan is focused on winning over Afghans from the insurgents.
"I'm going to ask this to stop right now."
Music or no music, two months after 15,000 US, Afghan and NATO troops launched in Marjah what was billed as the biggest offensive against the Taliban in nearly nine years of war, fear of the Taliban remains palpable among locals.
"Taliban go into homes everyday, harming residents, accusing us of being spies," said Salam, a young Afghan just freed from the hands of Taliban kidnappers by a contingent of US troops...
...According to copies given to AFP by Marines and tribal elders, the Taliban are also still handing out hand-written leaflets threatening to chop off residents' heads if they cooperate with foreign forces.
The United States' strategy is designed to weaken the Taliban and establish government rule, eventually allowing American troops to start leaving in mid-2011...
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; napl; psyops; rockmusic; taliban
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posted on
04/07/2010 11:28:25 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(VP Biden on Obamacare's passage: "This is a big f-ing deal". grumpygresh: "Repeal the f-ing deal")
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
04/07/2010 11:29:06 AM PDT
by
WOBBLY BOB
( FIRE STUPAK: LindaForCongress.com)
To: WOBBLY BOB
"...but local children certainly don't like it -- many of them cover their ears from the onslaught of loud bass guitars and drums."
Kids today.
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posted on
04/07/2010 11:31:38 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(VP Biden on Obamacare's passage: "This is a big f-ing deal". grumpygresh: "Repeal the f-ing deal")
To: WOBBLY BOB
I feel old.
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
04/07/2010 11:32:17 AM PDT
by
manic4organic
(Obama shot hoops, America lost troops.)
To: a fool in paradise
May I suggest an addition that’s sure to drive the Taliban crazy? Mrs Miller’s “Downtown.”
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posted on
04/07/2010 11:32:41 AM PDT
by
JPG
(Mr. Gore, we have a warrant for your arrest...put your hands behind your back.)
To: a fool in paradise
No no, if you really want to win, blast some N’Sync or Backstreet Boys.
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posted on
04/07/2010 11:32:53 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: JPG
Mrs. Miller went to Vietnam.
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posted on
04/07/2010 11:33:41 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(VP Biden on Obamacare's passage: "This is a big f-ing deal". grumpygresh: "Repeal the f-ing deal")
To: TigersEye
Lieutenant Colonel Brian Christmas -- the commander of US Marines in northern Marjah -- said he was unaware of the musical psy ops. "It's inappropriate," he told AFP, mindful that a major part of the counter-insurgency plan is focused on winning over Afghans from the insurgents.
"I'm going to ask this to stop right now."
I don't like this guy. If the music works then blast it! If the Afghan people want us to fight for them then they can deal with the music.
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posted on
04/07/2010 11:33:47 AM PDT
by
pandoraou812
(timendi causa est nescire)
To: a fool in paradise
Lieutenant Colonel Brian Christmas -- the commander of US Marines in northern Marjah -- said he was unaware of the musical psy ops. "It's inappropriate," he told AFP, mindful that a major part of the counter-insurgency plan is focused on winning over Afghans from the insurgents. "I'm going to ask this to stop right now With all due respect Colonel, you're a p***y.
Semper Fi.
L
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posted on
04/07/2010 11:34:11 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: dfwgator
Those two flash in the pan acts were America’s answer to Menudo. You’d need to find an international hit artist’s records. Like those by Michael Jackson or David Hasslehoff.
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posted on
04/07/2010 11:34:40 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(VP Biden on Obamacare's passage: "This is a big f-ing deal". grumpygresh: "Repeal the f-ing deal")
To: a fool in paradise
Hey now, what do you have against “The Hoff?”
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posted on
04/07/2010 11:35:22 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: pandoraou812
Note that the locals “don’t like” the music but they are FEARFUL of the death threats left by the Taliban.
We may not be seen as “buddies”, but the locals don’t seem to see us as the threat in their lives.
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posted on
04/07/2010 11:36:15 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(VP Biden on Obamacare's passage: "This is a big f-ing deal". grumpygresh: "Repeal the f-ing deal")
To: Salamander
Hammerfrog Ping.
To: a fool in paradise
Did we do that back when we stake out Manuel Norgia at Vatican embassy in Panama we play Ozzy Osbourne music
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posted on
04/07/2010 11:42:11 AM PDT
by
SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile")
To: SevenofNine
Or when Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots Were Made For Walking” was played (along with the sounds of rabbits being skinned alive) at the compound near Waco, Texas...
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posted on
04/07/2010 11:43:09 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(VP Biden on Obamacare's passage: "This is a big f-ing deal". grumpygresh: "Repeal the f-ing deal")
To: a fool in paradise
Or when Nancy Sinatras These Boots Were Made For Walking was played (along with the sounds of rabbits being skinned alive) at the compound near Waco, Texas... After that, I think Koresh told them, "Please torch the place, just make it stop!"
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posted on
04/07/2010 11:43:57 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: a fool in paradise
US fight Taliban with heavy metal and rock music
I had kind of hoped for weapons of mass destruction. I mean while playing hard rock can be annoying it just isn't in the same league as a thousand kilos of laser guided bomb through your bedroom window. Although Screaming JDAM might make a good band name.
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posted on
04/07/2010 11:45:28 AM PDT
by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: a fool in paradise
They should Friday porn nights with free booze and roast pork sandwiches. Oh don’t forget the dancing. (I would dance with the goat if I were really drunk)
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posted on
04/07/2010 11:48:01 AM PDT
by
brooklyn dave
(this is a NO-BAMA zone)
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