eine ganze irakische infanteriedivision soll ja quasi mit dem handy in der hand kapituliert haben, dank der nervenzerfetzenden anrufe von psy-ops, newspeak für die propaganda-abteilung (und zwar nicht die propaganda für uns daheim, für uns gibts ja die bilder von den kapitulierenden und saddamposterrunterreissern, sondern die liveunddirektmoralunterminierende propaganda für "den feind").

:::hier hätten wir ja dann auch das wappen des 11th Psychological Operations Battalion (Tactical).



"White is used to represent the unit’s first and preferred type of propaganda, the truth. The upright sword symbolizes the ready defense against gray, the half-truth, and black, the untruth [there, newspeak, i said it! Ed.]. The gold quill alludes to the unit’s ability to disseminate written propaganda, while the red border stands for continuous inspiration and rigor. The heptagon alludes to unit's numerical origin as 7th Psychological Operations Battalion. "

Gar viel weiss nun die Village Voice zu erzählen, die im herbst auf einem recruitment barbecue für psy-ops, die gern iraktechnisch arbeiten wollen, war.

:::the ace of spades

Part ad men and part ethnographers, these specialists, some of whom are just back from Afghanistan, are dispatched regularly to front lines in the Middle East for hearts-and-minds campaigns aimed at undercutting the enemy's military morale and winning over civilian support. Many are waiting eagerly for a call to Iraq.
[...]
In Vietnam, U.S. planes sprinkled enemy territory with playing cards, but prior to carpet bombing, they dropped only the ace of spades. Before long, the Pavlovian technique took hold, and just the dropping of aces was sufficient to clear an entire area.

mehr psy op schwänke
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0241/urbina.php

:::counter op
natürlich psy-opt der feind zurück, wie das im irak jetzt aussieht, wüsste ich nur zu gerne, im 2. WK jedenfalls war ausser dem flugblatt (das von amerikanischer seite auch noch in jugoslawien zum einsatz kam) das radio der bringer.

:::hanoi hanna
aired in the 60ies over Radio Hanoi, hence the pseudonym Hanoi Hanna. She "welcomed" american troops to Vietnam and by the height of the war told them how their fellow citizens protested back home or how many Americans were killed in action.

"you are not in Kansas any more..."
http://www.manchu.org/sounds/

:::tokyo rose
Tokyo Rose is something of an urban legend -- a fictional person cobbled together from scraps of real history. There's no proof that such a woman existed, although one woman was convicted of treason as Tokyo Rose.

Iva Ikuko Toguri born 1916), a first generation Japanese-American ("Nisei"), is the woman who was tried as Tokyo Rose. she happened to be visiting a sick relative in Japan in 1941. When war was declared between Japan and the U.S., Toguri was trapped in Japan and pressured by Japanese military police to renounce her American citizenship. She refused. Instead, she learned Japanese and took two jobs to support herself while she sought a way to return home.When Radio Tokyo wanted a female voice for their propaganda shows, the POWs selected Toguri. She was one of many female, English-speaking voices on Radio Tokyo, and she took the radio name of "Orphan Ann."



:::meanwhile, back at the ranch
...weiss niemand, wohin mit den gefangenen.
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,241734,00.html