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...going to kill us and bombard, I escaped." Yousif and a small coterie of aides evaded the Americans. But two of his men were killed, and 27 others were taken prisoner. On the windshield of one of Yousif's bullet-riddled pickups, the Americans left a calling card: a leaflet bearing the Stars and Stripes and the words "God Bless America." In a corner, someone had scrawled: "Have a nice day. From, Damage...
...psywar schemes have worked. During the 1993 intervention in Somalia, a leaflet urging support for peacekeepers mistranslated "United Nations" so Somalis thought it said "Slave Nations." A Pentagon study concluded that Commando Solo's broadcasts during NATO's 1999 air war over Kosovo were largely ineffective. In Desert Storm, psyops soldiers held focus groups among Iraqi POWs to determine what messages resonated. Afghanistan is still too unsettled for the 4th Group to survey prisoners or civilians on whether they've been swayed by the pitch. "I think we're making a difference," says Treadwell. The proof will...
...Village Grill and Seafood, a fish-and-chips joint where the Kings took a late lunch break, King confided to a woman beside him in line that “tomorrow’s the big day,” handing her a campaign leaflet...
...They leaflet every house—even those with signs advertising other candidates. When one man called out from his upstairs window, “I don’t need that,” King hopped back up the doorsteps and removed the leaflet, which he put on the next door—seeming completely unperturbed...
...were common between songs at the main stage, as if what had happened on Sept. 11 was a hockey victory instead of an enormously devastating human tragedy. In addition to the outpouring of support, there was plenty of criticism; some tactful, some less so. The headline of one leaflet read: “While the FBI was busy shooting marijuana supporters, an attack on the USA was being planned!” There was a sign reading “Remember victims of state terrorism, too” and another that read “Giuliani’s arrest...