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           Phresch
             from fucking Trondheim (Norway) on 2003-05-19 12:12 [#00705522]
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 "Washington may be trying to win hearts and minds in Iraq.  But those recalcitrant Saddam supporters who don’t want to  hear of it are being forced to listen to a very different  message. Some U.S. military units have taken to exposing  uncooperative Iraqis to long doses of heavy-metal music or  even popular children’s songs in an effort to convince  them not to resist Coalition forces. “Trust me, it  works,” says one U.S. operative on the ground. “In  training, they forced me to listen to the Barney ‘I Love  You’ song for 45 minutes. I never want to go through that  again.” The idea, explains Sgt. Mark Hadsell, is to break  down a subject’s resistance through sleep deprivation and  annoyance with music that is as culturally offensive and  terrifying as possible. Hadsell’s personal favorites  include “Bodies” from the “XXX” soundtrack and  Metallica’s “Enter Sandman.” “These people haven’t  heard heavy metal before,” he explained. “They can’t  take it. If you play it for 24 hours, your brain and body  functions start to slide, your train of thought slows down  and your will is broken. That’s when we come in and talk  to them.” The sledgehammer riffs of Metallica, that’s  understandable. But can children’s songs really break a  strong mind? (Two current favorites are the “Sesame  Street” theme song and the crooning purple dinosaur  Barney—for 24 hours straight.) In search of comment  from Barney’s people, Hit Entertainment, NEWSWEEK endured  five minutes of Barney while on hold. Yes, it broke us,  too."
 
  (taken from http://www.msnbc.com)
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           diablo
             on 2003-05-19 12:35 [#00705539]
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They have crap taste in heavy metal.
  Actually, I can't really find this funny.
 
  
         
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           astrid-gil-botn
             from Londinium (United Kingdom) on 2003-05-19 12:42 [#00705544]
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the us government made noreaga give up his office and  surrender by playing very loud music itnfront of his offices  in the 80's - i think it was zz top 
 
  
         
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           Phresch
             from fucking Trondheim (Norway) on 2003-05-19 12:51 [#00705549]
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yeah, i've read that too somewhere. useless music can  be useful... 
 
  
         
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           marlowe
             from Antarctica on 2003-05-19 13:12 [#00705569]
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useful for satan's disciples. yes
 
  
         
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           Peloton
             from London (United Kingdom) on 2003-05-19 13:45 [#00705597]
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Surely that's classed as torture? Must be something in the  Geneva Convention about that? Oh yeah, I forgot, the Geneva  Convention doesn't apply to the US. 
 
  
         
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