This article is from the source 'rtcom' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at https://www.rt.com/uk/345168-bollywood-isis-sas-libya/
The article has changed 3 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| SAS blasts Libyan ISIS fighters... with Bollywood music | |
| (about 2 hours later) | |
| UK special forces operating in Libya are blasting Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) positions with Bollywood hits as part of a psychological operation to mentally break the militants. | UK special forces operating in Libya are blasting Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) positions with Bollywood hits as part of a psychological operation to mentally break the militants. |
| Troops reportedly started using the tactic after it was suggested by a Pakistani-born intelligence officer in the British military, who said the IS fighters would be profoundly affected by exposure to a form of culture they vehemently oppose. | Troops reportedly started using the tactic after it was suggested by a Pakistani-born intelligence officer in the British military, who said the IS fighters would be profoundly affected by exposure to a form of culture they vehemently oppose. |
| A source told the Daily Mirror: “We needed to unnerve militants and, at the same time, use some of that passive measure to gauge their force strength in the area we are working and it went well.” | A source told the Daily Mirror: “We needed to unnerve militants and, at the same time, use some of that passive measure to gauge their force strength in the area we are working and it went well.” |
| It has also been suggested the practice will make IS look like it is powerless in its own territory - in which such frivolity is banned. | It has also been suggested the practice will make IS look like it is powerless in its own territory - in which such frivolity is banned. |
| In one incident, two cars drove close to IS-held territory at dawn while blaring out Indian hits at full volume to disrupt the jihadists. | In one incident, two cars drove close to IS-held territory at dawn while blaring out Indian hits at full volume to disrupt the jihadists. |
| By blasting the upbeat tunes into the radio channels used by militants the military also hopes to locate them when the fighters complain on air. | By blasting the upbeat tunes into the radio channels used by militants the military also hopes to locate them when the fighters complain on air. |
| The use of music as a weapon of war is not a new phenomenon. | The use of music as a weapon of war is not a new phenomenon. |
| US troops boomed out Elvis Presley and Guns N’ Roses during their invasion of Panama in 1989 in an effort to force the country’s leader, Manuel Noriega, to surrender. | US troops boomed out Elvis Presley and Guns N’ Roses during their invasion of Panama in 1989 in an effort to force the country’s leader, Manuel Noriega, to surrender. |
| One-time British Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed said he and other captives were bombarded with rap music during their time in US hands. | One-time British Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed said he and other captives were bombarded with rap music during their time in US hands. |
| He told his lawyer that while being hung up and deprived of sleep “there was loud music. [Eminem’s] Slim Shady and Dr Dre for 20 days... plenty lost their minds. | He told his lawyer that while being hung up and deprived of sleep “there was loud music. [Eminem’s] Slim Shady and Dr Dre for 20 days... plenty lost their minds. |
| “I could hear people knocking their heads against the walls and the doors, screaming their heads off,” he said. | “I could hear people knocking their heads against the walls and the doors, screaming their heads off,” he said. |
| In 2008 a group of musicians including Bruce Springsteen, Massive Attack and Elbow banded together to condemn the practice. | In 2008 a group of musicians including Bruce Springsteen, Massive Attack and Elbow banded together to condemn the practice. |
| Besides Metallica and Eminem, it is reported the theme tune of Sesame Street was also used to break Guantanamo captives. | Besides Metallica and Eminem, it is reported the theme tune of Sesame Street was also used to break Guantanamo captives. |