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Heavy Metal In Iraq [Metal used to discomfort terrorists]
Metal Underground ^ | 12/26/04 | Metal Underground

Posted on 12/26/2004 8:54:56 PM PST by freedom44

In The War Against Terrorism (or TWAT for short) the ultimate weapon is apparently rock music. Troops working in Fallujah, Iraq have a new weapon of choice - heavy metal!

The armies are reported to have tried using loud blasts of AC/DC, Metallica and other bands to discomfort their enemy.

James Hetfiled had the following to say about the use of his music as an offensive tool, "For me, the lyrics are a form of expression, a freedom to express my insanity," Hetfield told a US radio station. "If the Iraqis aren't used to freedom, then I'm glad to be part of their exposure. We've been punishing our parents, our wives, our loved ones with this music forever. Why should the Iraqis be any different?"

He says that he understands why heavy metal can be used as such a destructive tool for interrogation, "It's the relentlessness of the music. It's completely relentless. ... If I listened to a death metal band for 12 hours in a row, I'd go insane, too. I'd tell you anything you wanted to know."


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: heavymetal; iraq; music; psyops
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1 posted on 12/26/2004 8:54:56 PM PST by freedom44
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To: freedom44

The IRC and the ACLU classifies this as torture. Does that mean we are all tortured when a car draws near with the radio too loud?


2 posted on 12/26/2004 8:57:35 PM PST by pfflier
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To: freedom44

Better call the ACLU!


3 posted on 12/26/2004 8:58:23 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
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To: freedom44

If that doesn't do it, make them listen to Joe Lieberman speak for a few hours. The whining will drive them to suicide.


4 posted on 12/26/2004 9:04:29 PM PST by gitmo (Thanks, Mel. I needed that.)
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To: freedom44

Hey, Rock and Roll helped in winning the Cold War.


5 posted on 12/26/2004 9:05:18 PM PST by Classicaliberalconservative
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To: freedom44

ACLU and the Record Industry in Court. Hollywood vs ACLU


6 posted on 12/26/2004 9:05:27 PM PST by 26lemoncharlie (Defending America)
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To: freedom44

Let's give 'em some Warren....

Everybody's restless and they've got no place to go
Someone's always trying to tell them
Something they already know
So their anger and resentment flow

But don't it make you want to rock and roll
All night long
Mohammed's Radio
I heard somebody singing sweet and soulful
On the radio, Mohammed's Radio

You know, the Sheriff's got his problems too
He will surely take them out on you
In walked the village idiot and his face was all aglow
He's been up all night listening to Mohammed's Radio

Don't it make you want to rock and roll
All night long
Mohammed's Radio
I heard somebody singing sweet and soulful
On the radio, Mohammed's Radio

Everybody's desperate trying to make ends meet
Work all day, still can't pay the price of gasoline and meat
Alas, their lives are incomplete

Don't it make you want to rock and roll
All night long Mohammed's Radio
I heard somebody singing sweet and soulful
On the radio, Mohammed's Radio

You've been up all night listening for his drum
Hoping that the righteous might just might just might just come
I heard the General whisper to his aide-de-camp
"Be watchful for Mohammed's lamp"

Don't it make you want to rock and roll
All night long Mohammed's Radio.





Nuclear arms in the Middle East
Israel is attacking the Iraqis
The Syrians are mad at the Lebanese
And Baghdad does whatever she please
Looks like another threat to world peace
For the envoy

Things got hot in El Salvador
CIA got caught and couldn't do no more
He's got diplomatic immunity
He's got a lethal weapon that nobody sees
Looks like another threat to world peace
For the envoy
Send the envoy
Send the envoy

Whenever there's a crisis
The President sends his envoy in
Guns in Damascus
Woa, Jerusalem

Nuclear arms in the Middle East
Israel is attacking the Iraqis
The Syrians are mad at the Lebanese
And Baghdad do whatever she please
Looks like another threat to world peace
For the envoy
Send the envoy . . .
Send for me


7 posted on 12/26/2004 9:05:39 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: pfflier

This is too much like "The Spanish Inquisition".


8 posted on 12/26/2004 9:08:25 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter
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To: freedom44
We've been punishing our parents, our wives, our loved ones with this music forever. Why should the Iraqis be any different?"

ROFL!

Can't beat that logic.

9 posted on 12/26/2004 9:09:14 PM PST by Soul Seeker
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To: gitmo

I keep my old Slayer CD's around for when I feel like annoying my neighbors. I wouldn't compare it to beheading them and making a pornographic snuff film, like the Islamo-nazis like to do.

To really torture the scumbags, they should play rap "music".


10 posted on 12/26/2004 9:09:55 PM PST by Sterm26 ("The only way to exit is going piece by piece"- Slayer)
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To: freedom44

JUDAS PRIEST!


11 posted on 12/26/2004 9:11:20 PM PST by MplsSteve
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To: Sterm26

Or disco.


12 posted on 12/26/2004 9:11:27 PM PST by gitmo (Thanks, Mel. I needed that.)
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To: Soul Seeker

Send them all the rap crap, that should do it. They will walk into the ocean with their hands on their ears :-)


13 posted on 12/26/2004 9:11:56 PM PST by Leo Carpathian (Slava Ukraini!)
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To: freedom44
AC/DC, Metallica and other bands to discomfort their enemy.

I've always had to flee from this type of "discomfort"...

14 posted on 12/26/2004 9:15:09 PM PST by 69ConvertibleFirebird (Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
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To: freedom44
"James Hetfiled had the following to say about the use of his music as an offensive tool":
'Lars will be on the scene at once with our lawyers to sue for the un-authorised use of our music'
15 posted on 12/26/2004 9:17:55 PM PST by 45semi (Man has only those rights he can defend...)
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To: 45semi

Hey, 10,000 hookers in Iraq could put Islam out of business -- those insurgents would be slobbering all over themselves...strip joints, brothels, casinos, build them all. LET SIN KILL THE RADICAL ISLAMICS!!!!!


16 posted on 12/26/2004 9:20:05 PM PST by EagleUSA
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To: Sterm26
To really the scumbags, they should play rap "music".

For some reason I can see them really taking a liking to rap...

17 posted on 12/26/2004 9:21:09 PM PST by 69ConvertibleFirebird (Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
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To: pfflier
Well, sometimes I show dismay at these jerks. One time, some jerk in a rice rocket-buzz bomb, attempted to run me off the road. I let him pass, and shot a hole in his rear left tire with my Glock. The little pricks, and their dopey friends were clear for a year.

Time to take back our country, my friends.

BTW, Have a Merry Christmas (belated) and a very Happy and Prosperous New Year.

18 posted on 12/26/2004 9:34:00 PM PST by Cobra64 (Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
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To: freedom44

America!!!!!!!!! F**k yeah!!!!!!!!!


19 posted on 12/26/2004 9:34:01 PM PST by nhoward14 (Freedom costs a buck-o-five.)
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To: freedom44

Metallica? How about some Kittie! Those girls will turn them in no time!


20 posted on 12/26/2004 10:17:45 PM PST by idkfa
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