Sesame Street, a weapon of mass destruction

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Or the unexpected twelve years later sequel to 'Having Fun With Noriega On Stage' with a new Iraq setting.

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Sergeant Mark Hadsell, of Psy Ops, told Newsweek magazine: "These people haven't heard heavy metal.

"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."

Sgt Hadsell's favourites are said to be 'Bodies' from the XXX film soundtrack and Metallica's 'Enter Sandman'.

The theme tune from the US children's programme Sesame Street and songs from the purple singing dinosaur Barney are also on their hit list.

"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," one US operative told the magazine.

I have to say that in my experience re: 24 hours straight of heavy metal I had some college friends that suffered those symptoms only when deprived of the music.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 14:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Here's my question... if the roles were reversed, what kind of music could "THEY" use to drive "OUR" guys out to surrender?

That said, I feel like I could easily get away with being a South American ex-junta-leader-cum-refugee in those circumstances...

― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 14:39 (twenty-two years ago)

There's an episode of Top Cat when Officer Dibble captures the cats and subjects them to endless Stop The Pigeon cartoons until they tell all. I hadn't thought of it in years until I looked at this thread.

And now US Intelligence are using it as interrogation technique?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 14:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Not exactly a new development in psyops.

― hstencil, Tuesday, 20 May 2003 14:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Didn't they do the same thing at Waco?

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 14:45 (twenty-two years ago)

If Jel or Dave Q or Ned Raggett turn out to be Al-Qaeda operatives now we're really fucked.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 14:45 (twenty-two years ago)

*whistles idly*

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 14:46 (twenty-two years ago)

At Waco, in addition to heavy metal, FBI agents played the sounds of animals being tortured.

― hstencil, Tuesday, 20 May 2003 14:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't think that would work in Iraq, where if they are the bad people the US thinks they are, they will be fully used to the sound of PEOPLE being incessantly tortured.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 14:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Well it didn't exactly work in Waco, either.

― hstencil, Tuesday, 20 May 2003 14:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Haha "Psy ops" I can just see these guys taking themselves way too seriously a la "don't fuck with me, I work in Psy Ops." Oh boys, grow up and stop reading Tom Clancy.

― Matt (Matt), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 14:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually, Psy Ops has been around for a long time. My stepdad was in a Psy Ops helicopter unit in Vietnam. And yes, certain things can work. His unit was able to get an NVA battalion to surrender.

― hstencil, Tuesday, 20 May 2003 14:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Imagine being the animal torturer working for US military intelligence. That'd look good on your CV.

― Mark C (Mark C), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 15:08 (twenty-two years ago)

― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 15:12 (twenty-two years ago)

ve have vays of making you talk

― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 15:14 (twenty-two years ago)

James is torturing us with the little red cross!

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 15:56 (twenty-two years ago)

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