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| US fight Taliban with heavy metal and rock music |
| 2010-04-06 |
| US special forces have a novel weapon in the fight to expel Taliban from a desolate and war-weary farming community in southern Afghanistan -- heavy metal music. When insurgents open fire in Marjah, an armoured vehicle wired up to powerful speakers blasts out country, heavy metal and rock music so loudly it can be heard up to two kilometres (one mile) away. The playlist has been hand-selected to annoy the Taliban, according to one US special forces officer. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #24 Or Wagner. "It's not as as bad as it sounds" - Mark Twain |
| Posted by: lex 2010-04-06 22:44 |
| #23 Try some Opera. Getting shot would be a mercy. |
| Posted by: Spike Omeamp2177 2010-04-06 22:41 |
| #22 And ice cream trucks that play a tinny version of It's a Small World are crimes against humanity. |
| Posted by: lotp 2010-04-06 20:34 |
| #21 Meanwhile, the ground forces prep the battle area... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-04-06 20:33 |
| #20 tu, I'm pretty sure that video violates the Geneva Conventions if used by anyone in uniform. And that includes the uniformed ice cream guy. |
| Posted by: lotp 2010-04-06 20:23 |
| #19 Come 'n get it, jihadis! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-04-06 19:20 |
| #18 Slim Whitman. It killed the martians |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-04-06 19:03 |
| #17 Have they installed the ice cream truck music on the drones yet? LOL |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-04-06 18:10 |
| #16 John, you seemed to have overlooked CrazyFool's suggestion in #10. I first visited Disney Land in 1979 and I STILL HATE THAT SONG!!!! (and now, I can't get it out of my head) |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2010-04-06 17:18 |
| #15 Seems like a waste of time. I have trouble visualizing the Taliban; saying: "O.K. I give up I can't stand it anymore." |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-04-06 16:09 |
| #14 What they should be blasting at the Talibunnys is some Conway Twitty, that would surely make them put rifle to head. |
| Posted by: Jefferson 2010-04-06 15:30 |
| #13 My next question is, how many more times are they gonna let these half ass reporters write this same article? |
| Posted by: chris 2010-04-06 13:28 |
| #12 music Check....add rotten tomatoes! |
| Posted by: Richelieu 2010-04-06 13:27 |
| #11 phimble the troops also have too hear what they are playing. alot of military comp. vids are set too heavy metal so I would guess that's what they like too listen too |
| Posted by: chris 2010-04-06 13:27 |
| #10 Its a small world after all Its a small world after all... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2010-04-06 13:11 |
| #9 just out of curiosity... why no rap? Country and heavy metal can crack the Taliban's mental state but rap can't? What if we played music they liked? Wouldn't they pop their heads out to see who was playing it? And then BAM! Never knew what hit 'em. |
| Posted by: Phimble the Grim8504 2010-04-06 12:50 |
| #8 Play the Talitubbies song. After a couple rounds of that, they would lay down their arms rather than risk hearing it again. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-04-06 12:30 |
| #7 Have they installed the ice cream truck music on the drones yet? Posted by: tu3031 You've gone too far this time tu3031. My keyboard is awash in hot coffee!!! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-04-06 12:07 |
| #6 Have they installed the ice cream truck music on the drones yet? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-04-06 12:05 |
| #5 issue ear plugs too the troops and play obamas speeches |
| Posted by: chris 2010-04-06 11:47 |
| #4 The playlist has been hand-selected to annoy the Taliban, according to one US special forces officer Dixie Chicks? Any American Idol contestant? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2010-04-06 11:41 |
| #3 Do a commo check, Lock and load your weapons, and put on Metallica. We're going out the gate. |
| Posted by: newc 2010-04-06 11:40 |
| #2 I gotta quit reading this shit, it's about long overdue we stop pussy footing around these cavemen and kill every damn last one of them and quit worrying about "winning over hearts and minds" fuck that, they aren't worth winning over |
| Posted by: chris 2010-04-06 11:02 |
| #1 Lieutenant Colonel Brian Christmas -- the commander of US Marines in northern Marjah -- said he was unaware of the musical psy ops. "It's inappropriate," he told AFP, mindful that a major part of the counter-insurgency plan is focused on winning over Afghans from the insurgents. "I'm going to ask this to stop right now." |
| Posted by: ed 2010-04-06 10:12 |