The U.S. military is using Metallica and the âBarneyâ theme song as instruments of torturecoercion in Iraq. Your parents arenât the only ones who hate your musicâsome Iraqis hate it, too. U.S. military units have been breaking Saddam supporters with long sessions in which theyâre forced to listen to heavy-metal and childrenâs songs. âTrust me, it works,â says one U.S. operative. The idea, says Sgt. Mark Hadsell, is to break a subjectâs resistance by annoying that person with what some Iraqis would consider culturally offensive music. The songs that are being played include âBodiesâ from the Vin Diesel âXXXâ movie soundtrack and Metallicaâs âEnter Sandman.â âThese people havenât heard heavy metal before,â he explains. âThey canât take it.â Few people could put up with the sledgehammer riffs of Metallica, and kiddie songs arenât that much easier, especially when selections include the âSesame Streetâ theme and some of purple dinosaur Barneyâs crooning.
This would definitely work on me.
| There's gotta be some sort of Geneva convention against that sort of thing! [Shudder!] |
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