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U.S. URGED TO USE PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE AGAINST SADDAM
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The Bush administration is being urged to launch
psychological warfare against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
Proponents of psychological warfare are found in the Pentagon as well
as in the U.S. strategic community. Their argument is that propaganda
and psychological warfare can spark tension within the inner circle
of the Saddam regime. "Such efforts could keep Saddam on the
defensive and create an atmosphere of crisis and tension, forcing the
regime to divert assets to deal with internal security, and leaving
fewer resources available for clandestine technology procurement or
trouble-making elsewhere," Michael Eisenstadt, a leading U.S.
strategist said in a report for the Washington Institute Near East
Policy. "Such efforts could transform the psychological environment
in the country, creating an atmosphere in which a coup or uprising
might occur." In his report, Eisenstadt said Saddam has invested
enormous efforts to counter hostile propaganda to ensure that he
appears invincible to his people. The strategist cited a Saddam
speech in 1999 in which he warned that hostile media is more
influential than bombs. Advocates of psychological warfare said the
method was successfully used by the U.S. military during the current
war in Afghanistan. U.S. warplanes dropped millions of leaflets on
Afghanistan that explained Washington's goals in the war against the
Taliban regime. Radio broadcasts exhorted Afghans to revolt against
the Taliban. The London-based Iraqi National Congress has appealed to
the administration for funding to establish opposition activities in
northern Iraq. The activities would include a radio station that
would broadcast anti-Saddam propaganda. Eisenstadt envisions a
psychological war meant to exacerbate relations between Saddam and
his military commanders. Over the last year, Saddam has executed
scores of officers on charges of insubordination. "American
propaganda should play on this distrust and resentment, emphasizing
the risks incurred by the armed forces as a result of continued
Ba'athi rule," Eisenstadt said. "Such propaganda, along with the
adoption of more aggressive rules of engagement for coalition
aircraft patrolling the no-fly zones might encourage members of the
armed forces to turn on the regime if given the opportunity to do
so."
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