U.S. drops leaflets on Iraq

BlueApple

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U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. military has dropped leaflets over southern Iraq in a promised psychological campaign to undercut support for Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, U.S. officials told CNN on Thursday.

The propaganda is being dropped over southern Iraq, warning the rank-and-file Iraqi military not to target coalition warplanes. The wording notes a determined U.S. effort to attack the sources of such ground fire, and says "You could be next."

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LostHiWay

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Knowing our government the leaflets were probably in english....anyway, what a waste of money. Just drop the bombs if your gonna.
 

Hammer

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you can probably find some examples of what they use on the internet, I've seen them before somewhere.
 

glen

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Originally posted by: LostHiWay
Knowing our government the leaflets were probably in english....anyway, what a waste of money. Just drop the bombs if your gonna.
They are required by law as a US document to be in both Spanish and English.