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Propaganda: Psychological assault led by clandestine 'Radio Tikrit' [The Guardian]
US psychological operations against the Baghdad regime are well under way. Initially, it appeared to be just another regime-run station. It mocked the US and its efforts to win Arab support for a war. There was programme called Open Dialogue which praised "Saddam Hussein's Iraq." However, Radio Tikrit recently began to change its tune. The station urged members of the Republican Guard to desert their posts "before it is too late." It told officers in public security to refuse the "orders of the tyrant." This seems to be what is technically known as a black clandestine operation.
Radio buff finds mystery station connected to Iraq [The Wall Street Journal]
Most evenings after dinner, Bjorn Fransson retires to a walk-in closet to fiddle with his powerful Japanese-made radio, hunting through a cacophony of distant voices speaking languages he can't understand. "It is like collecting stamps or birds," says the 59-year-old Swedish schoolteacher, who lives on the blustery island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. "We all dream of finding something no one else has." Earlier this month, while tuning into an AM frequency usually clogged by country music from Prague, he picked up an unfamiliar broadcast in Arabic. He couldn't fathom what was being said but "understood this must be something new." He made a recording and announced his find on the Internet. Three weeks later, Mr. Fransson is wondering whether his 300 yards of wires and antennas lassoed more than just a new radio station: Did it actually ensnare a covert -- and somewhat clumsy -- American operation aimed at Iraq?

posted by Hal 9:43 AM