[size=4]Israel’s new weapon[/size=4]
By Barbara Ferguson, Arab News Correspondent
WASHINGTON, 2 March — The Israeli Army is using a new psychological weapon against the Palestinians in the occupied territories — amplified sounds of war. The army is using amplification systems at night in Palestinian villages throughout the West Bank — they are playing high-volume, lifelike sounds of gunfire, explosions, and helicopter blades rotating.
The army’s objective, the Israeli daily newspaper Yediot Ahronot reports, is to make the Palestinians think that military activity is under way in the area and thus terrify the residents. The army says they are using them to “prevent or delay planned terrorist attacks.” Army officers say the new measure allows them to “save” manpower and frees up the troops for operations duty in other locations. Israel used such psychological warfare in Lebanon with the object of deceiving the resistance, Yediot Ahronot reports. Israeli officials say they are also considering playing deafening noises as a means of dispersing demonstrations and riots without having to use physical force and manpower.
See article at:[url]http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=13198[/url]
Hmmm, will the Palestinians counter this with sounds of amplified 'ululating'?
Eric The(CouldBe!)Hun[>]:)]