{"id":1934,"date":"2004-04-16T19:12:00","date_gmt":"2004-04-16T23:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles-wp\/?p=1934"},"modified":"2004-04-16T19:12:00","modified_gmt":"2004-04-16T23:12:00","slug":"you-shoot-like-a-goat-herder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/2004\/04\/16\/19\/12\/you-shoot-like-a-goat-herder\/","title":{"rendered":"You Shoot Like A Goat Herder"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Fallujah’s darkened, empty streets, U.S. troops blast AC\/DC’s “Hell’s Bells” and other rock music full volume from a huge speaker, hoping to grate on the nerves of this Sunni Muslim city’s gunmen and give a laugh to Marines along the front line. Unable to advance farther into the city, an Army psychological operations team hopes a mix of heavy metal and insults shouted in Arabic – including, “You shoot like a goat herder” – will draw gunmen to step forward and attack … Later, the team blasted Jimi Hendrix and other rock music, and afterward some sound effects like babies crying, men screaming, a symphony of cats and barking dogs and piercing screeches.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And if the noise pollution doesn’t work?<\/p>\n

A short time later, an F-16 jet dropped a 2,000-pound bomb on the city, sending up a massive spray of dirt and smoke and destroying a building where Marines had spotted gunmen.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What is the effect of using a 2,000-pound (900 Kg) bomb in a crowded urban setting? It destroys an entire block with a blast radius of about 4,000 feet (1,200 metres)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For a 2,000-pound bomb, for example, controllers know that friendly forces must be 500 meters [1,650 feet] away to ensure their safety. A 2,000-pound bomb is so powerful that, even at 225 meters [740 feet] — a distance greater than two football fields — the PI factor would be 10 percent, meaning that 10 percent of friendly forces would be incapacitated for at least five minutes.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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