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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFour words for those wondering whether the Kim Jong Un "killer dogs" story is real:
Saddam Hussein's alleged shredder.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein%27s_alleged_shredder
In the runup to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, press stories appeared in the United Kingdom and United States of a plastic shredder into which Saddam and Qusay Hussein fed opponents of their Baathist rule. These stories attracted worldwide attention and boosted support for military action, in stories with titles such as "See men shredded, then say you don't back war". A year later, it was determined there was no evidence to support the existence of such a machine.
Yeah, Uncle Jang was murdered, but I have serious doubts about the killer dogs.
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Four words for those wondering whether the Kim Jong Un "killer dogs" story is real: (Original Post)
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
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rocktivity
(44,576 posts)1. Four more words:
Babies thrown from incubators.
rocktivity
Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)2. Four more words
turkeys thrown from helicopters
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)5. As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly
Berlum
(7,044 posts)8. 3 more words: Plastic Turkeys Suck
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)3. Had heard it was firing squad...
NOW the story is changed? Whats the Korean word I want? ....hwangso daebyeon! (bull poopie)
CFLDem
(2,083 posts)4. I thought I read earlier
that he was killed with an anti aircraft gun.
Somehow,I too, think this dog story is sensationalism and or propaganda.
NBachers
(17,107 posts)6. Four more words: Weapons of Mass Destruction
Mika
(17,751 posts)7. 3 words ... Hill & Knowlton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nayirah_(testimony)
The Nayirah testimony was the controversial testimony given before the non-governmental Congressional Human Rights Caucus on October 10, 1990 by a female who provided only her first name, Nayirah. In her emotional testimony, Nayirah stated that after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait she had witnessed Iraqi soldiers take babies out of incubators in a Kuwaiti hospital, take the incubators, and leave the babies to die.
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Furthermore, it was revealed that her testimony was organized as part of the Citizens for a Free Kuwait public relations campaign which was run by Hill & Knowlton for the Kuwaiti government. Following this, al-Sabah's testimony has come to be regarded as a classic example of modern wartime propaganda.[4][5]
The Nayirah testimony was the controversial testimony given before the non-governmental Congressional Human Rights Caucus on October 10, 1990 by a female who provided only her first name, Nayirah. In her emotional testimony, Nayirah stated that after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait she had witnessed Iraqi soldiers take babies out of incubators in a Kuwaiti hospital, take the incubators, and leave the babies to die.
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Furthermore, it was revealed that her testimony was organized as part of the Citizens for a Free Kuwait public relations campaign which was run by Hill & Knowlton for the Kuwaiti government. Following this, al-Sabah's testimony has come to be regarded as a classic example of modern wartime propaganda.[4][5]
Journeyman
(15,031 posts)9. Four more words, from 100 years ago. . .
Germans Bayonet Belgian Babies
And numerous other sources, including Snopes http://www.snopes.com/military/stamp.asp and just about any good book on the general history of the Great War.
During the First World War most countries publicized stories of enemy soldiers committing atrocities. It was believed that it would help persuade young men to join the armed forces. As one British general pointed out after the war: "to make armies go on killing one another it is necessary to invent lies about the enemy". These atrocity stories were then fed to newspapers who were quite willing to publish them. British newspapers accused German soldiers of a series of crimes including: gouging out the eyes of civilians, cutting off the hands of teenage boys, raping and sexually mutilating women, giving children hand grenades to play with, bayoneting babies and the crucifixion of captured soldiers. Wythe Williams, who worked for the New York Times, investigated some of these stories and reported "that none of the rumours of wanton killings and torture could be verified."
Atrocities in the First World War (Spartacus Educational) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWatrocities.htm
Atrocities in the First World War (Spartacus Educational) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWatrocities.htm
And numerous other sources, including Snopes http://www.snopes.com/military/stamp.asp and just about any good book on the general history of the Great War.