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== Iraq War == | == Iraq War == | ||
In the runup to the 2003 [[Invasion of Iraq]], press stories appeared in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]] of [[Saddam Hussein's alleged shredder|a plastic shredder or wood chipper]] into which [[Saddam Hussein|Saddam]] and [[Qusay Hussein]] fed opponents of their [[Ba'athist Iraq| | In the runup to the 2003 [[Iraq War|Invasion of Iraq]], press stories appeared in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]] of [[Saddam Hussein's alleged shredder|a plastic shredder or wood chipper]] into which [[Saddam Hussein|Saddam]] and [[Qusay Hussein]] fed opponents of their [[Ba'athist Iraq|Ba'athist]] 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".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Clwyd|first1=Ann|title=See men shredded, then say you don't back war|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0%2C%2C3284-614607%2C00.html|access-date=31 March 2017|publisher=Times Online|date=March 18, 2003|language=en|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905184134/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0%2C%2C3284-614607%2C00.html|archive-date=5 September 2008}}</ref> A year later, it was determined there was no evidence to support the existence of such a machine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Brendan O'Neill: The missing people-shredder|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2004/feb/25/iraq.iraqandthemedia|work=The Guardian|date=25 February 2004|access-date=13 July 2014}}</ref> | ||
== Libya == | == Libya == | ||
During the [[Arab Spring]], Libyan media was reporting atrocities by [[Muammar Gaddafi]] loyalists, who were ordered to perform mass "Viagra-fueled rapes" (see [[2011 Libyan rape allegations]]).<ref name="gadviagr">{{cite news|last1=MacAskill|first1=Ewen|title=Gaddafi 'supplies troops with Viagra to encourage mass rape', claims diplomat|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/29/diplomat-gaddafi-troops-viagra-mass-rape|access-date=30 March 2017|work=The Guardian|date=29 April 2011}}</ref> A later investigation by [[Amnesty International]] | During the [[Arab Spring]], Libyan media was reporting atrocities by [[Muammar Gaddafi]] loyalists, who were ordered to perform mass "Viagra-fueled rapes" (see [[2011 Libyan rape allegations]]).<ref name="gadviagr">{{cite news|last1=MacAskill|first1=Ewen|title=Gaddafi 'supplies troops with Viagra to encourage mass rape', claims diplomat|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/29/diplomat-gaddafi-troops-viagra-mass-rape|access-date=30 March 2017|work=The Guardian|date=29 April 2011}}</ref> A later investigation by [[Amnesty International]] has failed to find evidence for these allegations, and in many cases has discredited them, as the rebels were found to have deliberately lied about the claims.<ref>{{cite web|title=Amnesty questions claim that Gaddafi ordered rape as weapon of war|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/amnesty-questions-claim-that-gaddafi-ordered-rape-as-weapon-of-war-2302037.html|work=The Independent|date=22 October 2011|access-date=12 July 2014}}</ref> | ||
== DPRK == | == DPRK == | ||
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Atrocity propaganda is the spreading of information about the crimes committed by an enemy, which can be factual, but often includes or features deliberate fabrications or exaggerations. This can involve photographs, videos, illustrations, interviews, and other forms of information presentation or reporting.
Gulf War
Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990. On October 10, 1990, a young Kuwaiti girl known only as "Nayirah" appeared in front of a congressional committee and testified that she witnessed the mass murdering of infants, when Iraqi soldiers had snatched them out of hospital incubators and threw them on the floor to die. Her testimony became a lead item in newspapers, radio and TV all over the US. The story was eventually exposed as a fabrication in December 1992, in a CBC-TV program called To Sell a War. Nayirah was revealed to be the daughter of Kuwait's ambassador to the United States, and had not actually seen the "atrocities" she described take place; the PR firm Hill & Knowlton, which had been hired by the Kuwaiti government to devise a PR campaign to increase American public support for a war against Iraq, had heavily promoted her testimony.
Iraq War
In the runup to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, press stories appeared in the United Kingdom and United States of a plastic shredder or wood chipper into which Saddam and Qusay Hussein fed opponents of their Ba'athist 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".[1] A year later, it was determined there was no evidence to support the existence of such a machine.[2]
Libya
During the Arab Spring, Libyan media was reporting atrocities by Muammar Gaddafi loyalists, who were ordered to perform mass "Viagra-fueled rapes" (see 2011 Libyan rape allegations).[3] A later investigation by Amnesty International has failed to find evidence for these allegations, and in many cases has discredited them, as the rebels were found to have deliberately lied about the claims.[4]
DPRK
South Korea offers $860,000 to defectors. with 'sensitive information' about the DPRK.[5]