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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. | '''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. | ||
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== Iraq War == | == Iraq War == | ||
In the runup to the 2003 [[Iraq War|Invasion of Iraq]], press stories appeared in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]] of | In the runup to the 2003 [[Iraq War|Invasion of Iraq]], press stories appeared in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]] of 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>{{Web citation|date=2003-03-18|title=See men shredded, then say you don't back war|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0%2C%2C3284-614607%2C00.html|newspaper=Times Online|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905184134/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0%2C%2C3284-614607%2C00.html}}</ref> A year later, it was determined there was no evidence to support the existence of such a machine.<ref>{{Web citation|date=2004-02-25|title=Brendan O'Neill: The missing people-shredder|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2004/feb/25/iraq.iraqandthemedia|newspaper=The Guardian}}</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" | During the [[Arab Spring]], Libyan media was reporting atrocities by [[Muammar Gaddafi]] loyalists, who were ordered to perform mass "Viagra-fueled rapes".<ref name="gadviagr">{{Web citation|date=2011-04-29|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|newspaper=The Guardian}}</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>{{Web citation|date=2011-10-22|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|newspaper=The Independent}}</ref> | ||
== DPRK == | == DPRK == | ||
Revision as of 16:33, 15 July 2022
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".[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]
References
- ↑ "See men shredded, then say you don't back war" (2003-03-18). Times Online. Archived from the original.
- ↑ "Brendan O'Neill: The missing people-shredder" (2004-02-25). The Guardian.
- ↑ "Gaddafi 'supplies troops with Viagra to encourage mass rape', claims diplomat" (2011-04-29). The Guardian.
- ↑ "Amnesty questions claim that Gaddafi ordered rape as weapon of war" (2011-10-22). The Independent.
- ↑ Why Has South Korea Quadrupled the Fee They Will Pay North Korean Defectors?