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[lederhosen]

I'm fairly sure Jim Henson is spinning in his grave.

"US interrogators in Baghdad are using a mix of heavy metal songs and the Sesame Street theme tune to break Iraqi captives.

American officials said subjecting prisoners to long sessions of the "culturally offensive" music encouraged them to talk.

"These people haven't heard heavy metal before," Sergeant Mark Hadsell told Newsweek magazine.

"They can't take it."

The interrogators' favourite tracks include Metallica's Enter Sandman and the Drowning Pool song Bodies, from the Vin Diesel action film XXX.

They also use children's music, such as the famous Can You Tell Me How To Get To Sesame Street theme, and a selection of songs from Barney, the jolly purple dinosaur."

- SMH article.

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Metal Militia

[djfiggy.livejournal.com]

So, did the US Interrogators legally purchase Enter Sandman? Or did they download it off KaZaA and get a bunch of spyware on their hard drives? Because if somebody really wanted to disturb some shiznizzit...

Nah, Lars is too busy securing a hair follicle implant appointment.

[turnberryknkn.livejournal.com]

Dude, I know all about the tortorous power of such songs. Riding the bus one hour each way every day during high school in Tokyo with the elementary schoolers up front singing "Little Bunny Foo-Foo" every single @#$#!! day, yeah, I can understand telling them Anything They Want To Hear Just Make It Stop! ;-)