** LIBYA [non]. NATO REACHES GADDAFI FORCES ON LIBYAN ARMY RADIOSNATO is broadcasting to forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi on Libyan army radio frequencies, telling them foreign mercenaries are raping the Libyan people and urging them to give up. “Nobody has the right to make the lives of their people a living hell,” says the broadcast, heard by Reuters on a Libyan army radio taken by rebels in the Western Mountains. “Stop fighting against your own people,” it continues, saying that the Libyan leadership has lost control and recruited non-Libyan mercenaries “and allowed them to rape your people.”The threat of rape and the role of foreign mercenaries are issues frequently brought up by refugees who have fled fighting in the rebel-held Western Mountains and by the rebels who stayed behind. The Libyan government has denied recruiting mercenaries and says its forces are not targeting civilians. Officials say they are fighting armed criminal gangs and al Qaeda militants who are trying to ruin the country.NATO warplanes, acting under a United Nations mandate to protect civilians, have stopped government troops advancing on rebel strongholds but not silenced their guns, and Gaddafi remains in power. Fighting on several fronts has come to a near-standstill.Asked about the broadcasts, a NATO official told Reuters: “NATO is being responsible in informing the Libyan people though public service announcements to ensure the civilian population remain as safe as possible.”The message, played on loop, is broadcast in English and Arabic spoken with an Iraqi accent. “You have a choice,” it says. “Build a peaceful Libya for the benefit of your family and a better future for your country.” Otherwise, the air strikes which began on March 19 will continue, it warns. The broadcast features a woman saying, “Why, my son, why do you kill our people?” A crying child says, “Dad, come home, stop fighting.” (Source: Reuters)Andy Sennitt comments: Presumably these broadcasts are coming from the Commando Solo aircraft. I have not seen any reports of this in the past few weeks. Has anybody heard them on shortwave recently? (May 16th, 2011 - 15:36 UTC by Andy Sennitt, Media Network blog via DXLD)14-5, 10404-USB, Armed forces against Libya, 1235 on this off-frequency with S9. A recording has also been uploaded to here (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Standard rig: ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser, WORLD OF RADIO 1565, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
NATO PSYOP EMPLOYS PATHOS ON LIBYAN ARMY RADIO FREQUENCIESReuters, 16 May 2011, Matt Robinson: "NATO is broadcasting to forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi on Libyan army radio frequencies, telling them foreign mercenaries are raping the Libyan people and urging them to give up. 'Nobody has the right to make the lives of their people a living hell,' says the broadcast, heard by Reuters on a Libyan army radio taken by rebels in the Western Mountains. ... Asked about the broadcasts, a NATO official told Reuters: 'NATO is being responsible in informing the Libyan people though public service announcements to ensure the civilian population remain as safe as possible.' The message, played on loop, is broadcast in English and Arabic spoken with an Iraqi accent. 'You have a choice,' it says. 'Build a peaceful Libya for the benefit of your family and a better future for your country.' Otherwise, the air strikes which began on March 19 will continue, it warns. The broadcast features a woman saying, 'Why, my son, why do you kill our people?' A crying child says, 'Dad, come home, stop fighting.'" (Posted: 17 May 2011, kimandrewelliott.com via WORLD OF RADIO 1565, DXLD)
The Libyan army radios probably operate on VHF or UHF frequencies, so the NATO psyop transmitters would have to be close-in, and preferably at a high altitude, e.g. broadcasting from an airplane (Kim Andrew Elliott, ibid.)** LIBYA FREE. THE GUARDIAN REPORTS ON BENGHAZI’S TRIBUTE FMThe Guardian’s Zoe Williams has been listening to Benghazi’s new English-language radio station Tribute FM, and has spoken to one of the owners. * Read the reporthttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/15/radio-free-benghazi-war-words(May 16th, 2011 - 10:52 UTC by Andy Sennitt, Media Network blog via DXLD)
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