Coalition leaflet "Coalition Air Power can strike at will" (020-20D, Iraq 2003)
Arabic leaflet. The front says Coalition air power can strike at will, anytime, any place; the back says coalition air power enforces the no-fly zones to protect the Iraqi people, that threatening coalition aircraft has consequences, and asks, 'Will it be you or your brother? You decide.' The tell is the direct threat with the choice handed to the reader, framed as protection of the people it warns.
Propaganda techniques used in this leaflet
- Date
- 2003
- Period
- Contemporary
- Made by
- Coalition forces in Iraq (US-led psychological operations); issuer not printed on the item as described
Full record
Region, Country, Medium, Issuer type, Regime, Leader, Audience, Purpose, Themes, Event, Source, Rights
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Leaflet
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- George W. Bush Administration
- Leader
- George W. Bush
- Audience
- Enemy forces
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- War and the military, Security and surveillance
- Event
- Iraq War
- Leader
- George W. Bush
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Internet Archive (Hollen Song collection), retrieved October 11, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (US government work, 17 U.S.C. 105)
US-led coalition psychological operations leaflet 020-20D, Iraq. Scan via Internet Archive, uploader nathanielsong2004.
