Coalition leaflet "As your family struggles to survive, he lives in splendor" (IZ D050, Iraq 2003)
Arabic leaflet for Iraqi soldiers, dropped in the 2003 invasion. The front says that while your family struggles to survive, he (the ruler) lives in splendor; the back asks who needs you more, your family or the regime, and tells the reader to return to his home and family. The tell is the contrast of the ruler's luxury with the soldier's family, which singles out one man and sets duty to family against duty to the army.
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, Theme, 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
- Theme
- War and the military
- 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 IZ D050, Iraq. Scan via Internet Archive, uploader nathanielsong2004.
