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title: '"Over 13,000 Yugoslavian service members have already left" English-language leaflet (Attention VJ Forces), Operation Allied Force'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kosovo-nato-leaflet-13000-have-left-english-1999/
description: Two-sided English-language leaflet, front above back. The front shows an A-10 attack aircraft firing a missile.
section: Collection
---

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# "Over 13,000 Yugoslavian service members have already left" English-language leaflet (Attention VJ Forces), Operation Allied Force

Two-sided English-language leaflet, front above back. The front shows an A-10 attack aircraft firing a missile, a tank-and-crosshair emblem and the slogan 'Don't wait for me!'; the back, headed 'Attention VJ Forces!', says over 13,000 Yugoslav service members have already left the armed forces and offers the same choice, remain and face death or leave. The tells are the unsourced head-count presented as a crowd already moving (what others have done), the threat of attack 'from every direction', and the two-door close 'The choice is yours'.

## Propaganda techniques used in this leaflet

[Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/) [Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/) [False dilemma](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/false-dilemma/)

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## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
[Front:]
Don't wait for me!

[Back:]
Attention VJ Forces!

Over 13,000 Yugoslavian service members have already left the armed forces because they can no longer follow illegal orders in Milosevic's war against civilians in Kosovo.

Remain in Kosovo and face certain death, or leave your unit and your equipment, and get out of Kosovo now. If you choose to stay, NATO will relentlessly attack you from every direction.

The choice is yours.

NATO
[code at lower left of back, small and soft:] 03-Q-09-L004
```

Read from a 500 px image; the code at lower left is soft and its reading is the best match to the other versions of this leaflet.

[← "Is it really his to gamble?" Serbian-language leaflet 04-B-02-L002, Operation Allied Force](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kosovo-allied-force-milosevic-gamble-leaflet-1999/) ["Don't wait for me!" Serbian-language leaflet 03-Q-09-L004, Operation Allied Force →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kosovo-nato-leaflet-dont-wait-for-me-1999/)

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