Israel hijacks Al-Manar’s signal to broadcast its own propaganda
By Agence France Presse (AFP) :: Daily Star :: Thursday, August 03, 2006
BEIRUT: Israel hacked into Hizbullah’s television channel Tuesday, showing pictures of corpses and claiming the group’s leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, was a liar. One of the images shown on Al-Manar TV portrayed the body of a fighter lying face-down, with a text beneath in Arabic reading: “This is the photograph of a body of a member of Hizbullah’s special forces.”
“Nasrallah lies: It is not us that are hiding our losses,” said the text, which appeared during the evening news and stayed on screen for several minutes.
A photo of Nasrallah also appeared with the caption: “member of Hizbullah: watch out.”
Another photograph of corpses was framed by the words: “There are a large number of corpses like this on the ground and Nasrallah is hiding this truth.”
Israel also hacked into radio stations and instead of normal programs a two-minute recording was repeatedly broadcast.
“Hassan sent men to fight the Israeli Army, an army of steel, without preparing them. Stop listening to patriotic hymns for a moment, reflect and bring your feet back to the ground,” said the Arabic message.
Israel has used a variety of means to wage psychological warfare, also sending text messages to mobile phones. – AFP
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