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US Military Used Subliminal Mind Control Radio Broadcasts Against Iraqi Troops

The Why Files · The Machines Are Watching You | And They Know Everything (Compilation) · May 17, 2026
US Military Used Subliminal Mind Control Radio Broadcasts Against Iraqi Troops
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The Machines Are Watching You | And They Know Everything (Compilation)
"The system was used throughout Operation Desert Storm quite successfully. The US military had achieved subliminal mind control and deployed the technology in Iraq, and many Iraqi troops died trying to stop it. In 1991, Saddam Hussein occupied Kuwait with a huge army, nearly 500,000 soldiers. It was the 5th largest military in the world, and they were battle-tested from 8 years of war with Iran."
Silent Sounds Inc. president admitted that a subliminal presentation system embedding brainwave frequencies into radio broadcasts was deployed in Operation Desert Storm. Iraqi troops surrendered in massive numbers after being exposed to radio transmissions from Khafji that induced hopelessness. Hussein ordered the transmitter destroyed, launching a costly assault to take the town.

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This compilation episode of The Why Files examines how machines and technology have created unprecedented surveillance and control capabilities that threaten privacy and security. Host AJ presents evidence from whistleblower documents, patents, and declassified programs showing how governments weaponized everything from architecture to quantum computing. The episode opens with revelations about 33 Thomas Street in Manhattan, a windowless AT&T building that Edward Snowden documents exposed as NSA surveillance hub Titan Point conducting mass surveillance on allies and enemies with full-take data collection. The compilation moves through number stations broadcasting coded spy messages on shortwave radio since World War I, then explores an 18-mile wire called an eruv circling Manhattan for religious purposes. More disturbing material follows: infrasound at 19 Hz can induce fear and hallucinations, with the military developing sonic weapons causing physical harm; subliminal advertising evolved into weaponized mind control technology deployed in Iraq during Desert Storm using Silent Sounds technology embedding brainwave frequencies in radio to induce hopelessness; Stuxnet cyberweapon destroyed over 1,000 Iranian nuclear centrifuges as part of CIA Operation Olympic Games, proving code can cause physical destruction; HAARP facility in Alaska can manipulate weather and potentially trigger earthquakes using ionospheric heating based on suppressed Tesla research; Edward Bernays used propaganda to orchestrate the 1954 CIA coup in Guatemala killing 200,000 over 40 years; and Google's 2024 Project Willow quantum computer breakthrough means all modern encryption protecting banking, medical records, and government secrets will be crackable by 2029, years ahead of NSA predictions. Throughout, the episode argues that technologies developed for beneficial purposes are inevitably weaponized by military and intelligence agencies operating in secrecy without oversight or accountability.

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