LONDON: It is reported that British special forces are playing Bollywood music as part of a psychological war against the Islamic State fighters in Libya. The idea struck after a Pakistani-born intelligence officer with the British army, said the music would get to the terrorist outfit which considers it un-Islamic.
A report said the British team left two cars near the border of Sirte, and played Bollywood songs at dawn using a remote control and two speakers. In another incident, they intercepted ISIS' internal communications and blasted them with Bollywood tunes instead. The experiment has reportedly revealed the terrorists' hiding places and weakesses, depending on how much time it took the militants to reach the source of the music and how they complained about it. "We needed to unnerve militants and at the same time use some sort of passive measure to gauge their force strength in the area we are working and it went well," said a source.
The move is in direct offense of the Sharia law imposed inside Sirte that bans all things western or frivolous. Hindi movie songs will be seen as a huge insult. British special forces are in Libya in a non-combat role, training the nation's forces in how to wipe-our ISIS. The SBS will only launch an assault on the IS if they are attacked first. There are around 4000 insurgents believed to be in the region.
