Thursday, May 2, 2013

Rock n' Roll Noriega


I have always enjoyed the story of Manuel Noriega, his hatred for Rock music and how he was captured. I am not here to say if it was right or its wrong to capture Noriega but I am here to say that was different.  The Stone/Kuznick book states “Noriega eluded U.S. forces for almost a week before seeking asylum at the Vatican Embassy” going on to say “The United States surrounded the embassy with enormous speakers and, despite Vatican protests, blasted rock music”. (Kuznick n.d.) George Washington University also decided to take a peek at Noriega and his capture. GWU reports “looking at pages 209-211, we laughed out loud. Here, SouthCom Network (SCN) radio actually included the playlist of the rock 'n' roll anthems requested by the troops for this purpose.” (George Washington University 1996) I think the documents that I found on the GWU site say more than I ever could.

Bibliography

George Washington University. The Rock n' Roll Assault on Manuel Noriega. February 1996. www.gwu.edu/nsarchive/nsa/document.
Kuznick, Oliver Stone Peter. The Untold History of the United States. Gallery Books.




All photos credit of The National Security Archive of George Washington University

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