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25 Dinar US propaganda note Operation Desert Storm
| Issuer | United States Army Psychological Operations |
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| Year | 1406-1986 |
| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Reverse description | Reverse carries a large bold question mark as central vignette above Arabic text headed وَجْبَةُ الأَكْلِ الَتِي يُعْطِيكُمْ صَدَّام ('The meal Saddam gives you'), followed by a comparative daily menu listing Coalition forces' rations — breakfast, lunch and dinner — with a closing statement that prisoners of war eat the same meals as Coalition soldiers. |
| Reverse lettering | وَجْبَةُ الأَكْلِ الَتِي يُعْطِيكُمْ صَدَّام قائمة لوجبات الاكل اليومية للقوات المشتركة الوجبة الصباحية : الفطور : بيض،خبز،زبدة ،لحم، 2 فاكهة ،عصير الفواكهة ،حليب،قهوة ،جاي وجبة الغداء : لحم ،فاصولية او بطاطة ،سندويج جبن،حلويات،عصير فواكهة وجبة العشاء : لحم ،خبز بزبدة ،خضراوات،كيك حليب، فواكهة و عصير الفواكهة ،قهوة ،جاي ان الاسرى ايضا يأكلون مع جنود القوات المشتركة في الوجبات المذكورة . |
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During Operation Desert Storm in 1991, U.S. Army Psychological Operations produced overprinted Iraqi dinar notes as leaflet drops over Iraqi positions — the idea being that a soldier holding one could use it as a surrender pass, reducing the psychological barrier to defection. The program worked in conjunction with broader PSYOP leaflet campaigns estimated to have contributed to the mass surrenders that characterized the ground war's opening hours.
The Iraqi dinar's dual Hijri and Gregorian date notation — 1406-1986 in this case — is a standard feature of Baathist-era currency, not unique to these overprints. U.S. printers reproduced genuine circulating notes as the base document, making them visually credible at distance.