{"product_id":"original-u-s-psychological-operations-leaflet-iz-d0xx-operation-iraqi-freedom-iraq-2003-copy-4","title":"Original U.S. Psychological Operations Leaflet, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq, 2003","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"394\" data-start=\"102\"\u003eOriginal double-sided U.S. psychological operations leaflet produced during Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq. Printed in Arabic, the leaflet combines stark symbolic imagery with financial iconography to critique Iraqi leadership and highlight the human cost of continued loyalty to the regime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"394\" data-start=\"102\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"440\" data-start=\"426\"\u003eOperation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Operation Iraqi Freedom\u003cbr data-end=\"467\" data-start=\"464\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"486\" data-start=\"467\"\u003eConflict \/ War:\u003c\/strong\u003e Iraq War\u003cbr data-end=\"498\" data-start=\"495\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"507\" data-start=\"498\"\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2003\u003cbr data-is-only-node=\"\" data-end=\"515\" data-start=\"512\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"537\" data-start=\"515\"\u003eCountry \/ Theater:\u003c\/strong\u003e Iraq\u003cbr data-end=\"545\" data-start=\"542\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"561\" data-start=\"545\"\u003eLanguage(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e Arabic\u003cbr data-end=\"571\" data-start=\"568\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"582\" data-start=\"571\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Original printed leaflet, double-sided\u003cbr data-end=\"624\" data-start=\"621\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"639\" data-start=\"624\"\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Acquired from the personal materials of an unnamed U.S. military servicemember. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"958\" data-start=\"810\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"826\" data-start=\"810\"\u003eTranslation:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"829\" data-start=\"826\"\u003eFront: “I can live another twenty years.”\u003cbr data-end=\"873\" data-start=\"870\"\u003eBack: [Currency design with Saddam Hussein portrait; no additional operational text.]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1374\" data-start=\"960\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"972\" data-start=\"960\"\u003eImagery:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"975\" data-start=\"972\"\u003eThe front shows a caricature of Saddam Hussein seated on a throne elevated above a mass of skulls, visually equating his rule with death and sacrifice. The exaggerated, almost casual posture reinforces indifference to the human cost beneath him. The reverse mimics Iraqi currency, featuring Saddam’s portrait and historical imagery, tying regime authority directly to state-controlled economic life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1620\" data-start=\"1376\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1390\" data-start=\"1376\"\u003eObjective:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"1393\" data-start=\"1390\"\u003eTo portray Saddam Hussein as prolonging his own survival at the expense of Iraqi lives, encouraging disillusionment among soldiers and civilians by linking loyalty to the regime with death, exploitation, and personal sacrifice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/khajistan.com\/products\/american-war-propaganda-leaflets-1990-2022?variant=46423468146902\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eFeatured in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/khajistan.com\/products\/american-war-propaganda-leaflets-1990-2022?variant=46423468146902\"\u003eAmerican War Propaganda Leaflets, 1990–2022, Khajistan Press.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExhibited in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pioneerworks.org\/exhibitions\/office-of-war-information-o-w-i\"\u003eKhajistan: Office of War Information (O.W.I.) at Pioneer Works, New York, May 08 – Aug 09, 2026.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KHAJISTAN™","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48165047238870,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9883\/2285\/files\/61.png?v=1777418742","url":"https:\/\/khajistan.com\/products\/original-u-s-psychological-operations-leaflet-iz-d0xx-operation-iraqi-freedom-iraq-2003-copy-4","provider":"KHAJISTAN™","version":"1.0","type":"link"}