9 Shocking Times Music Was Used As A Military Weapon

3. Panama

On Christmas Day, 1989, US Psyops units looked to force Panama's dictator Manuel Noriega out from his sanctuary in the Vatican Embassy in Panama through similar tactics to those used in Waco four years later. Their musical selections were just as unusual. Guns N' Roses' Welcome To The Jungle was played most frequently, in the knowledge that Noriega despised modern rock music. It was augmented by tracks from Van Halen and, in a bizarre diversion from hard rock, Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up. The first ever Rick Roll?